Health

Kimberly Adie said staff at a Winnipeg salon refused her a pedicure because she was too large.

Divya Kishore May 04, 2017

As sales of energy drinks grow, so are energy drink-associated visits to hospital.

Lydia Smith Apr 28, 2017

Sugar-laden 'diet' products are contributing to weight gain.

Lydia Smith Apr 26, 2017

Whitehaven's local mayor complains the town has 'too many' fast food outlets.

Will Worley Apr 23, 2017

"Yes but people are starving in North Korea, aren't they?"

Lydia Smith Apr 18, 2017

Phalatse suffered from rare genetic disorder that causes rapid ageing but was a 'champion of positivity'.

Elsa Buchanan Apr 12, 2017

From America's opioid crisis to the NHS's instinct to over-medicalise, healthcare spending is often wasteful.

Andrew Sabisky Apr 04, 2017

A new report suggests emergency contraception may not work for women with a BMI of 26 or more.

Jen Offord Apr 01, 2017

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

Graham Lanktree Mar 22, 2017

Whole-body vibration tested for its benefits in mice and could have implications for human health.

Hannah Osborne Mar 15, 2017

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

Jordan Bhatt Mar 15, 2017

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

Lydia Smith Mar 10, 2017

Being child-free is still a taboo.

Lydia Smith Mar 06, 2017

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

Lydia Smith Feb 27, 2017

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

Lydia Smith Feb 25, 2017

Fructose has been linked to conditions including diabetes, obesity, cancer and liver disease.

Martha Henriques Feb 23, 2017

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

Lucia Binding Feb 22, 2017

Do you really need eight hours sleep? Everything you need to know about sleep.

Staff Reporter Feb 17, 2017

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

Feb 13, 2017

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

Mark Piggott Feb 10, 2017

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

Feb 06, 2017

When both partners are obese, their chances of conceiving may be reduced.

Léa Surugue Feb 03, 2017

Mayor Sadiq Khan called it a public health emergency.

Harriet Sinclair Jan 18, 2017

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

Alistair Charlton Jan 13, 2017

Drinking alcohol makes people hungry because of what it does to neurons associated with hunger.

Léa Surugue Jan 10, 2017

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

Martha Henriques Jan 04, 2017

Inactivity may be a consequence rather than a cause of obesity.

Léa Surugue Dec 29, 2016

Public Health England study revealed high levels of obesity and diabetes.

Brendan Cole Dec 28, 2016

The molecule appears to have therapeutic benefits, improving growth and life-expectancy in mice.

Léa Surugue Dec 26, 2016

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

William Watkinson Dec 20, 2016