Beneficial effect of chocolate on stroke risk

Eating a standard chocolate bar every week could lower a man’s risk of having a stroke in later life by 17%.

31/08/2012 by Barbara Whelan

New research from the United States (US) has added to the theory that antibiotics can disrupt people’s gut bacteria causing them to put on weight.

New research links obesity to declining mental performance. The study published in the journal Neurology, looked at over 6,000 people over a decade.

Obese children are over seven times more likely than those of healthy weight to be diagnosed with gallstones.

Normal weight people who carry weight around their belly have a greater risk of dying than people who are obese.