Vaping takes off as e-cigarette sales break through $6bn
UK sales of nicotine replacements such as patches and gum fell for the first time in years as consumers turned to vaping devices (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cigarette sales euromonitor smoking vapour china e-cigs e-cigarettes vaping big tobacco Source Type: news
Is red wine really healthy?
As new research suggests yet another health benefit linked to red wine, we weigh up the positives and negatives (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can gardening be beneficial to cancer patients?
Judith Potts looks at the garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show that was dedicated to Macmillan Cancer Support (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: macmillan cancer support the urban retreat garden RHS chelsea cancer and gardening cancer patient help chelsea flower show 2015 RHS 2015 homebase garden adam frost gardening Source Type: news
Doctor's Diary: There is no 'best' time for women to have children
Of course female fertility declines with age but by how much seems to be a matter of percentage and there is no 'cliff edge' at the age of 35 (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: amputations Battle of Waterloo Professor Charles Kingsland Lord Uxbridge temporal arteritis ME Doctor's Diary fertility James Le Fanu post viral fatigue syndrome Source Type: news
Why are older women not having regular smear tests?
Often perceived as a young women's disease, the dramatic fall in the uptake from women over 50 for the smear test is leading to more cases of advanced stage cervical cancer and Cheryl Swann tells of her shock at being diagnosed at the age of 57 (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Peter Sasieni cervical cancer Cherrill Hicks smear test Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust Jady Goody cervical screening Source Type: news
Cystic fibrosis sufferer and lung transplant survivor Emily Hoyle to climb world's highest volcano
A lung transplant transformed the life of cystic fibrosis sufferer, Emma Hoyle, and she is joining a group of transplant recipients who are attempting a 6000m climb Cotopaxi, the highest volcano in the world (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cystic fibrosis Emma Hoyle Harefield Hospital Andre Simon Climbing for my donor lung transplant Source Type: news
Pregnant women should not drink any alcohol, BMA warn
British Medical Association call for stricter Government advice and "more explicit" warnings of the risks of alcohol to developing babies (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 19th June 2015
Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? You can email your questions confidentially to Dr Le Fanu at drjames@telegraph.co.uk. Answers will be published in the health section of the Telegraph website every Friday. Today - Marmite induced headache, lower back pain, acid reflux in babies and paracetamol use (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: paracetamol headaches Dr James online health clinic acid reflux James Le Fanu Marmite Source Type: news
Can fasting help you lose weight and live for longer?
New research suggests that fasting could slow down ageing and extend people's lives. What fasting diets are there - are are they a good idea? (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: fasting diets healthy eating lose weight Source Type: news
Breast cancer gets a newly renamed charity - and new hope
Two breast cancer charities have joined forces in a high profile move, while one much smaller charity, Mummy's Star, continues to battle to shed light on a lesser known aspect of the disease (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cancer treatment Judith Potts health Breast cancer cancer charities Breast Cancer Now Source Type: news
Is your 'healthy' popcorn really good for you?
Popcorn manufacturers have reinvented popcorn as a nutritious alternative to crisps, but the snack can come loaded with sugar, salt and fat (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: popcorn health snacks popcorn recipe Source Type: news
"To be told you have cancer in your 30s is a terrible blow"
More under 45 year-olds are being diagnosed with cancers associated with ageing. For Chris Pearce, with a large mortgage and young daughter, his illness couldn't have come at a worse time (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Macmillan Cancer Support Cherrill Hicks young cancer Public Health England diagnosis lung cancer Prof Jane Maher Source Type: news
Is it time to change your contraception?
Telegraph Wonder Women campaign: A quarter of women are nervous about taking hormonal contraception and many don't feel their doctors have time for them. Are they right to worry? Radhika Sanghani reports (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: blood clots The Pill contraception birth control mini pill contraceptive pill combined pill hormones scared to take the pill implant Source Type: news
Doctor's Diary: Is paracetamol still the number one painkiller?
It has been used as an effective pain relief for lower back pain for years - now Paracetamol is under review (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: red wine hyperchondria paracetamol raw milk unpasteurised milk The Lancet Doctor's Diary varicose eczema James Le Fanu Source Type: news
