Health

Former vice president says if you lined up all the millionaires in America and said ''is this fair?'' they'd say ''no''.

The latest figures show that the number of smokers in the country is at its lowest level since records began.

Ari Schultz has been living in and out of hospital since he was born.

Being child-free is still a taboo.

There is a fine line between eating healthily and eating obsessively.

Avoiding processed foods is wise but clean eating can sometimes go too far.

Surgeon Gabriel Weston will meet some of the world's most extraordinary people.

An outbreak of a winter vomiting bug has struck down children in schools.

Routine testing found 'possible presence of Salmonella in a small number of packs', supermarket says.

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation.

Mayor Sadiq Khan called it a public health emergency.

Sensors spotted senior author of study had Lyme disease before he was aware himself.

Leonardo da Vinci first noticed the body part in the 1500s, but its true structure has only just been officially recognised.

Doctors have discovered babies who died from SIDS had low levels of brain protein orexin.

People may need two forms of ID before they get treatment at a hospital in England.

Plastination is when all the body's liquids are removed and then replaced with plastic polymers.

Any general health claims in marketing must be backed as a permitted health claim - 'superfood' is not.

X-rays, chemotherapy and intravenous fluids could all be being used in certain conditions without much value.

He died at London Bridge Hospital after complaining of overheating.

World Osteoporosis Day focuses on the condition that causes bones to lose their density and become more fragile.

Rockstar's sense of style and excellent taste in music has been at the core of its greatest teasers.

Improving nutrition for young children could save 100,000 lives a year, the Unicef report says.

A rise in the number of smokers being treated for injuries has prompted a call for regulation.

Those taking part, show their religious devotion through ritualistic and self-mutilating trials.

The thick haze covering many parts of Hong Kong is said to have been caused by a nearby Taiwan-bound tropical cyclone.

Sources claim Apple is working on turning the Watch into a sleep tracker.

Lord Lansley says the British public have the 'right to expect' the commitment.

Almost 600 practices are at risk of shutting if more family doctors are not recruited.

Cycling is fast, burns calories, builds brain cells and saves the planet.

Significant variations in red blood cells occur between healthy and unhealthy people.