Health

Ancestral exposure to a pesticide methoxychlor could be resulting in diseases in future generations.

A convent school student was reportedly made to sit in a primary school by the authorities.

Mumbai teen's unusual growth caused dozens of tiny tooth to shoot from single molar.

An EU court ruling may mean obese employees are given same rights under equality laws

New report shows the protein helps keep sugar under control and reverses insulin insensitivity.

Study links child obesity to overprotective parenting.

New drink with a third less sugar and third fewer calories designed to help tackle obesity.

All the details and rumours, including release date, price and specs of Apple's iWatch.

Apple's latest mobile operating system has been announced at WWDC, featuring a new hotly anticipated health app

OECD highlights link between financial hardship and obesity in developed economies.

UK's biggest grocer removes chocolates and sweets from nearby tills to help obesity fight

Porn is destroying young people's minds 'like cocaine', claims scientist.

India's aviation authority says flight attendants should be declared unfit if their BMI is not 'normal'.

Samsung's Chairman Lee Kun-hee is in a stable condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home.

Study claims 75% of UK men will be obese or overweight by 2030.

Children born in Britain are more likely to die before reaching their fifth birthday in any other western European country apart from Malta

New research by Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council has revealed how dietary fibre suppresses appetite.

'Super-fit' rugby player Lloyd Walsh drops dead minutes after complaining of headache.

There may have been a financial crisis, but one industry has remained intact.

Everything you need to know about the newly discovered 'WhatsAppitis.'

Google co-founder Larry Page believes that sharing anonymised medical records could save 100,000 lives.

Details of Apple's Healthbook app show just how ambitious the company is being in the health and fitness market.

Lean Machine beer claimed to help drinkers recover 'after an aggressive workout'.

Exclusive: Sally Gunnell says musculoskeletal pain is the biggest cause of sickness absence.

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) can cause mental disability and death

Researchers develop body shape index test more accurate than BMI.

ONS says amount of days lost is sharply down from 178 million days in 1993.

Research reveals leprosy could be oldest human-specific infection.

He Er'xiu drank homemade rice wine and worked out regularly.

Every additional hour a day spent sitting could double risk of disability, scientists warn.