A letter signed by leading health bodies and charities urges politicians to transform England's "failing" social care system.

How well children perform in the classroom could be linked to how physically active they are, suggests a Dutch review of previous studies.

The BBC's David Sillito has been finding out if there is a scientific basis for meditation leading to greater levels of happiness.

Charities and care providers claim that eight hundred thousand people are lonely, isolated and at risk.

Thousands in the UK suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder - but don't get the help they need, says an expert.

Four million recipe leaflets are being sent out to families, as part of a new government-sponsored healthy eating campaign.

The organisation which represents UK private breast implant clinics says the rupture rate of the banned PIP implants is not abnormally high.

Was Lord Byron the first celebrity dieter?