Diet and Health News and Features
 Virus that 'kills off' prostate cancer cells: Volunteer patients injected with 'tame' bug Scientists injected six volunteer patients with the 'tame' virus - and found it killed off cancer cells while sparing normal tissue. |
How keeping fit could hold the key to enjoying your love life into your eighties Those who keep themselves fit and healthy are still interested in sex in their eighth decade, a study has found. |
Illegal 'smart drugs' bought online by teenagers before exams could have catastrophic effect on their health Pupils as young as 15 are self-medicating, participating in illegal online drug trafficking and swapping notes on the best pill cocktails for good grades. |
Revolutionary hip operation that's left patients crippled for life It's supposed to be the cutting edge answer to arthritis. But as this shocking report reveals, hip resurfacing can wreak havoc with your body. |
Try the less is more diet: Study says little changes have the biggest impact Experts say around 20,000 lives a year could be saved if Britons simply tweaked their diet to include one gram less of salt a day, an extra piece of fruit and less saturated fat. |
How too much fruit can make you fat! Thought plenty of grapes or apples will keep you healthy? Think again... It seems some people are actually eating too much fruit, leading to health problems such as obesity, and to tooth decay. |
Irritable Baby Syndrome? Doctors mistook woman's pregnancy for IBS... until THREE HOURS before she gave birth Belinda Waite, 21, had been to her local hospital several times during the past nine months and was told she had a severe case of IBS and gout. |
Scientists says relaxation is the key to finding a partner just like yourself Our tastes in partner are altered by how we are feeling, research suggests. |
Acupuncture 'provides no help with IVF' say fertility doctors With conflicting conclusions about the value of the complementary medicines in aiding IVF, members of the British Fertility Society set out to obtain a definitive answer. |
Tiny electric shock that will stop you grinding your teeth Danish scientists have devised a novel way of treating teeth-grinding using an iPod-sized device that delivers an electric shock to the temples. |
End the misery of period pain in just 90 seconds Every year, thousands of women undergo a hysterectomy to treat debilitating heavy periods. Maria Hulburd, 51, had a new 90-second procedure to solve the problem. |
'Brain washing' technique cuts risk of premature babies suffering severe disabilities A pioneering 'brain washing' treatment is being used to save the lives of dozens of premature babies in the UK. |
Under the microscope: Griff Rhys Jones on controlling his anger with massage and the gallstone on his mantelpiece The comedian, 56, talks about his mysterious bout of hepatitis A and how he needs strict methods of calorie control to stop him eating everything in the shops. |
Are stones grinding you down? The hidden causes of backache, bad breath and chronic nausea buried deep within your body Despite being incredibly common, stones can often go misdiagnosed. Here, Angela Epstein explains what to look out for. |
People who can taste fat in food stay thinner The failure of overweight people to taste fat could mean their bodies simply don't recognise when they have had enough to eat. |