Local councils look set to save millions of pounds if a non-stick chewing gum proves a hit with consumers.

Scientists say the gum they have created is easily removed from roads, pavements, hair and clothes.

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The secret to longevity is more than the absence of disease. A long and robust life also rises out of a state of physical, mental, and social well-being. You can achieve this with a simple recipe of involving a few healthy habits that you can add to over time. Which is, after all, what we’re all after.

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Ordinary food colouring and a common preservative found in everything from fruit drinks to jam have been conclusively linked to hyperactivity in children for the first time, according to British researchers.

Their findings, published today in The Lancet medical journal, could have profound implications for the regulation of additives and the diets of children who exhibit frenetic behaviour, researchers said.

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A gene that keeps mice and fruit flies lean might offer a way to prevent obesity and diabetes in people, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

The gene, discovered more than 50 years ago in fruit flies, makes mice fat when tweaked one way and thin when manipulated another way, the researchers reported.

That suggests it would work this way in humans, because mice and people are both mammals, the team at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center reported.

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Pudgy toddlers have an alarmingly high rate of iron deficiency, and Hispanic youngsters are more affected than other groups, a new study finds.

The study is the first to discover a link between obesity and low iron levels in preschoolers. Iron deficiency can cause mental and behavioural delays, so the findings underscore the importance of healthy eating habits in children ages one to three.

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A new study suggests that reduction of blood pressure may cut down the risk of death for people suffering from type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is a life threatening disease caused by high levels of sugar in the blood and scientists said that death rates could be cut by around one-fifth if patients took a combination of two blood pressure lowering drugs.

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