British women have one of the lowest life expectancies in Europe, researchers say.

A study has found that unhappy people watch 20 per cent more television than those who describe themselves as ‘very happy’.

They say that lightning never strikes twice - but one couple are coping with double-double trouble after they had their second set of twins in less than three years.

A mother was plunged into a six-week coma to save her from a rare disease. Juliet Baron was left temporarily paralysed after her treatment for the potentially fatal Guillain Barr syndrome.

People who manage to keep a keen memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer’s than those who age normally, researchers have said.

One of Britain’s leading experts on children’s food is launching a new range of world recipes for children. Here we feature four of them exclusively online you can try with your family.

Britain is in the grip of a childhood obesity epidemic. But is it ever acceptable for our children to be fat? The answer from experts may surprise you.

A jab to prevent skin cancer could be available in five years, a leading scientist claims.

Many sufferers think feeling over-full is due to a food intolerance - in fact, bacteria in the gut is more likely to blame, as a top nutritionist explains.

The outrageous comedienne reveals why she’s backing a new exhibition that highlights osteoporosis.