Body & Soul

Nothing's more welcome after a long, grey winter than the arrival of the sun. But with the good comes the bad. Laura Hewson looks at how to sun-worship wisely.

Eat, drink and be healthy. Vitamin D: it's an essential nutrient, but getting enough of it is not necessarily easy. Jennifer Huget reports.

More is better when it comes to alleviating lower back pain - more exercise, that is.

The following programme combines flexibility and strengthening exercises to help prevent or alleviate lower back pain. You should consult an osteopath before starting this programme if you already have acute or chronic lower back pain.

Contestants on weight-loss competition shows like The Biggest Loser undergo all kinds of duress in their efforts to shed kilos.

What if there were a small, inexpensive device that was proven to boost your fitness, help you lose weight and lower your blood pressure?

It always starts out innocently enough - for example, with an eye twitch.

Eli Finkel was still an undergraduate student when he realised "somebody could spend his life asking questions about relationships, trying to find the answers to those questions and then teaching interested young minds about the research."

Organic beauty products have never been more popular than now, as people are increasingly aware of what they put on their skin.

Nordic walking, a fitness walking technique using specially designed poles, is becoming popular.