They can make a refreshing alternative to your usual cup of builders’ tea or coffee, but new research has found that popular drinks, including fruit teas and flavoured waters, could be bad for your teeth. The team at King’s College London found that drinking the likes of fruit squashes, cordials, fruit teas, diet drinks, sugared …

Keeping up with the all the fun face masks out there is harder than keeping up with the Kardashians. How do you try them all (and get all their glow-inducing benefits) without going totally broke? Enter DIY face masks. Tweak what you use to suit your skin’s needs that day (dry, oily, flaky) without buying …

It’s easy to see alcohol consumption being a result of thousands of years of ritual and a lifetime of habit. But have you ever stopped to consider why it is you choose to drink? Knowing what motivates people to drink is important to better understanding their needs when it comes to encouraging them to drink …

A new study from Harvard University has linked chemicals found in non-stick cookware with weight gain, especially in women. Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of man-made chemicals that are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. They do not break down when exposed to air, water or sunlight. Animal studies have …

If you’re a certain age, you’ll remember this lesson from biology class: the adult brain is fully formed at age 20, and each drink of alcohol kills one thousand neurons that can never be replaced. Science then discouraged drinking. But today’s science is much better! It turns out that moderate drinking—a few beers, wines, or …