Toxins are all in the mind

Hadley Freeman: Whatever Gwyneth or Beyoncé do, cutting out major food groups can be very bad for your health

Call to ban junk food ads during ‘family’ TV

Heart charity says firms tempt children who watch early-evening shows. By Caroline Davies

Companies are taking insufficient steps to ensure face creams and other products are safe

The odds that God exists have been cut drastically says Tim Dowling

Tim Dowling: It's nice to hear a story about a rich person hitting the jackpot, because poor people often get really messed up by sudden wealth

Big businesses offer stress-busting classes to workers in Square Mile

Tim Dowling: Welcome, my friends, to the New Optimism: stockmarkets surging, VW shares up 400%, ivory markets booming, and it's even snowing

Maria Grachvogel joins growing number of industry voices speaking out against size zero culture

Sales and prescriptions of Acomplia suspended because 'benefits no longer outweigh risks'

Search giant to fund research aimed at detecting and preventing virulent new diseases