20170618

Yoga and meditation reduce the risk of cancer by changing our DNA: Relaxation techniques boost the way our genes protect the body from illness

Researchers from the universities of Coventry and Radboud found yoga causes our body to produce significantly lower amounts of the molecules that activate 'inflammation genes.' Mail

The end of smoking is finally 'in sight': Now just 1 in 6 adults regularly light up cigarettes in the UK as rates keep falling (and 700,000 quit last year)

The numbers of smokers in the UK have dropped from 19.9 per cent in 2010 to just 15.5 per cent in 2016, official figures from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England show. Mail

20170616

Eating chips twice a week ‘doubles your chance of death’, says study

But while it’s common knowledge that indulging a chip habit too often can lead to weight gain, it may also affect mortality rates, researchers have now shown.The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that over an eight-year period, people who regularly ate fried potatoes were twice as likely to die. Independent