According to recent data from the Ministry of Health and the Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan 2023–2027, Māori are more ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD)is a general term to describe conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. And one habit most ...

After witnessing my mum's cognitive decline and with dementia now the leading cause of death for Australian women, I can't ...

A health check service for 30 to 39-year-olds is set to be trialled in Clacton. The pilot, known as the Early Age Health Check, aims to identify and modify risks for cardiovascular diseases earlier ...

The following column was originally published June 6, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

The following column was originally published June 6, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

The following column was originally published June 6, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

In what has become a landmark comparison of sports and life expectancy, researchers from the Copenhagen City Heart Study found that playing tennis may add nearly a decade (9.7 years) to one’s lifespan ...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show healthy life expectancy vastly differed across the nation, with women ...

People with multiple sclerosis have a higher risk of developing dementia than the general population, a meta-analysis reports ...

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund comments on the government's forthcoming 10-year plan for health.