When treating slipped discs, sufferer Jasper Gerard learns the hard way that - prevention aside - exercise is the best cure. Barring the common cold, what ailment loses the most working days in Britain, forces five million people to consult their doctor e

It is time to end the exploitation of farmed animals on American soil. It is time to give up hamburgers as we have given up slave-holding. It is time for us to end our dependence on milkshakes as we must end our dependence on foreign oil.

From his Cessna a mile high, John Carter looks down on the destruction of the world's greatest ecological jewel.

Tai Shan, the panda cub born to much fanfare in Washington, DC three years ago, apparently has decided that bamboo is not enough, and that his diet should be supplemented by zookeeper. Tai Shan, who weighs nearly 170 pounds, was in another area of the

A monk asked Jõshû, "Has a dog the Buddha Nature?" Jõshû answered, "Mu."

No governments have called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games, says International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.

When the 1,000th American died in September 2004, the insurgency was just gaining steam. The 2,000th death came as Iraq held its first elections in decades, in October 2005.

The Organic Consumers Association is attacking as "bogus" a new label that shoppers may see in drug stores and other places that personal care products are sold.

The Dalai Lama accused China on Sunday of waging "cultural genocide" against his followers in Tibet and called for an international inquiry into the suppression of protests there

Tibetan monks have gone on hunger strike to demand the release of protesters detained during the region's biggest demonstrations in almost 20 years, support groups said today.