The World Health Organization has faced fierce backlash after telling people to replace butter and lard with 'healthier' oils in the New Year. 

Ensuring healthy school dinners and lessons for children and parents about nutrition reduces obesity, a five-year study found. Policies including swapping fizzy drinks for water, sending children home with nutritional newsletters and not rewarding...

Scientists have discovered why losing a loved one really may break your heart. Researchers found extreme emotional stress triggers a 'storm' of the immune system which overwhelms the heart.

Chopping up spinach and putting it in a smoothie is the healthiest way to eat it, research suggests.

Baby teething gels such as Bonjela are to be taken off supermarket shelves after health officials said there was little evidence they worked.

Patients in the UK could Skype doctors from foreign countries as far as India under radical plans to cut down NHS waiting times. 

Christmas Eve is the most common day of the year to suffer a heart attack, researchers have found. 

People in the UK spent a record £1.1billion on private healthcare last year in an attempts to avoid NHS waiting times.

An overactive immune system may help explain the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, scientists from King's College London have suggested.

Crowded underground stations are more likely to be infested with flu-like illnesses, scientists have said. People who use stations with fewer transport links - which are busier - are the most vulnerable, a study found. Residents of Islington,...