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Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the US, affecting more than 23 million Americans, with more than a million and a half new cases diagnosed just last year.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding an alarm, with obesity behind the trend.

Scientists at Cambridge University make a major breakthrough in research on child brain tumours.

There are now products on the market that claim to satisfy hunger and help people lose weight. Protein water, special oatmeal, satisfying smoothies -- companies are cashing in on hunger management. In the first quarter of 2008, 42 products were launched to make people feel fuller, longer.

Many carriers of the potentially lethal Clostridium difficile bug are missed by unreliable tests, researchers say.

The Food and Drug Administration made mistakes when determining that a widely used chemical found in baby bottles and other plastics was harmless and the agency should redo its risk assessment, an FDA advisory panel ruled yesterday.

(American Dietetic Association) November is American diabetes Month and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association takes a closer look at how family income can have an affect on a child's risk for the disease. Other studies in the issue take a closer look at children's health including the effect that counseling and increased physical activity have on children's obesity.

IT BEGAN with jumble sales, coffee mornings, and long stints in the rain selling raffle tickets at the local garden centre.

BRITAIN may be facing a dementia epidemic because of its binge-drinking culture, leading doctors warn today.

TESTS for the Clostridium difficile infection are missing up to 20 per cent of cases and falsely diagnosing thousands of others, researchers said yesterday.

THE Scottish government was yesterday urged to ensure there are more doctors in the country's poorest communities.