A new smartphone app shows how awful you could look in 10 years if you exceed the weekly alcohol limit. The "drinking time machine" app has been designed to shock people, especially women, into cutting down on their drinking. It can be downloaded free as part of the Scottish Government's Alcohol Behaviour Change campaign, which is launched this week. The app uses photo-manipulation technology to predict the ...

The decision to give girls as young as 13 contraceptive implants in school has been defended by NHS mangers. The initiative in Southampton to combat Britain's high rate of teenage pregnancies was criticised by one parent who discovered her 13-year-old had been given the implant. She told the Southern Daily Echo that giving the girl the 4cm device without her knowledge, or that of her GP, between lessons was ...

The Government have launched a campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer. The first campaign of its type in England - Be Clear on Cancer - says people should not "flush away" their toilet worries. It urges anyone who has blood in their stools or loose stools for more than three weeks to see their GP as soon as possible. Bowel cancer affects 33,000 people every year in England and leads to ...

If you have ever wondered why you are so ratty in the morning, a bad night's sleep or lack of sleep could be the cause. A wellness expert has emphasised the importance of sleep in maintaining optimum health and wellbeing. Marianne J Davey, director of the British Snoring & Sleep Apnea Association, said a good night's sleep can prevent the onset of physical and mental illnesses. She explained that while ...

Health campaigners are calling for an "absurd loophole" on tobacco advertising to be closed by changing the law so cigarettes are sold in plain boxes. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) made the plea after research found that just over 25% of regular smokers aged 16 to 25 thought a branded cigarette pack was less harmful than another based on the packet design alone. More than three quarters of smokers and ...

A Sky News investigation has discovered shops in London selling unlicensed or prescription-only skin-bleaching products. In Peckham, southeast London, they purchased a tube of Fashion Fair Cream from two shops. This product is unlicensed in the UK and contains Clobetasol Propionate, a prescription-only steroid used to treat conditions such as eczema or psoriasis. Due to the risk of harmful side-effects, its ...

New research suggests chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) affects far more school children than was thought, and may be a key reason for time off school. Previous estimates suggested around one to five in 1,000 children are affected by CFS. Now, new University of Bristol research puts the figure among 11 to 16 year olds at one in 100. Researchers looked at 2,855 children from three secondary schools in south ...

A group of leading doctors and academics urged the Government to bring in a minimum price for alcoholic beverages, saying that "pocket money prices" should be a thing of the past. Experts say that thousands of lives could be saved if cheap alcoholic drinks were made more expensive. In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, 19 experts said there was an "urgent need" to raise the price of cheap alcohol. The appeal ...

Repeatedly taking slightly too much paracetamol can lead to liver damage and possible death, authors writing in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology have warned. These overdoses, which are difficult to detect, may even be more dangerous than when someone takes a single very large dose. So-called staggered paracetamol overdoses can occur when people have pain and repeatedly take a little more paracet ...

A man living as a woman and posing as a doctor, was arrested on Friday for injecting cement and other toxic chemicals into a woman as a butt enhancement. The fake plastic surgeon, 30-year-old Oneal Ron Morris,  was born a man but was living as a woman. That wasn't the only thing he was hiding and his second subterfuge almost cost a woman her life. With no medical training, Morris was reportedly performing p ...