Parameswaran Subramanyam An article (9 October 2009), 'Hunger striker's £7m Big Mac', reported claims that Mr Subramanyam was caught secretly eating burgers while on hunger strike during the ...

There was a time when finding five surviving generations of one family was a rarity. But the children of today are now more likely than ever to know their great-greatgrandparents. With falling ...

Apart from house dust mites, other common allergy triggers are mould spores, pet allergens and harsh soaps and shampoos. Find out why with part four of our guide on how to allergy-proof your child ...

There are now more remedies for coughs and colds than ever. Latest figures show we spent £337 million on them in 1999. But recent scares in America have linked a common ingredient in ...

Last June, while my friends and I were doing some light sparring in kung fu class, I was slapped on my left ear. It smarted but it wasn't painful. Suddenly, I realised that I had gone deaf in that ...

Doctors are warning that an increasing number of British children are showing signs of a dangerous type of diabetes normally only seen in adults. The problem is linked to the growing obesity ...

Britney Spears, born in 1981, is an American singer. Her first big break came when, aged 12, she starred as a Mouseketeer in TV show the The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. In 1998, she released her ...

Temporary tattoos could be spreading life-threatening diseases, it was revealed yesterday. The skin decorations have become a craze among fashion-conscious youngsters after being worn by ...

Women interested in the Brava bra have to be fitted under medical supervision. The initial consultation includes an examination to take exact measurements for the cup size, a mammogram and an ...

Doctors have halted another major HRT study because women were being made to face an "unacceptably high risk" of breast cancer. Now thousands of British women who are using HRT after surviving ...

A new treatment using radio waves can stop snoring in three-quarters of patients. Called somnoplasty, the procedure, which is only available privately, is hugely successful in the U.S. and France ...

Low carbohydrate diets have been one the biggest phenomenons of the health world in the past few years. Celebrities from Madonna to Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellweger and Cindy Crawford have all ...