A cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure, according to a small study published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

According to researchers from Barts Health NHS Trust and the London Medical School, high blood pressure patients who volunteered to drink 250ml...

When it comes to autism, awareness of the condition and its effects on a person's behaviour has risen dramatically in recent decades.

However on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day, campaigners will still be working hard to address misconceptions about a condition that affects more than half a million people...

You know how you're always craving food that tastes like wet rocks?

No? Oh, in that case it's just 40-year-old Natasha, who recently featured in an episode of My Strange Addiction on American channel TLC.

According to report by TV Replay (above), Natasha has been consuming up to a...

Forget willpower, freezing ice baths or the 5:2 diet, the key to weight-loss could be cold, hard cash.

According to a recent American study, financial incentives can help produce great results when it comes to achieving long-term weight-loss goals.

The Mayo Clinic in...

With International Women's Day upon us, there's absolutely no reason for you not to get involved.

C'mon, it's time to LIKE a Facebook picture of a sad-looking woman that's got 14,500 SHARES already. Fiddle for a seconds retweeting 140 characters of wisdom from Oprah. Or even WATCH a...

Much like the millions of individuals the event represents, International Women's Day has become a force to be reckoned with since its inception in the early 1900s.

According to the campaign's website, the United Kingdom has more activities planned on Friday, March 8 than any other country and...

As coffee shops outlets continue to spring up across the world, defying recession logic, an American food blog has asked 13 baristas to answer a prescient health question.

How do we deal with the caffeine shakes?

According to Serious Eats, overdosing on caffeine is an occupational hazard for...

Usually spring gives us all a heads up for Mother's Day. But if this eternal winter has removed that crucial date from your mind, it's still not to late to whip up a present for Sunday, March 8.

HuffPost UK Lifestyle has brought together some fantastic presents that are...

As China opens its doors to thousands more tourists each year, the local entrepreneurs are responding with alacrity.

This week, a panda-themed hotel opened in Sichuan, China.

According to China Daily, the interior and exterior of the hotel is fitted with panda-related decorations and is the first...

Grim but harmless: that's how you might describe the bacteria that lives on your mobile phone.

Long after we’ve sent those texts, checked where we're meeting our friends and called our mothers, these devices retain a biological history of our actions.

Students studying bacteriology at the University of...

Love is definitely in the air on Twitter, as those typically romantic fools come together to create poetry for the world.

Yes, we've enjoyed everything from overly forced rhyming couplets to mildly suicidal haikus. But by far the best has come from those who've riffed on the romantic phrase, 'Roses...

If you've caught whisperings about One Billion Rising, then you'll probably have some sense of the scale of playwright and activist Eve Ensler's vision for women.

The award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues wants, quite simply, to end violence against women and girls, and...

What started out as an academic art project has developed into a series of beautiful images that capture how couples move during their slumber hours.

An exhibition called The Sleep of the Beloved, which opened at Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna this week, features photographs by artist Paul Schneggenburger that...

When global fashion brand Benetton announced their new advertising campaign would feature a Brazilian transgender model earlier this month, the pictures proved that 'femaleness' is not always determined by birth.

HuffPost UK Lifestyle has since come across a forward-thinking New York-based lingerie brand that designs underwear products...

Cuddles, comforting smiles and dinners-ready-when-you-get-home aside, losing your partner to another time zone can have its benefits.

Since my husband moved to China, leaving me to rediscover life as a one-person household, I have developed a real fondness for the virtual version of my man.

In fact, the guy...

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, a selection of men have been expressing their love very publicly, reports ITN News.

In Japan, the annual Love Your Wife Day sees 12 men taking to the stage in a car park and declaring their love for their other half in...

Some antidepressants could pose a serious risk to heart health, research reveals.

The UK government has already modified their guidelines for the use of antidepressant Citalopram -- recommending that no more than 40mg be taken per day -- following concerns about how the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor...

As the age of children reaching puberty falls, a range of deodorants designed for kids as young as eight has been launched.

The UK's first natural deodorant range for teens is launched in Boots this week, and according its manufacturers will meet a demand from mum and kids alike.

If you watched Bridget Jones's Diary back in 2001, it wasn't entirely clear whether matters had gotten better, or worse, for women in the centuries since the publication of the film's inspiration, Pride and Prejudice.

Bridget's desire to leave behind her chaotic, single existence and form a stable future filled...

On certain days, you might be forgiven for thinking the world was perfect. Holidays, humorous updates about animals and happy faces fill your facebook feed, denying the existence of money worries, misery or people who hate pets.

But would status updates remain quite so smug, if individuals posted anonymously?