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A new article published in this month’s edition of The Milbank Quarterly has illuminated how food prices can affect the health and weight of a nation and has suggested that pricing interventions could have a significant impact on obesity levels...

Researchers in Denmark have linked smoking to an increased risk of developing pancreatitis, a condition where abdominal pain is caused by inflammation of the pancreas, and now believe that cigarettes may be linked to nearly half of all cases of the condition...

Concern has been raised in various quarters after an online pharmacy, Lloyd’s, announced plans to sell the morning after pill in bulk over the internet...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that there is a genetic link to high levels of the ‘good’ cholesterol HDL-C in the blood and think they have discovered the genetic makeup that explains why some people naturally have lots of ‘good’ cholesterol and others don’t...

A group of experts from Oxford University have published findings warning that being morbidly obese is as detrimental to life expectancy as a lifetime’s smoking...