If possible, avoid having any sort of cardiovascular event at night on a Friday in January and instead hold out until the Monday. Large-scale research has found that the outcomes of a Friday admission may not be as positive as one would hope. The Portuguese 14-year study into more than ...

Fast food menus listing how much exercise would be required to work off different items may be another way to help combat obesity. That’s the belief of a couple of US scientists who researched how much people ordered when they knew the amount of brisk walking it would take to ...

Imagine if your mobile phone could warn you of an impending heart attack or send out an alert to a passerby. Or if your iPad could connect you to a specialist who could diagnose depression by looking at your facial expressions. You may not need to use your imagination for ...