The traditional English breakfast has long suffered a reputation for being a 'heart attack on a plate' - but new research has found that it may also raise the risk of bowel cancer by 63 per cent.

More than 1,000 premature births could be avoided every year if women were screened for infections early in pregnancy, a British expert in early births said on Monday.

So-called 'smug marrieds' may actually have a scientific basis for extolling the benefits of stepping down the aisle, according to new research.

Not only did many of our Victorian forebears live longer than we do today - but they were also healthier and had stronger immune systems, research has shown.

Only four years to go. Now the Olympic spirit has been well and truly ignited, budding champions must be wondering whether they have what it takes to succeed in London 2012.

Here, in a moving and uplifting account, writer NICK MAES describes his mother Marjorie's death, and why it was so important that it happened in the place she loved best.

Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he tackles kidneys and hives.

Australian Medical Association President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that findings in a new report show the obesity epidemic is costing the nation $58 billion a year and confirms that many Australians are suffering significant health problems due to obesity. "This reflects the dollar cost to Australians and the human cost to individuals," she said.

Design guru and TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, 43, lives in the Cotswolds with his wife, Jackie, and their daughters Cecile, 13, and Hermione, 10. Here he reveals his health secrets.

FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc. has just expanded its Multi Axis Load Cell series with the new MTA505 Multi Axis Load Cell. The MTA505 Multi Axis Load Cell (Tri-Axial) offers an excellent solution for measuring Mx, My, and Fz loads. It is currently offered in two capacity options: - 10,000 lbs (Fz), 2,000 in-lbs (Mx), 2,000 in-lbs (My).

As the saturation of Americans who are overweight is projected to reach nearly 100 percent by 2040, and with 30 to 40 percent of today's children projected to develop diet-related diabetes in their lifetimes, leading child obesity advocates denounce

Three quarters of parents of young athletes let their child forgo an exam for an important game, a new study conducted at the University of Haifa has found. In comparison, only 47% of parents of young musicians will agree to their child choosing a performance over an exam. "Parents usually don't understand their role in the course of their child's career development, and cross the line between involvement and intervention," the study's authors said.

The first patient in the New York City area received incision free surgery for obesity as part of the ongoing multicenter TOGA Pivotal Trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Drs. Marc Bessler and Daniel Davis performed the TOGA Procedure (for "transoral gastroplasty"), which, like other obesity procedures, is designed to alter the patient's stomach anatomy to give them a feeling of fullness after a small meal.

Early next year, ad men Alex Bogusky and Chuck Porter will release The 9-inch Diet. The premise of the book is: by using a 9-inch plate at every meal, caloric intake can be decreased by 30-35 percent....

Lately I've been trying to feel better so I've been eating a lot of vitamins... do you know how many vitamins you have to eat before you feel full?... the colour of my urine is amazing..." - Steven Wright I have to admit, I'm skeptical - some would say jaded over the hundreds of thousands of "miracles in a...

Doctors are keeping cancer patients in the dark about new drugs that could extend their lives.

Sorry, but you'll have to squint to read this Sunday's Sally Forth (why is Sally Forth always so darn small on Sunday?) P.S. In case you're not sure, no, shmoo is not my son's real name. It was just a family "term of endearment" I decided to use as a web alias when I started blogging. Little did we know!

Amy's Bowls (in the frozen food section) have a new flavor - Mexican Casserole. This entrée got my attention because I was looking for vegetarian entrées to sample for an article I was writing. Yes, it contains cheese, but it would fit an ovo-lacto vegetarian meal plan just fine. My biggest disappointment when I opened up the box was that the bowl didn't seem to have half as much contents as the photo on the box suggests. It does have the nice cheesy topping pictured on the box, however, which is where quite a bit of the grams of fat and saturated fat appear to be coming from.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered my Vegan Lunch Box Contest . The deadline for entry was yesterday. I've been enjoying looking at all the yummy lunch pics and reading your wonderful, creative descriptions. Good job, everyone! Wow, it's going to be tough: there are over 50 fabulous entries and I'm going to have to narrow it down to 5 . It makes me wish I had more books to give away! The five lucky winners will be notified via email on September 1st (my birthday!), and their lunches will be featured here on the blog throughout the month of September.

Pretzel Face added an entry about Lose weight : Almost finished my second day without chocolate. Weigh in today. I lost 1lb but It’s extremely likely that I’ve put it back on because I did no excercise today and here’s what I ate: B: Nectarine 1 Bowl of Oatso Simple Then It went downhill… L: 4 Slices of Toast 2 Bowls of Rice 1 Jacket Potato 2 Pancakes + Ice cream and Syrup D: 2 Fajitas + extra cheese