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The increase in asthma risk in children could be explained by the rise in body mass index (BMI), according to new research.

Vertebral compression fractures (VCF) commonly occur in the elderly affecting approximately 25% of postmenopausal women in their life time.1 VCF are particularly common in the thoracolumbar spine and equate to around 161,000 fractures in the UK annually.2 These fractures are strongly associated with increasing age and incidence of osteoporosis, and are most commonly found in older caucasian women.3

Erectile dysfunction is the consistent inability to attain and maintain a penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance. It is important that underlying diseases and causative conditions do not go undetected.

Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the UK and is the fourth most common cancer in UK men. Bladder cancer is where a tumour develops in the lining of the bladder.

Adult social care services in England will soon be 'unsustainable' if current budgetary pressures continue

Urinary tract infections are more common in women than in men. It is estimated that half of all women in the UK will have a UTI at least once in their life, and one in 2,000 healthy men will develop one each year.

Eylea (aflibercept solution for injection) has been recommended for approval by the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use  for the treatment of visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema.

A ground-breaking genetic testing programme for the inherited and potentially deadly high cholesterol condition, familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) has been created thanks to £1m of funding.

A new analysis by American journal CANCER has suggested that family dysfunction may increase a child's risk of experiencing such problems after learning of a parent's illness.

Bipolar children have greater activation in the right amygdala -- a brain region important for emotional reaction -- than bipolar adults when viewing emotional faces, according to a new study.

Breast cancer patients feel isolated and without support, according to a report by campaign group Here & Now.

Around 50% of UK adults have a vitamin D deficiency, which can cause osteoporosis amongst other outcomes.

Thousands of people with the heart condition atrial fibrillation, which causes irregular or abnormally fast heart rates, could be saved from strokes, disability or death.

New official statistics are published today to broaden insight into the health and care of people aged 65 or over in England.

New findings launched recently from a nationwide Realities of living with ABC survey on breast cancer have revealed the true extent of the personal, social and psychological burden of the disease.