A traffic-light colour-coded blood test can reveal hidden liver damage caused by drinking above recommended alcohol limits, say experts.
The UK doctors who devised the test say anyone who regularly drinks more than three or four bottles of wine a week, for example, is at significant risk.
Ultimately, GPs could offer the test to patients, especially since many people do not recognise unsafe drinking.
Often damage is only noticed at a late stage as the liver starts to fail. Read More
Having Type 2 diabetes raises the risk of breast cancer in older women by more than a quarter, research has found.
A French group discovered the risk of the disease in post-menopausal women, which kills more than 12,000 in Britain every year, was 27 per cent higher in diabetics than those without it.
Among those who had not reached the menopause, breast cancer rates were no higher in Type 2 diabetics.
Type 1 diabetes, which originates in childhood and is not linked to unhealthy lifestyles, was not linked to higher breast cancer rates either. Read More
