Healthy

Tackling obesity is ‘one of the greatest long-term health challenges’ this country faces, the Government announced recently as it launched a new strategy to...

Could you please tell me what can help to stop hair falling out? Is it caused by a lack of vitamins and minerals?Mrs D....

Preparing for her 14th marathon later this year, 77-year-old Sylvia Jennings offers some words of reassurance: ‘As long as you can get your shoes...

A slew of antibacterial, antiviral and other ‘self-cleaning’ products have come on to the market recently. But are they the answer to cleaner living, or just...

Portion sizes for fish and chips, pizzas and other takeaways could shrink by up to a fifth under fresh proposals to battle obesity.Public Health...

Hearing loss isn’t just something that strikes in old age: you may be surprised to learn that more than 40 per cent of the...

High blood pressure and diabetes can impair thinking and memory, a study has found.An examination of 22,059 brain scans - including 1,100 with diabetes...

Throat cancer could be predicted up to eight years before it appears thanks to a genetic test developed by scientists.When abnormal cells emerge where...

Prostate cancer referrals have halved since the beginning of lockdown as thousands of men put off seeing their GP.In total 27,000 fewer men have...

Children who have previously caught the common cold have coronavirus antibodies that prevent them from developing the hyper-inflammatory condition called MIS-C, new research suggests.  The...