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A study examined the links between types of coffee and heart rhythms

When compared with avoiding coffee, it was also associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.

Chris Madden, 42, went from being able to run marathons to being too weak to play with his kids in the space of just three weeks.

Gum diseases are among the most common chronic human diseases, affecting between 20 to 50% of people worldwide. They happen when plaque, a sticky film of bacteria, builds up on teeth. The earliest stages of gum disease are treatable and reversible (gingivitis). But some people develop a chronic destructive form…

Amélie Champagne, 22, took her own life this month following a battle with Lyme disease as her devastated father has spoken out about the tick-borne infection "hijacked" her brain

Linda Ronstadt encountered a pivotal problem when she teamed up with former New York Times writer Lawrence Downes to pen a cookbook featuring some of her family's favorite recipes.

In the UK, 32,000 women are admitted to hospital following a heart attack each year

A thousand days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was told of a "viral pneumonia" in central China, many countries have returned to pre-COVID-19 life. Not so China itself - in cities big or small, routine PCR testing is the new normal.

There is no cure for polio.

The government is continuing its vaccination drive despite Covid-19's pending downgrade in status to "communicable disease under surveillance" from Sunday.

Vaccines (predominantly mRNA vaccines) have been our front-line defence against COVID and have saved millions of lives.