Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions ...

Cockroaches and locusts contain powerful antibiotic molecules in their brains that could be used to develop new treatments against MRSA and E-coli, scientists have discovered. ...

One in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough, a survey shows. ...

People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer but experience a more rapid decline once the disease sets in, a study suggests. ...

Childless couples are facing a widening postcode lottery after NHS officials ordered GPs to slash the amount of fertility treatment on offer to cut costs, stark new figures show. . ...

Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who spend their earliest years in day care may be at higher risk of eczema than kids cared for at home, according to a new study from Germany. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a yea ...

Nearly half of Britons got sunburnt this summer and many would be willing to do so again to get a tan, a survey reveals. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with kidney disease are more likely to be added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant if they've had a previous heart, lung or liver transp ...

Laziness runs in the family, a new study suggests. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the age-old oral glucose tolerance test to the newer hemogl ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as normal Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said in a preliminary analysis rel ...

Transparent braces are transforming our pearly whites, says Emma Hill. ...

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together. ...

Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they unsafe, UK experts say. ...

Compost manufacturers are considering putting warnings about Legionnaires' disease on their bags following advice from the Royal Horticultural Society. ...

Scientists have a taken major step towards understanding why older women are more likely to produce abnormal eggs, increasing the risk of infertility, miscarriage and birth defects ...

Scientists in Newcastle have discovered why older women are more likely to suffer from infertility, miscarriage and birth defects. ...

Baby Gloomers are aged 45 to 54 and allegedly the unhappiest age group in Britain. With good reason says Neil Tweedie. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not en ...

Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest. ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer develops could lead to the creation of new drugs which would stop tumours ever developing, scien ...

Compost manufacturers are considering putting warnings about Legionnaires' disease on their bags following advice from the Royal Horticultural Society. ...

A drug taken by more than a million people with osteoporosis could double their risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus, according to a new study. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of th ...

Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may boost the risk of oesophageal cancer, a study suggests. ...

Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost. ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no spec ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. ...

NOWSHERA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by cons ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study s ...

LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one o ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When it comes to changing health behaviors, it takes more than a far-flung network of friends on Facebook egging you on. It takes a jostling herd, U.S. research ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who start menstruating early may be at increased risk of asthma and poor lung function, new research shows. ...

British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep, according to a small study. ...

A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of helping a disabled man from South Tyneside take his own life. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain "exercise" may actually have a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by cons ...

School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests. ...

The Scottish government says drinkers should spend a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol they buy. ...

Fish oils could save the lives of 10,000 heart failure sufferers every year, research has shown, and be prescribed as part of their daily treatment. ...

Young people who rob themselves of sleep by spending all night surfing the internet and playing computer games are tripling their chances of developing a mental illness, according ...

Tony Blair's drink revelations are hardly that - but they are a sales tonic, says Iain Hollingshead . ...

Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions ...

Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions ...

Hospitals around the country are offering "sub-standard" care to hip-fracture patients who face a postcode lottery in treatment, according to a nationwide audit published today (TH ...

Senior NHS managers could receive pay-outs topping £100,000 in a national severance scheme just approved by ministers. ...

Our health sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide. ...

The fight is on over how to solve our food crisis, but if we choose the wrong food policy at this juncture there could be no going back, says Rose Prince. ...

In this new series in which Telegraph writers test ways to keep in shape, Tracy Corrigan stretches herself. ...

Many women having cosmetic surgery believe that it is other people having work done who are motivated by vanity, it is claimed. ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. ...

One in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough, a survey shows. ...

People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer but experience a more rapid decline once the disease sets in, a study suggests. ...