SAGA — Doing things properly

Does stroke run in your family?

Having a parent who suffered a stroke may be as important a risk factor as high blood pressure. Read more

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• Stroke symptoms can't wait
• Could it be a mini-stroke?

Stop acting your age

Lying to yourself about how old you are may keep your brain youthful. Read more

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• Are you having a bad age day?
• How old are you really? Find out with our light-hearted quiz

Beat back pain with brain training

Switching how we approach lower back problems can put us a step ahead. Read more

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• Yoga and lower back pain relief
• Simple test to find cause of back pain

Think positive for a healthy heart

Looking on the brighter side of life may protect you from heart disease, as well as keeping the blues away. Read more

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• Learn to stop worrying
• What's your risk of heart disease?

Heart meds and herbs don't mix

Taking herbal remedies alongside prescribed medicines for heart conditions can make for a high-risk concoction. Read more

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• When juice and drugs don't mix
• Medications: what you need to know

Health news archive

• Green tea and bone health

• A broken heart is a medical issue

• A woman nose best

• A woman's heart

• Acupuncture alleviates sickness after surgery

• Alzheimer's eye test

• Antibiotics and your immune system

• Are flowers in hospital blooming dangerous?

• Aspirin: who really needs it?

• Back to butter

• Bags will protect your eyes

• Beat back pain with brain training

• Beauty: you are what you eat

• Beer boost for bones?

• Blood pressure and the brain

• Blood pressure: one in three

• Bop your way to better health

• Brain food

• Can stem cells mend a broken heart?

• Can you breathe the pain away?

• Chocolate linked to reduced risk of stroke

• Cholesterol testing without fasting

• Cold homes map

• Currying favour with the brain

• Deadly middle-aged spread

• Dementia link to cardiovascular health

• Diabetes and heart disease

• Diet and depression link

• Diet? Make mine a Mediterranean

• Does stroke run in your family?

• Don't forget your flu jab

• Drink skimmed milk for your blood pressure

• Drink veggie and fruit juices to stay fit and healthy

• Drink your vitamins it’s good for you

• Exercise and shoulder pain

• Exercise fights weight regain after dieting

• Fatty fish fights AMD

• Feed your brain with fish

• Five-minute dementia test

• Flu doubles heart attack and stroke risk

• Forty winks for more IQ points

• Get out more to stay healthy

• Grapefruit and weight loss

• Healthy bacteria - but which one?

• Heart meds and herbs don't mix

• Heartbeat – is yours normal?

• Here's lookin' at you kid!

• High GI diet increases risk of cataracts

• Hip, hip hooray for big bums

• How to have a healthy and happy Christmas

• How to turn down tinnitus

• How vitamin D can keep you on your feet

• IBS: Bin the bran

• Is this a 'magic bullet' for heart disease?

• It’s not what you drink

• Laughter is the best medicine

• Living 'outside the box' - living abroad and creativity

• Long walks key to heart health

• Lose the booze for a better snooze

• Love one-liners? You're probably a man

• Low blood pressure

• Low-carb diets may clog up arteries

• Magnesium boosts brain power

• Making hearing clearer

• Meditate to beat insomnia

• Men with angina 'at more risk'

• Men: run for your life

• Milking the benefits

• Moderate drinking may help your heart

• Music can help with stroke recovery

• Music may help restore vision in stroke patients

• New cancer drug offers fresh hope

• New diabetes drug

• New hips could put a silver spring in your step

• New NICE guidelines for low back pain

• New treatment hope for Barrett’s oesophagus

• Oily fish may protect against aggressive prostate cancer

• Older, wiser and happier

• One stop for breast cancer

• Ovarian cancer signs 017

• Pain and meditation

• Patches may make needles history

• Promising new treatment for migraine

• Puzzling out brain disease clue

• Quick test for prostate cancer

• Reasons to live longer

• Relief for restless legs

• Research backs 'use it or lose it'

• Research supports arthritis supplements

• Rise of the ‘silver slimmer’

• Saga Magazine survey: almost half of men are worried about their weight

• Sense about sex

• Sharpen your wits with plenty of fish

• Simple test to find cause of back pain

• Slim down to cut cancer risk?

• Sound waves tackle prostate cancer

• Stand up for health

• Stand up to health problems

• Statin drug linked to sleep problems

• Statins cut stroke risk by a fifth

• Statins may help prevent a repeat stroke

• Stay active for an active mind

• Still too much salt

• Stop acting your age

• Stroke and brain damage

• Strong-arm tactics

• Strong-arm tactics prolong a man’s life

• Summer time is here

• Sunshine to power up your heart

• Sweet or dry: which are you?

• Swine flu: what you can do

• Tai chi eases the pain of arthritis

• Take control of arthritis pain

• Testing times for a superbug

• The latest on prostate cancer

• The risks that can shorten men’s lives

• The sin that's good for skin

• The write stuff for dementia

• Thin thighs health risk

• Think fish

• Think positive for a healthy heart

• Tomato in a pill

• Tongue twisting may provide relief for sleep apnoea

• Treatment hope for spinal arthritis

• Up in smoke

• Vit D cuts men's kidney cancer risk

• Viva vit D?

• Walking eases osteoarthritis

• Weather and headaches

• What works for arthritis?

• White wine is worse for teeth

• Who are you calling fat?

• Why a liquid lunch helps you lose weight

• Why carbs can hurt your heart

• Why roughage really is good for you

• Why vitamin D could mean a longer, healthier life

• Why we forget

• Women delay calling 999 for heart symptoms

• Yoga and lower back pain relief

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Information on this site is for interest only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. You should consult your own doctor about any specific health concerns.

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