A New Zealand woman has spent more than 30 weeks in hospital and cannot eat properly after she was poisoned while eating fish during a dream holiday in Fiji.

Honey - and the way it tastes on warm oats, nourishes skin and soothes sore insides makes Life and Style editor Nicky Park very, very happy.

Many women miscarry without a safety net of support, writes Meredith Nash. But why is it taboo to talk about foetal loss in public?

"I owe 30 per cent to genes, 30 per cent to good sex, 30 per cent because of sports and healthy lifestyle and for the remaining ten per cent, I have to thank my plastic surgeon."

Warning women that eating chocolate can make them fat may actually drive some to eat more, research suggests.

Instructor Andy Collins assures me the spot is not named after shark attacks, rather shark “sightings” - a long while back.

Drinking grapefruit juice while you’re on medication can cause you to overdose, new research has found.

Couples planning to have a baby should practise sex for three to sex months before conception to increase their chances of a successful pregnancy, researchers say.

With the price of cigarettes set to go up again on New Years’ Day, a new survey will look at how smokers are planning to cope with the hikes.

I was ill the other week, in bed feeling sorry for myself surrounded by a sea of tissues. It was the day the cleaners come and I just couldn’t drag myself out of bed so they had to clean around me.

Research on birds shows that new blood test can determine speed of ageing, reports Steve Connor.

I bought a new kettle this week. A fancy glass one with four pre-set temperatures. I know, I know, we are living life on the edge here at Thompson Towers.

The Government is more interested in Prince Charles' visit than in finding ways to combat the "major epidemic" of diabetes, nutrition and diabetes expert Prof Jim Mann says.

While in Britain last month I stayed with my good friend Sarah and her husband Nick from university days. It was so good to see them, we talked long into the night reminiscing, and howling with laughter about our long-gone student days.

A positive pregnancy test - taken by a man as a gag - led him to find out he had testicular cancer.