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Light jogging the key to living longer

Jogging between one and two-and-a-half hours a week could be the answer to living longer according a new study.

Researchers from Copenhagen followed 1,098 healthy joggers and 3,950 non joggers to investigate how different running habits affected their long-term health.

The study, which looked at frequency of running, hours jogged and individual pace, found participants were...

New drug target could reduce risk of heart attacks

Researchers identify a new drug target which could reduce the furring of arteries lowering risk of heart attacks

A new study shows how a small protein called fractalkine may increase the furring of arteries in people. The researchers, from the University of Oxford, say developing drugs to target and reduce the amount of fractalkine could be a new way to slow furring of the arteries,...

UK Government urged to push ahead with standardised tobacco packaging

The British Heart Foundation has criticised the UK Government for dithering over plans to introduce standardised tobacco packaging, putting thousands of children’s heart health at risk.

Two years ago today Australia became the first country in the world to force all cigarettes and tobacco products to be sold in standardised packaging to dissuade children from taking up the habit....

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