Bottles of wine and beer could soon carry labels warning of their calorie content.
Experts believe binge drinkers, not deterred by information about how much alcohol a drink contains, might think again if they knew how fattening it was.
The message would be most likely to hit home with image-conscious young drinkers and women.
A nurse who exposed appalling neglect of the elderly at an NHS hospital began a fight to save her career today.
Margaret Haywood, 58, faces a series of disciplinary charges over a secret film she made for a BBC Panorama programme.
Brave Millie Smith can still break into a beaming smile despite suffering from a medical condition which is so rare that it has no name and affects just four people in the world.
She was diagnosed at 16 months when tests revealed she had strands missing from her eighth chromosome.
The harm done by tobacco and alcohol should be rated on the same system as illegal drugs, a leading scientist said today.
Professor Sir Gabriel Horn who chaired a special committee on drug use, warned that dependency on drink and cigarettes was spiralling out of control and urgent measures were needed to curb their misuse.
More than 100 British cruise ship passengers have been quarantined after falling ill with the winter vomiting bug. The elderly travellers were on a trip along the Rhine in Germany when they contracted the highly infectious norovirus.
With her beautiful blue eyes and a smile to melt your heart, at eight months old Jessica Gledhill is everything you could wish for in a baby.
But gorgeous though she is, for her parents Donna and Dave there are more important reasons to be grateful for their precious daughter.
For in just 17 months between May 2003 and October 2004, the couple from Wigston in Leicestershire went through the agony of losing three babies - all boys - in the most tragic of circumstances.
A device small enough to fit in a GP’s pocket can diagnose dangerous skin cancers in just 20 seconds.
The hand-held gadget, which costs around £500, can detect cancer using a complex technique called Optical Transfer Diagnosis.
It’s a life-saver for thousands - but the side-effects can be devastating.
A year after he’d undergone treatment for cancer of the tonsils, Richard Wayman felt a painful tingling in his legs. Within weeks, the 59-year- old shopkeeper was struggling to walk. He was admitted to hospital, where doctors carried out scans, X-rays and tests.
A grandfather and aunt with Parkinson’s. Three relatives with thyroid trouble. What clues does one woman’s family background hold for her future health?
Katherine Lewis has always been pretty healthy. The 24-year-old from Manchester has only ever had the usual childhood illnesses - such as chicken pox - and without any outward sign of illness, considered herself to be in good shape.
The wedding’s over, so is the honeymoon. But modern couples face yet another hurdle before a life of wedded bliss - the bridal blues.
The expectations of newlyweds are so high, and married life such a let-down after all the planning and excitement of the big day, that an increasing number of brides are suffering post-nuptial depression, say doctors.
Sleeping pills prescribed to hundreds of thousands of Britons could more than double their risk of road accidents, scientists have found.
Research showed that men and younger people are more likely to be involved in a car crash the day after taking the pills than women and the elderly.
The Government has come under pressure to publish a detailed report into the death of Baby P in Haringey.
Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has refused to release the serious case review on Baby P based on legal advice and a ruling by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas.
tags: Health, News, UHN, Data Protection, Child Protection, Local Authorities, Social Services, Daily Mail
Actor Bruce Byron, who plays DC Terry Perkins in The Bill, has struggled with his weight for years. But in the past six months he’s lost nearly two stone. Bruce, who is married to TV psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, writes fortnightly in Good Health about his battle with the bulge.
Every Tuesday, Britain’s leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane explains why we need to get in touch with savouring our food…
Mealtimes at Catriona Grant’s home are always a lively affair. As her sons laugh and banter, Catriona quizzes them about the day’s events.
‘We talk and talk,’ says Catriona proudly. ‘It makes us so close.’
Most people own a pair of trainers, and the market for sports shoes is worth more than £1.25 billion a year. But when it comes to keeping fit, you need shoes fit for the purpose.
Running is a cheap and effective way to keep healthy, but it’s a high-impact activity.
A tiny remote-controlled drill that spins along the inside of arteries to clean away debris could provide a new treatment for millions of patients with a debilitating leg condition.
The device, which is small enough to safely travel through clogged arteries, cuts away and then sucks up fatty deposits, calcium and other debris which builds up on the sides of the blood vessels.
Thousands of arthritis sufferers can keep using a range of drugs after rationing watchdog Nice overturned its decision to ban them.
The ruling earlier this year, restricting access to the £100-a-week treatments, had been condemned by campaigners as a 'prescription for pain'.
It's been home to the real Hannibal Lecter, deranged poisoners and a barman who tried to shoot Queen Victoria. Now Broadmoor hospital for the criminally insane is finally giving up its secret.
Link to Article
Murderers and rapists serving time in jail are being offered the chance to participate in IVF treatment at taxpayers’ expense so they can have children with partners on the outside.
An official notice has already been posted in a prison containing some of Britain’s worst offenders informing them how to apply.
Original Design Gio | Adaption for Blogger Blog and Web
