What’s not on the bottle? Public health organisations call on the European Commission to label alcoholic drinks

On the 10th September in the European Parliament (Brussels) public health experts will be calling the European Commission to make changes to alcohol labelling legislation and allow consumers to…

Preterm infants at reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis when fed breast milk

Premature infants are at increased risk for a potentially lethal gastrointestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.

Smokers with a high sodium diet are at ‘double the risk’ of rheumatoid arthritis

A new study finds that although having a diet high in sodium itself may not increase risk for rheumatoid arthritis, in people who smoke, this combination causes the risk to double.

Factors related to increased blood pressure

Hypertension is the most prevalent chronic disease worldwide.