Why city life may be bad for you
When it comes to getting people to be more active, much of the attention is focused on the improving sports facilities, encouraging people to join the gym or lambasting schools for not doing enough PE.
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Being smaller can lead to feelings of being unlikeable as well as fear and paranoia
Scientists used virtual reality technology to reduce the height of volunteers travelling on a computer-simulated Tube train by 10in (25cm).
So lazy, we might as well stay in bed: Experts warn of a ‘pandemic’ of inactivity
Sedentary lifestyles mean that by 2030 the average person will use just a quarter more energy in a day than if they had stayed in bed.
Shortage of midwives may be putting mothers and babies at risk, say MPs
The safety of pregnant women and their babies during childbirth may be being put at risk by a lack of NHS funding and a national shortage of 2,300 midwives, a committee of MPs has said.
‘Food is a medicine in itself’: Prince Charles calls for the quality of hospital food to be made a ‘clinical priority’
He wants the NHS to see food as a medicine in itself and claims better meals would speed up recovery times.
Forget Glass, Google reveals the smart contact lens that can constantly monitor the tears of diabetes sufferers to check their glucose levels
It may be best known for its interactive Glass specs, but Google today revealed a radical smart contact lens for diabetics.
Hospital admissions for eating disorders up 8%
The data, from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, showed there were 2,560 admissions.
French doctors work to bring Schumacher out of coma
Doctors treating injured Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher are reducing his sedation to prepare to bring him out of a coma, his manager says.
Breakfast sets you up for the day…and your LIFE: Missing morning meals increases risk of diabetes and obesity later in life
Eating a poor breakfast in your teenage years can inflict long-lasting damage on your health almost three decades later, according to a new report.
Irish nuns ‘forced children to eat their own vomit and put soiled bedsheets on their heads as punishment at care homes’
Children were forced to eat their own vomit and put soiled bedsheets on their heads as punishment at care homes run by nuns, the largest public inquiry into institutional child abuse was told.