Some natural parenting choices you can make to support and encourage your baby’s developing brain in this incredibly important stage.

Is beauty past 30 a myth? Each age brings unprecedented experience and joy, so why cling to only one?

Aerobic exercise beats resistance training for weight loss.

Adding an avocado to a hamburger reduces some of the harmful effects of the burger.

The “magic number” for memory may not be “7” after all.

I’m sure you’ve had one of those moments when you really have to have something. Whether it’s a new car, new phone, new TV or new jacket there always seems to be something that we can desire and must have. It doesn’t feel like a want, it feels like a need. I need it! What we are talking about here is retail therapy.

Sick people need our help and empathy, not to be stigmatised for their illness, but unfortunately for centuries people with contagious or serious illness have had to pay the penalty of society’s judgement. Slowly over the years it has begun to change but still it is not common to talk about our panic attacks (one in four people suffer these at some stage of their lives) or our depression (how would it affect your promotion at work) or the grief you are feeling simply because your wonderful dog died. We have become to some extent a society that ‘soldiers on’ and in doing that we bury our feelings and illnesses and surround ourselves with shame instead of understanding and healing.

As we consume more than the planet can produce we have to consider future food options.

James Bond, agent 007, has evolved over the past 50 years but a new study suggests it is not all good.

If you want to make changes this year there is a popular story that tells how to do it.

Asparagus has been reported to be a hangover cure but there are other options.

Skeletons found in a Sicilian cave reveal bizarre food secrets of the first Sicilians.