Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition in which the pressure of the blood against the vessel walls is consistently elevated. 

Hospitals in England are dealing with 5 million more patients than 15 years ago. The number of emergency, planned and day-case patients has soared by more than 40 per cent since 2004, to 17.6 million in 2016-17. The ageing population, obesity...

Having a resting heart rate of 75 beats per minute (bpm) in middle age could double your risk of an early death, research suggests. Men with a resting heart rate of 75 or above in their fifties were twice as likely to die within the next two...

Many of us rely on hand sanitiser to keep us 'germ free' at a festival, on the tube or while grabbing lunch on the go.

The NHS is handing out cash top-ups to doctors' salaries in a desperate bid to stop them from retiring early. Doctors are trying to avoid big tax bills from stricter pension rules that put a cap on their saving allowances.  It's led to thousands...

A nasal spray could be a new way to tackle depression. Based on a horse tranquilliser, the spray gets to work in as little as two hours, far quicker than widely used medications that can take weeks to kick in.

At 100 years old, legendary yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch has no plans to slow down. She is still teaching multiple times a week in Hartsdale, a northern suburb of New York City, and she dances in the local Fred Astaire society. 

From pain and flatulence to diarrhoea and constipation, IBS is unpleasant to say the least.  And nearly half of us battle this daily discomfort, with statistics suggesting as many as 40 per cent of adults have irritable bowel syndrome to some...

Over two thirds (69%) of men in the UK aged between 18-34 don’t know that they are in the age group most at risk of getting testicular cancer, according to new research from leading global men’s health charity, the Movember Foundation.Testicular...

Calorie-filled Easter eggs are being sold in shops far too early and that is tempting parents to buy unhealthy treats for their children, a public health body says. It is not unusual to find Easter eggs on sale in the first week of January -...