The World Health Organisation has warned that the adoption of unhealthy dietary habits and sedentary urban lifestyles with no regular physical exercise will see non-communicable diseases such a hypertension, obesity and diabetes emerge as the major killers ahead...

Adding to a long list of maternal complications that are associated with obesity, new research has found that the more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the chance that she will give birth to an infant with a congenital heart defect. They...

New moves in Australia will see GPs being given a lump sum each year (an average of Aus$1,200) to look after each diabetes patient who enrols voluntarily with them, in efforts to improve the management of chronic disease, and reduce health-care costs. This lump...

A study from the Department of Health has shown that binge drinking and obesity are leading to rises in ‘lifestyle illnesses’ such as liver disease and diabetes. However, the report also shows that premature deaths from heart disease and cancer are...

Childbearing increases the risk of women developing type 2 diabetes later in life, but this can risk can be reduced by breastfeeding a study conducted in Australia has found. 50,000 women took part in the study conducted by researchers from the University of Western...