Red labels to warn of unhealthy food: Logos to appear on items considered 'bad' for health in anti-obesity drive
The colour will signal products that are high in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt as part of an anti-obesity drive designed to encourage healthy eating. ...
POSTED 06/19/2013 at 02:39 AM -- 
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Hectic week? A well-deserved weekend lie-in can PREVENT type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered that sleeping longer at the weekend is good for health – at least for those who burn the candle at both ends during the week. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 08:46 PM --
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Women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of ovarian cancer by 24%
Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, U.S., found that talcum powder particles applied to the genital area can travel into a woman's body and cause inflammation which allows cancer cells to flourish. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 08:41 PM --
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Superwit! Online backlash as £175,000-a-year NHS chief dons Superman outfit for bizarre video urging staff to get fit
A hospital chief executive has been ridiculed after a video of him dressed as Superman while dancing through hospital corridors to the tune of Is This The Way To Amarillo was uncovered. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 08:22 PM --
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Bride-to-be organised dream wedding in just 10 DAYS after her boyfriend was diagnosed with stomach cancer and given just months to live
With the help of family and friends, it took just over a week to organise the rural church wedding in Warwickshire that Chris, 41, and Charlotte Clark, 30, had dreamed of. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 01:53 PM --
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Adults today are self-obsessed and more stressed than those who lived through the Blitz, claims psychologist
Our stress levels are continuing to soar - even though we don't have to worry about bombs, blackouts and rationing, says Graham Price. He says Britons have forgotten to 'look on the bright side of life'. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 01:48 PM --
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Toddlers start using 'little words' to form basic sentences far earlier than we realise
Dr Cristina Dye at Newcastle University found that two and three-year-olds start using grammar and 'little words', such as a, an, can, is, and an, much earlier than previously realised. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 01:16 PM --
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Could being overweight cause DEAFNESS? Obese teenagers are 50% more likely to suffer with hearing problems
Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to researchers at Columbia University Medical Centre. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 12:53 PM --
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Losing weight not only makes you healthier, it can also boost your MEMORY
Researchers at Umea University, in Sweden, found that older, obese women who lose weight through dieting triggered changes in their brain activity which improved their memory. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 12:17 PM --
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Risk of autism is up to 50% higher in children exposed to traffic fumes and air pollution
Women exposed to high levels of traffic fumes and industrial air pollution are about 50 per cent more likely to have a child who develops autism, say Harvard researchers. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 11:08 AM --
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Warning over danger of falling toilet seats which send more than 1,000 boys and men to hospital every year
University of California researchers found that the number of emergency room visits for toilet-related injuries to the penis soared by 100 visits each year between 2002 and 2010. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 09:00 AM --
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Nurses invent the disposable 'Digni Bra' to protect a woman's modesty during surgery
Theatre nurses Natalie Reid, 39, and Fiona Cartwright, 48, from Porthcawl in South Wales, discovered many women dread surgery because they feel so exposed. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 07:33 AM --
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Doctor cleared of negligence after being sued by man who suffered eight-month erection after implant surgery
A jury on Monday cleared a doctor of negligence in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware truck driver who underwent a penile implant procedure and ended up with an erection that lasted eight months. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 07:25 AM --
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Our 'natural' IVF baby: Family celebrate birth of little Heath after pioneering new hormone technique that's safer for mum
Heath Kidd, seven weeks, was conceived with a new method that uses a naturally occurring hormone, kisspeptin, instead of artificial ones. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 06:41 AM --
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Obesity fuels rise in throat cancer in men: Form is one of the deadliest as it is often diagnosed late
More than 5,600 men develop cancer of the gullet each year, which is often diagnosed late and has shocking rates of survival. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 06:25 AM --
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Increasing amount of red meat in your diet 'can raise risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by nearly 50%'
Experts said the link may be due to the fat contained in red meat - mostly saturated fats- which means people should be encouraged to choose leaner cuts. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 06:25 AM --
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Mums-to-be 'CAN have a glass of wine a day without harming their child's development'
A large new study says the children of mothers who drank 'moderately' in pregnancy actually grew up to have better balance than those who abstained. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 06:22 AM --
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Meet the Mail Health Heroes: From the GP who's ALWAYS on call to the surgeon who sings to comfort scared children, they always go the extra mile
Many years ago, Ronan Moran heard a story on the radio about a dying man who had spent his final days at home in profound pain, watched by his helpless family. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 06:08 AM --
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'She's my superhero': Brave toddler who lost both legs after father ran over her in horrific lawnmower accident takes first steps on prosthetic limbs
Ireland Nugent, the two-year-old girl whose legs were severed in a lawn mower accident happily started using her prosthetic limbs in Tampa, Florida, on Monday. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 05:31 AM --
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Salt content in supermarket own brand bread is 20 per cent less than a decade ago but further reductions needed to cut heart attacks
Bread is the biggest contributor of dietary salt in the UK, providing almost a fifth of the total derived from processed foods, according to the study by the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London. ...
POSTED 06/18/2013 at 03:46 AM --
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