Health & Wellbeing

The nation’s lack of physical activity is a “silent epidemic”, health officials said. Lack...

Grapefruit poses a potentially lethal health risk to increasing numbers of patients taking prescription...

Smoking and high blood pressure over the age of 50 both lead to accelerated...

Parkinson’s patients may be able to reduce their symptoms by emulating British cycle hero...

Eating cherries can reduce the risk of gout attacks in people with the disease...

New research reveals 1 in 3 Brits wake up in pain. [London, November 13th...

More fruit and vegetables are to be added to ready meals in a new...

A gene with links to late-onset dementia is also suspected of boosting people’s brains...

A nasal spray has been developed that could mean an end to daily injections...

A charity is urging Britons to stop drinking for the whole of January to...

The Prime Minister is calling on a million members of the public to provide...

A surprising link has been found between long life spans and naturally low levels...

Eating two portions of oily fish a week could help ward off a stroke,...

Healthy behaviour in middle age significantly increases the chances of staying disease-free later in...

Almost three-quarters of people would not go to hospital if they experienced the symptoms...

Research findings recommend we do 30 minutes of moderate physical activity (such as brisk...

Food labelling will be made consistent across all supermarkets so that shoppers can easily...

The largest metabolically (use of energy) active tissue in our bodies is muscle. The...

Racehorse Frankel is expected to end his career with a remarkable 14th straight win...

Rowing on the River Thames has been chosen as one of the world’s great...

Popping a multivitamin pill each day can reduce a man’s risk of cancer, a...

Although depression can occur at any time of the year, it can be triggered...

Dementia is a “challenge for the whole of society”, care and support minister Norman...

Hormone replacement therapy has been a hotly debated subject among academics over whether it...

Brisk walks can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by half,...

The number of people with diabetes is expected to reach 4.4 million by 2020...

Wrinkles and creaking joints are bad enough, but for most people it’s middleage spread...

Former England footballer Gordon Banks and Sir Michael Parkinson have relived their heartbreaking personal...

Suffering a stroke can have a drastic impact on a patient’s finances, a charity...

We have food label ‘traffic lights’, RDA’s, RNI’s, guideline daily amounts (GDA’s), portions sizes,...