Obese seven-year-olds are at greater risk of suffering emotional problems, such as anxiety and low mood, when they reach 11, a large UK study suggests. The Liverpool researchers found obesity and mental health were closely linked, and gradually...

Children should not spend any time looking at phones, tablets or TVs until they are at least two years old, the World Health Organization warned last week.

The joy of successful pregnancy or having a new baby is unparalleled, but pregnant women and new parents are often overwhelmed with everything- from emotion to attention. Mothers are more commonly sleep deprived, tired, hormonal, they don't...

Doctors may soon give babies an obesity risk score thanks to a newly-developed inexpensive genetic test.  About two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and scientists have long known that both DNA and lifestyle determine who will reach...

Many of us complain of slaving away in the gym without seeing any benefit to our waistline.  But scientists may finally have the answer to this phenomenon. Although it may seem counter-intuitive, research suggests exercising could cause people...

Pressures in countries such as China and India for people to produce boys and not girls has led to a spike in gender-based abortions, a shock study has found. 

The NHS spent more than £13million helping thousands of women from abroad give birth last year.

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition in which the pressure of the blood against the vessel walls is consistently elevated. 

Hospitals in England are dealing with 5 million more patients than 15 years ago. The number of emergency, planned and day-case patients has soared by more than 40 per cent since 2004, to 17.6 million in 2016-17. The ageing population, obesity...

Having a resting heart rate of 75 beats per minute (bpm) in middle age could double your risk of an early death, research suggests. Men with a resting heart rate of 75 or above in their fifties were twice as likely to die within the next two...