Most men take better care of their car than their body, and their health suffers as a result. Here, Victoria Lambert presents a test of your true health status.

In this week's health quiz, the model and author, 57, talks pills, depression and her fear of falling flat on her face.

Millions of Britons suffer from chronic sinusitis, which causes pain, difficulty breathing and loss of smell. David Clamp had a new, less invasive operation to cure it.

knickee added an entry about lose weight : So today i think i did pretty good I ate alot of fruit then i went to my friends house And ate rice , egg, and beans and thats it. Well see if i did good on the scale tomorrow morning. My schedule nowadays is BUSY . 7:20am – 2:11pm Regular school then i have Nigh shool 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm I feel like i have no time at all So im not really overeating nowadays which is good. Hope everyone is doing as well good!

Pomegranates could help speed up childbirth - and may reduce the number of emergency Caesarean sections performed as a result of long labour.

Fury as 48 key medicines run out because of shameless profiteering by drug companies. Shortages are affecting patients with cancer, epilepsy, lung disease, and asthma.

A major study found the risk is 50 per cent higher for mothers aged 40 than for a woman in her late 20s. But the father's age has far less impact.

New research in Pediatrics reveals some useful take-home messages for parents of preschoolers. Q. How can you easily lower the odds of your child becoming obese? A. There are 3 simple steps you can take. What are they?...

The Prime Minister has ditched his favourite snack - KitKat chocolate bars - and replaced them with the high energy fruit.

Researchers have found that the anti-depressant Seroxat can interfere with tamoxifen, which is prescribed to thousands of breast cancer survivors for five years at a time.

Dr Greg Pearson’s AcneApp uses 420 nanometer blue light and 550 nanometer red light to help kill bacteria and promote collagen growth.

Call me a chocolate fiend but when I think about "the most romantic" dessert...I can't help but think about (or should I say salivate over) chocolate mousse. Love the rich taste; love the light texture; love basically everything about it. This lust for chocolate mousse must be genetic because my oldest daughter shares my passion. While she was visiting from college, I was inspired to create a light but luscious version of dark chocolate mousse. It was as if creating a light mousse and pleasing her discerning young palate was the holy grail of recipe doctoring.

msjulia9 added an entry about lose weight : well i use to be in perfect shape but i got really sick..and i gained 20 pounds from it! and now i dont know where to start…because i give up so fast. :(

A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekday television viewing time. In a large sample of the U.S...

Being active for at least 30 minutes every day reduces your risk of developing some types of cancer. Fitness experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have designed an exclusive exercise plan based on this evidence that will fit into almost anyone's lifestyle...

Smokers desperate to quit should put their faith in willpower rather than expensive patches and gums, researchers said last night.

Forum Post: I watched a television show last night and it was about people who suffers from fat phobia in different ways. One lady had bad experiences in her childhood where a former school teacher of hers had been severly obease and...

It's thought that up to one in four cases may actually be caused by infection and not by mechanical problems such as poor posture or improper lifting.

Man boobs - or 'moobs' - may entertain social commentators, but for the men who developed them, they are often deeply embarrassing. The condition, known as gynecomastia, is a growing problem.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery can effectively treat obesity in adolescents and seems to offer a better alternative than gastric bypass surgery, but further study is needed to determine whether it's better than nonsurgical options, a UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeon writes in an editorial in the Feb. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...