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Feed: HEALTH - PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SEXUAL HEALTH COVERAGE
Get the latest health news and wellbeing advice from the Telegraph, including family health, diet and fitness.
Pensioners 'passed like parcels' by care agencies
07-Feb-12
Elderly people are "passed like parcels" around a chaotic care system that is struggling to cope with funding cuts, a committee of MPs warns.
Let Andrew Lansley's NHS medicine be put to the test
07-Feb-12
The Health Secretary has won the right to see his NHS reform Bill be given the chance to work, says Norman Tebbit.
Coffee could improve memory
07-Feb-12
Drinking decaffeinated coffee could improve our memory, a study suggests.
The bridal fitness challenge: week 1
07-Feb-12
Bride-to-be and utter foodie Emma Barnett has decided to finally get fit for her big day. In the first of a new six-week series, she begins the 'Body Plan' fat-burning programme.
Yoga: from ritual sex to middle-class ritual
07-Feb-12
The practice of yoga has come a long way from its origins in India thousands of years ago. Here are a few facts about the popular activity.
South Africa considers law banning sale of alcohol to pregnant women
07-Feb-12
South Africa is considering introducing a law that bans retailers from selling alcohol to pregnant women.
'Green' yoga teachers could kill
07-Feb-12
Performing yoga while being instructed by an inexperienced teacher can be deadly as they sometimes put pupils in life threatening positions, an expert on the activity has warned.
The final frontier in the war on cancer
07-Feb-12
Frustrated by glacial progress, the US has turned to physicists to fight the disease, reveals Paul Davies.
Force NHS trusts to admit mistakes to patients, urge groups
07-Feb-12
NHS trusts should be forced to tell patients when they make errors and cause harm, patients groups have said in a letter to The Daily Telegraph.
Archbishop Rowan Williams: assisted suicide could spell 'disaster'
07-Feb-12
The Archbishop of Canterbury last night warned that moves to legalise assisted suicide could spell "disaster" for society.
DVT risk raised by sitting in the window seat
07-Feb-12
Sitting in a window seat during a long flight can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), say doctors.
BBC's 'Call the Midwife' brings back memories
06-Feb-12
Blood, tears and fainting husbands - the BBC hit series 'Call the Midwife' has evoked so many memories for Monica Fitten.
Newborn becomes world's youngest to have heart surgery
06-Feb-12
Jasmine Carr has become the youngest person in the world to undergo open heart surgery after doctors operated 17 and a half hours after she was born.
Can sugar really be toxic? Sadly, yes
06-Feb-12
Eating excessive amounts of processed sugar is leading to an epidemic in type 2 diabetes, finds Max Pemberton.
Heart attacks are falling dramatically - but who knows why
06-Feb-12
Changes in lifestyle seem to be more effective than costly medical interventions, believes James LeFanu.
How a potato can improve blood supply
06-Feb-12
People with Raynaud's can find winter days very painful - but there are solutions other than turning the heating up, says Patricia Carswell.
Rebecca Adlington: 'my sister's brush with death inspires me'
06-Feb-12
Oympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington tells how she stays motivated - and her anxieties about her body image, writes Alison Kervin.
Call the Midwife: TV gives birth to a new fad - but where are the dads?
06-Feb-12
This is the year of the small-screen baby, says Harry Wallop. But isn't it about time fathers got a look in?
NHS spends £23m a year on translators
06-Feb-12
The NHS spends £64,000 a day on translation services, a report has found.
Two glasses of wine a night triples risk of mouth cancer, Government warns
05-Feb-12
Drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, a government campaign will warn.
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