A new study has revealed exactly why working a night shift drives up your risk of obesity, stroke and heart disease.

More children are getting dry eye disease because they spend so much time staring at screens, scientists say. The condition is more common among older people but is rising in the young because they blink less when looking at screens, so their...

An extract from soya beans is being hailed as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy for combating hot flushes.

Aspirin could lower the risk of Alzheimer's and even slow its progress in sufferers, a new study has found. In experiments on mice, even a low dose of the common over-the-counter pill destroyed the rogue proteins that kill neurons in the brain.

Needless to say, our lungs play a vital role in helping our body function well. However, consequently our lungs have to suck in not just air but some harmful elements like air pollutants and smoking along with it. These pollutants happen to...

Sweets and fatty snacks sold at checkouts and as part of supermarket deals will be banned under new government proposals to halve childhood obesity in England by 2030.

One of the hottest trends among the health-conscious people and dietitians is of 'clean eating.' The concept is rather simple - eating foods that are least or minimally processed, adulterated or refined.

People with type 2 diabetes are almost a third more likely to develop Parkinson's disease in later life, a major study has found. Research involving eight million people - including two million patients in England with type 2 diabetes - found...

Men and women who "feel lonely" are more likely to have worse mental health, heart disease conditions and die early than those "living alone", according to a study.

More than one million NHS workers in England will receive a three-year pay deal worth 6.5% after staff voted in favour of the offer.