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Fitness Challenge: Only for the tough

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.

Keeping healthy in the cold

Fondling a chocolate biscuit on the couch instead of an exercise bike at the gym?

Kids improve second-hand smoke reports

Children are more likely than their parents to give an accurate report of how much second-hand smoke they are exposed to at home and in the car, a new study has found.

Tobacco tax cuts smoking rate: survey

The increase in tobacco tax in January may have pushed the smoking rate below 16 per cent, a survey suggests.

Heart attack risk from painkillers

Millions of arthritis sufferers could be increasing their risk of a heart attack or stroke by more than a third by taking large doses of drugs such as ibuprofen, one of the largest studies of painkillers reveals.

Kids tricked into unhealthy food choices

Children are being tricked into unhealthy food choices by marketers who make misleading nutritional claims and use celebrities to endorse their products, according to research by an anti-obesity action group.

Excessive cellphone use can affect your health

Mobile phones, essential as they are, get us into trouble sometimes.

Coffee can make you gain weight

It is seen as a low calorie energy boost, but too much coffee could still make you put on weight.

Medical certificate issues reviewed

Workers who feel sick might find it tougher to get a medical certificate from their doctor, as a review is underway into how the certificates are issued.

Sleeping problems linked to Alzheimers - research

Breathing difficulties during sleep may be an early warning sign of future Alzheimer's disease, researchers believe.

Louise Thompson: Needing parental approval

Here's an interesting thing. As we clear up the habits of thought that have kept us stuck, many clients will get to a point where they know exactly what it is that they need to do to be happier.

Fitness Challenge: Hoops of fun for all

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.

DNA key to breast cancer in spotlight

Even celebrities are mortal. They share our genes and, like us, cannot escape their inheritance.

Jolie strides out for all of womankind

If this was Angelina Jolie's masterplan to divert attention away from her upper thigh, which she flashed to worldwide acclaim last year at the Oscars, it was an extraordinarily dramatic one.

Jolie surgery details revealed

Angelina Jolie's mastectomy: Q+A

Angelina Jolie has had a preventative mastectomy after learning she had a gene that significantly raised her risk of breast cancer. Here's what you need to know.

Mastectomy not for everyone

Doctors and genetic counselors warn Angelina Jolie's medical situation was very specific, and that her course of action made sense for only a small category of women.

Pitt praises Jolie's 'heroic' decision

Angelina Jolie says she "proactively" underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing cancer - a decision her partner Brad Pitt says he is proud of.