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A nine-year-old girl's blog about her puny school lunches has gone viral after she decided enough was enough at her school on the west coast of Scotland.

Jamie Lewis May 10, 2012

Transgender model Jackie Green is in the running to win Miss England

Toyin Owoseje May 08, 2012

'Distressed' 999 call gives no clue that Lambeth woman at property police were called to was about to give birth.

Jamie Lewis May 03, 2012

The disability is caused by mutation of genes that could affect the cognitive development of the brain by disrupting neuron function.

Staff Reporter Apr 30, 2012

IBTimes UK reporter Jamie Lewis takes on his worst nightmare: getting fit.

Jamie Lewis Apr 27, 2012

Researchers say self-harm and mistreatment at a young age appear linked.

Nicholas Edmondson Apr 27, 2012

Gynaecologists discover a tiny sac inside the corpse of an 83-year-old woman that could be the famed G-Spot

Toyin Owoseje Apr 25, 2012

Los Angeles hospital reports six Californian youngsters have alcoholic poisoning after distilling alcohol from cleaning fluid.

Jamie Lewis Apr 25, 2012

US food safety and health officials quick to reassure consumers that first case of disease since 2006 poses no risk to public.

Ewan Palmer Apr 25, 2012

Jennifer has created waves in the US inspiring millions to watch her pneumatic workouts and body to match.

Staff Reporter Apr 24, 2012

Boy, 11, impaled through arm on 6ft metal spike saved further injury by man who supported his weight until medical help arrived.

Jamie Lewis Apr 23, 2012

Google Play Store presents a new app that focuses on providing real-time first aid training and tutorial to help save the needy people in life threatening situations.

Vinod Yalburgi Apr 23, 2012

Disease has reemerged in the mountainous district of Quang Ngai province.

Staff Reporter Apr 22, 2012

Scientists have found that instead of one disease, breast cancer can be segregated into at least ten separate diseases.

Monami Thakur Apr 19, 2012

BMJ report claims minimum price will save lives and reduce number of alcohol-related hospital admissions.

Ewan Palmer Apr 18, 2012

Former South Wales player claims he woke up gay after accident in gym.

Toyin Owoseje Apr 17, 2012

Hollywood actress and UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador takes on new and expanded role

Toyin Owoseje Apr 17, 2012

Brides determined to fit into wedding dresses resort to desperate measures to shed 20lbs in 10 days.

Toyin Owoseje Apr 17, 2012

One of two defendants charged with conspiracy to kidnap and murder soul singer undergoes psychiatric test.

Toyin Owoseje Apr 16, 2012

Doctors in Britain have launched a campaign to tackle increasing levels of obesity prevalent in the country.

Staff Reporter Apr 15, 2012

Women, who diet during the conception or the early stages of pregnancy, put the child in risk of becoming obese or diabetic in their later life, a research suggests.

Divya Pathirumkunnath Apr 13, 2012

Apparently scientists are experimenting with the smartphone app to device ways of monitoring the user's sleep cycle and patterns of dreaming - information that could influence physical and mental health.

Vinod Yalburgi Apr 12, 2012

Controversial rule change will allow transgender women to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant from 2013

Toyin Owoseje Apr 11, 2012

Number of young British youths admitted to hospitals for 'manorexia' eating disorders triples in decade.

Jamie Lewis Apr 11, 2012

Children mostly affected by deadly strain of hand-foot-and-mouth disease spreading across Vietnam.

Ewan Palmer Apr 10, 2012

The infected fungus has killed more than five and a half million bats in the United States and Canada.

Staff Reporter Apr 10, 2012

Researchers have found that apart from physical inactivity and food intake, genes could also play a major role in obesity.

Akshaya B S Apr 10, 2012

Bertold Wiesner and his wife Mary Barton founded the Barton fertility clinic in London in the 1940s and they helped women conceive babies by donating sperms

Sangeetha Seshagiri Apr 09, 2012

The boy who lives in one of China's poorest provinces is now suffering from renal failure and his health is deteriorating.

Sangeetha Seshagiri Apr 07, 2012