Health Risk

June 23, 2012

Blood Fats and Stroke Risk

Traditionally, when doctors think of stroke and heart disease, they think of the levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol in the diet and in the bloodstream. […]
May 23, 2012

Hypertension can Kill

High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the most preventable diseases in the world and yet it has been defined as one of the leading […]
May 15, 2012

Avoiding Health Risks

Many completely avoidable diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and asthma/COPD strike us each year. In fact, they account for 70 percent of all […]
September 24, 2011

Crashing space junk and statistical risk – what has this got to do with health?

It’s curious how according to some scientists, life can be categorised and described as events and statistical probability. The past week, we’ve been inundated with the […]