Should children and adolescents lift weights?
Feb 29, 2016 04:18 am UTC| Health
We all know exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, and most will agree kids should be doing more of it. However, a recent study found while parents are positive about their children engaging in aerobic...
Is that muesli bar you put in your child's lunchbox actually healthy?
Feb 28, 2016 16:18 pm UTC| Health
There are rows upon rows of packaged snack foods in supermarkets, including snack bars made from muesli, cereal, nuts, seeds and fruit. Many of the labels on the packages shout out words such as natural, protein, oaty,...
Research Check: does eating chocolate improve your brain function?
Feb 26, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Health
Everyone loves a study that turns one of our favourite vices into a health benefit. This week, the news headlines tell us eating chocolate improves brain function and that it could help protect against normal age-related...
Seven simple ways you can reduce air pollution in your home
Feb 26, 2016 04:57 am UTC| Health
Outdoor air pollution is responsible for around 40,000 deaths in the UK each year, according to a new report by the Royal College of Physicians. Its a scary headline number. However just as significantly this is also one...
People in their nineties reveal the secrets to ageing well
Feb 26, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Life Health
There are many reasons why some people live long healthy lives while others dont, but one of them is undoubtedly genes. That doesnt mean we should be negative about our chances of ageing in good health. Although our genes...

Should we eat red meat? The nutrition and the ethics
Feb 26, 2016 00:46 am UTC| Health
Many types of red meat and red meat products are available, from farmers markets, to supermarkets, to restaurants. The impacts of their production and consumption on human health, animal welfare and the environment are...

When it comes to mental health, like attracts like
Feb 25, 2016 04:45 am UTC| Health
Is it true that like attracts like? When it comes to mental health, it seems the answer is yes. A study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week sheds light on the influence of psychiatric disorders on relationships and...