Making half-bottles of wine cheaper and more available could quell the temptation to drink too much.Recent studies have found "hazardous" drinking is rife in wealthier areas. The Wine and Spirit ...
A new service enables pregnant women and their families to see details of the quality of care provided by their local maternity services at a glance.The launch of the Healthcare ...
In guidelines hailed by Arthritis Care as a giant leap towards more patient-centred services, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) today (27 Feb 2008) recommends that osteoarthritis ...
Did you know that California pistachios are the mostutrient dense of all nuts, and have more antioxidant power than any other snack nut? Rich in 8 essential nutrients and polyphenol ...
New mothers need extra support so more breastfeed.76% of women start out breastfeeding, this falls to 50% by six weeks - and one in four by six months. The Scientific ...
Doctors have issued a warning over the dangers of illegal skin-lightening creams, after a woman developed a hormone disorder.The patient, put on almost two stone in three years, could not ...
A seriously hot summer between now and 2017 could claim more than 6,000 lives, the Department of Health report warns. The report is to help health services prepare for climate ...
A nurse died more than seven years after contracting HIV while taking blood from a patient, it has emerged. The needle slipped and nurses thumb as she took blood from ...
Snacking scuppers Britains bid to beat the bulgeBrits are suffering from a 5 o ' clock snack attack and sabotaging their new year diet plans. According to new research ...
The foundation said it was important that doctors did not just prescribe antidepressants for patients, and looked for other options. Research has shown that exercise can help people with mild ...
The last three years have seen a significant rise in the number of GPs prescribing exercise to people with mild to moderate depression, according to new research* from the Mental ...
London, UK – February 2008 - Disney and Tesco have teamed up to add fun and excitement to healthier eating through a co-branded kids food range introduced by the much-loved ...
Practically every day we are bombarded with stories about increasing levels of obesity, rising incidences of diabetes, higher risks of developing heart disease. Stories circulate about what is the ...
Researchers have discovered why scratching an itch may be so addictive.
A team from Wake Forest University in North Carolina used imaging technology to follow the changes that take place ...
Sugary drinks have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout. Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% ...
"Small" wine measures are getting bigger in many pubs.Pubs, bars and restaurants should be forced to start selling smaller glasses of wine again, an MP says. Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland ...
Scientists say they have identified a key reason why bird flu has so far not posed a widespread menace to humans. So far, the H5N1 strain has mainly infected birds ...
The pill was launched in the UK in 1961 The Oxford University team said the pill's rising popularity meant 30,000 new cases will soon be avoided each year, the Lancet ...
Green energy uk, supplier of 100% green electricity, is providing the new Waitrose store in Rickmansworth with electricity created from growing tomatoes that are then sold at the store. This ...
It would be great if our children were happy to eat healthy nutritious food all of the time, but we all know that given the choice, they would often go ...
In my mid-twenties I contracted life-threatening meningitis. It was a terrifying experience but fortunately I made a full recovery. Now, as a mother of two young children I know just ...
Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Cancer Research UK, have launched the first UK-based clinical trial for women with an aggressive form of breast cancer which has spread to another part of ...
Mothers with children who have cancer may be at increased risk of breast cancer, according to new research from the university of Manchester. The breast cancer risks in mothers of ...
While our nation is becoming increasingly aware of the health risk posed by obesity in humans, many owners are only just waking up to the fact that, as with us, ...
