Sweat it out: could your sportswear be toxic?

A Greenpeace report is one of an emerging body of research highlighting the possible link between the chemicals in sportswear and health risks

Cancer breakthroughs trigger big pharma interest in drugs and deals

Companies are scrambling to get into the immunotherapy market, which experts think could eventually be worth up to £26bn a year in sales

And stretch! Pure Gym flexes its no-frills muscle with LA fitness takeover

No-nonsense makeover means office space, pools and saunas at former rival’s gyms will be turned over to treadmills and weight machines

If the law favours Big Tobacco over taxpayers, then the law is a disgrace

Thanks to this upcoming £11bn lawsuit, we are about to find out whether the law values corporations over individuals

Less material consumption is not the end for business

Emphasising healthy food, regular engagement with nature and physical activity could create substantial financial dividends

Are you still paying for your birth control? That might be illegal

The Obama administration has declared that health insurance companies must cover all contraception methods. Will this decision have an impact on you?

The high price of cheap manicures: what can consumers do?

Many salon workers are badly paid and risk their health to deliver cheap manicures. How can you avoid bring part of the problem?

Food industry ‘responsibility deal’ has little effect on health, study finds

Firms agreed to make their products healthier, for example by reducing amounts of salt, but few have done so, researchers say

The diet industry has exploited our health fears for centuries – here’s how

Food companies have a new way to make money: the obesity crisis. It’s just the latest chapter that follows the Tudor corset craze and 20th century ‘sweater girls’

Falling price of processed foods fuelling obesity crisis, says study

Overseas Development Institute says taxes on unhealthy foods matched by subsidies on healthier alternatives could reverse obesity trend