Creatine: it's a supplement discussed in hushed, foreboding tones around the gym lockers, and rarely mentioned outside of sporting circles, such is its social stigmatisation. It's the sporting world's 'entry drug', give in to the dark side embracing the 'Big C' and you're on the fast track to an obligatory doping scandal.

The cost of treating alcohol problems for middle-aged people is 13 times higher than the bill for treating teenagers and young adults, a charity said....

Earlier this week we issued results from nationwide research which showed while most people think they have a good understanding of arthritis, for many people this understanding is actually unfounded as they believe common arthritis myths.

I was diagnosed with Juvenile Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis when I was 13 years old. So, to add to the pimples, terrible dress sense and tsunami of hormones, I had something else to contend with in the form of a crippling disease that no child expects will enter their life.

Sadly 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth in the UK every DAY, which equates to 6,500 each year.

Until recently, the impact baldness might have on confidence and well-being was little understood or recognised by the medical profession at large.

Whilst the jury might be out on how effective vitamin D is or isn't when it comes to seasonal colds and flu protection, be under no illusion that limping through winter in a vitamin D deficient state is likely to amplify the risk of a multitude of other serious health problems.

No amount of chickpeas, tofu, vegetables, fruit or lentils seemed potent enough to fill me up. When I looked at my reflection in the bathroom mirror I would be disgusted by how pale I looked. Even my tongue and lips looked pale.

I have previously discussed how a "junk food" tax is an idealistic, ill conceived notion, and its feasibility and outcome far different in reality than it is on paper. That is, except for soft drinks which I proposed should be taxed as high as 100%.

Women who were sexually abused in childhood are less likely to attend cervical cancer screenings than other women, research suggests. The National ...

So you've got a headache and you want to be rid of it. It's simple, right? You take a tablet. Or is it? As the Global Year Against Headache draws...

Amongst the photos posted on Lady Gaga's platform, hundreds show obese bodies. Women and men want to feel happy in their oversized bodies and I just don't know how to feel about it, but I know something in the back of my health-conscious mind is telling me it's wrong.

So everything has been running smoothly over the past 5 weeks in my body sculpting quest. I've been to the gym at regular times, my eating has been tweaked over the weeks as I learn more about the importance of nutrition, and I felt like I was really getting somewhere.

Eating healthily on the go is goddam HARD. I generally have an active life, I'm constantly travelling between England and France and even when I'm in...