With supermarkets no longer supplying as many leftovers, food banks are approaching farmers directly to bring imperfect, but still edible, fruits and vegetables to the needy.

Sedentary lifestyles are making children less fit - even among those who are not obese, a study suggests.

A natural ingredient found in tomato seeds has been identified by British scientists as a key component to a long and healthy life.

A vitamin jab that shrinks tumours in a day is being hailed as a powerful new treatment for cancer.British researchers who are testing the therapy say injecting an extract of vitamin E into the bloodstream has a rapid effect.

Pioneering stem cell treatment by British scientists has restored the sight of those threatened with permanent blindness.

Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease.

Florentina is on her way to a Gypsy village near Sighisoara, to meet the mother who abandoned her as a baby 21 years ago.A charity has helped Florentina track her down, so she could make sense of her difficult past.

Ten months after being re-launched, a new brand of female condom has proven popular among a test group of Ugandan women, according to the study.

A hunch. A nagging feeling. A suspicion. A sixth sense. An inner voice. All of these are ways of describing intuition, that most nebulous and new-agey ability that supposedly lies inside all of us. Many women claim to rely heavily on their intuition, whil

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