Ministers agree to ban smoking in enclosed public places in England - with exemptions for clubs and pubs not serving food.

The decision is a blow for Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt who wanted a wider ban

As part of a global commitment to promote balanced, active lifestyles, McDonald's Corporation announces an innovative approach to further communicate nutrition information to its customers around the world.

Nutrition information will now be written on the majority of McDonald's product packaging using an easy-to-understand icon and bar chart format

Worried about health effects, on Tuesday, public health and environmental groups asked the Food and Drug Administration to remove from the market widely used household products that contain the germ fighting chemical triclosan.

Scientific studies dispute the need for the chemical and link its widespread use to health and environmental effects and the development of stronger bacteria that are increasingly difficult to control

A US study reveals that if you eat large portions of food throughout one day, don't count on eating any less the next day.

People that are offered large meals will eat them over and over again, day after day, according to a new study released on Wednesday at a conference of North American obesity researchers in Vancouver

Researchers are in California are about to start the first FDA-sanctioned clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for a brain disease. The recipients will be children who have Batten disease - a rare, fatal genetic disorder.

The condition afflicts 2 to 4 of every 100,000 children born in the U.S. Babies may appear normal at first, only to begin losing coordination and having seizures several months after birth. Eventually, children go blind and are unable to communicate before they die at an early age