Health

With the opioid epidemic claiming more than 100 lives a day in the United States, every state now has some sort of law expanding access to naloxone, also known as Narcan. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist...

School children around the world are being exposed on a daily basis to cigarette advertising and promotions by a tobacco industry that needs to recruit the young to maintain its vast profits. A major investigation in more...

Wrriten by Emine Saner Ahead of World Sleep Day next week – an awareness-raising exercise that should surely be renamed World Sleep Night – there has been increased focus on how much sleep we should be getting (more...

Healthy eating does not offset a high-salt diet, new research suggests. Overseasoning food raises people’s blood pressure regardless of how many fruit and vegetables they eat, a study found today. Consuming more than the average British...

The scale of food safety and hygiene problems in meat plants around much of the UK is revealed by new analysis showing more than half of all audited plants have had at least one “major” breach...

Shocking hygiene failings have been discovered in some of the US’s biggest meat plants, as a new analysis reveals that as many as 15% (one in seven) of the US population suffers from foodborne illnesses annually....

While you might be tempted to wolf down a sandwich or gobble up your dinner, researchers say there may be advantages to taking your time over a meal. According to a study looking at type 2...

Just before dawn breaks, as a blackbird sings in the drizzle, I join third-generation milkman, Stuart Bruckner, 42, on the last leg of his Devon milkround. I have never met him before, but three times a...

Written by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent DNA and biomarkers could be used to detect and identify cancers, including five types for which there is currently no screening test. Scientists have made a major advance towards developing a blood...

Germans may be obsessive about recycling, and seen as global leaders in the drive to decarbonize the energy system. But a report commissioned by the German Agriculture Ministry suggests their eating habits leave something to be desired, as the nation refuses to...