Parents taking their babies on the school run should cover prams and buggies to overcome air pollution, researchers have warned. Infants are twice as likely to breathe in harmful chemicals in the morning as they are in the afternoon, with bus stops and traffic lights the worst areas for exposure, a study has found.more
Selling high calorie foods in plain packaging could help in the battle against obesity according to a leading researcher who has won a share of the most lucrative prize in neuroscience for his work on the brain's reward system.more
January was the worst month on record for hospital A&E departments, with more patients than ever waiting over four hours to be seen, official figures have revealed.more
Sir Francis Drake would be horrified. Potatoes may have been a staple of British cuisine for centuries but we are falling out of love with them as the trend for "carb-free" diets and changing tastes have sent sales plummeting.more
Heroin addicts will be given a free supply of the substance by police in a bid to prevent drug-related crime. Durham Constabulary are the first force in the country to use part of their budget to fund the scheme in a bid to stop users stealing to pay for drugs, the Mail on Sunday reported.more
Tens of thousands of people - including NHS workers, campaigners and union representatives - have marched in London to protest against "yet more austerity" in the health service. Protesters on the #OurNHS march wanted to draw attention to plans which could see hospital services in nearly two-thirds of England cut back.more
British adults are at an "increased cancer risk" from eating a staggering 100 million fast food and takeaway meals every week, according to a new report.more
Health chiefs are calling for smoking to be completely banned in all NHS buildings and grounds. Public Health England is campaigning for a 'tobacco-free NHS' with more support on quitting offered to patients, visitors and staff.
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In high-income countries, except in periods of war, famine, and infection outbreaks, national life expectancy has increased steadily for decades, although there has been stagnation or decline in poor and marginalised groups.more
The NHS could save £1.7 billion on conditions including heart disease and diabetes if Londoners walked or cycled for just 20 minutes a day, figures showed. more
Hospitals impede access to public information - said the foundation "Childbirth with Dignity ', which collects information about the quality of obstetric care facilities.more
As the volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its fourth year, 1 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - nearly double the number this time last year, said UNICEF.more
16 Polish cities have already exceeded the permissible annual limit of air quality standards - informs the Polish Green Network. The list incudes cities: Krakow, Nowy Targ, and Wodzislaw Slaski.more
The amount spent by families on alcoholic drinks, tobacco and recreational drugs fell to its lowest level since modern records began, costing the typical household £11.40 a week last year compared with nearly £20 in 2001-02, according to the Office for National Statistics.more
Sadiq Khan came under pressure today to ban a Tube poster featuring Khloe Kardashian in a leotard just months after tightening Transport for London's rules on advertising. more
