Healthy

Government action plans to cut childhood obesity have had 'little impact' and numbers of overweight children have in fact risen, a damning report has...

From the 'freefall' to the 'foetal', the differing sleeping positions favoured by high and lower earners have been revealed.A survey of more than 5,000...

People who buy fizzy drinks are more likely to eat a bad diet overall and to be overweight, a study has found.Researchers analysed drink...

A GP who almost lost her son to a rare liver disorder made an emotional pledge in Punjabi on This Morning today, to try...

For most children, coronavirus infection is unlikely to be much worse than the flu, according to a new study - but its authors say...

Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the...

New GPS tracking data from 45 million cell phones in the US shows that stay-at-home orders slowed the spread of COVID-19 by three-fold.The amount...

A system of 'cannabis cards' for medicinal users which will effectively decriminalise the drug is being backed by police chiefs.Around three and a half...

Passing out drunk could more than double the risk of later developing dementia, a study has found, with just one drink a day raising...

With summer now a distant memory, a cloud of doom seems to have returned to these shores. Yesterday, Britain recorded over 2,400 new Covid-19 cases...