Health

London Ambulance Service (LAS) treated nearly 101,000 patients during the month - 4,000 than during December 2017 and 2,000 more than the previous record in 2016 - more than the total population of Hartlepool, Woking or Lincoln.

Ivan Dagg, 53, is now celebrating the end of a rollercoaster five years which at one point saw him given a six per cent chance of surviving with chemotherapy treatment.

Sunshine nutrient boosts sensitivity to the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar - reducing levels and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Mindfulness - or living in the moment - lessen the severity and impact on daily life of chronic pain as well as the accompanying distress

a review, published in The BMJ, suggests “the most important meal of the day” may not help people to control their weight

Researchers found that going for a daily walk or bike raid can take 20 years off older people's "brain age"

By 2040 there could be more than 17 million sufferers across the world - compared to around six million now, warns a new study

Researchers studying the mix of bacteria and microbes in the intestines - known as gut microbiota - have found the “bugs” impact risks for diseases of the heart and more

Scientists say their findings shed light on how the lure of a pint of beer or glass of wine can become so hard to resist