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New campaign aims to give families a healthier start

Over three hundred of the 1,500 babies likely to be born this New Year’s day could be overweight or obese by the time they start school unless action is taken.

Taylor Wimpey staff take the plunge for charity

Taylor Wimpey staff take the plunge for charity

Two daredevils from leading housebuilder Taylor Wimpey are on cloud nine – after completing an exhilarating skydive for charity.

Alcohol awareness – it’s no joke

Alcohol awareness – it’s no joke

It’s all too easy to laugh off the effects of alcohol and forget that drink can put young people in vulnerable situations.

How to make the next decade your best yet

The start of the New Year is traditionally the time to take stock and review how our lives are going, but it is all too easy to have forgotten our resolutions by the time February comes.

New Year success could all be in the eyes

Who would believe succeeding in a job interview was as simple as ‘looking right’, or finding love is down to the closeness of your partner’s eyes?

100 customers win Virgin London Marathon places

Virgin Money customers will be running up at least £50,000 for charity in next year's Virgin London Marathon thanks to a nationwide competition.

First-time marathon runner is Run with Richard winner

First-time runner Sharon Mogg will be taking on Sir Richard Branson in the first Virgin London Marathon next year after winning virginmoneygiving.com's unique charity fund-raising ‘Run with Richard' competition.

Start your January detox at Eight Moorgate

Start your January detox at Eight Moorgate

Rooftop private members club, Eight Moorgate in London, is introducing a Detox Menu to its restaurant’s lunch time offering during January 2010, to help members stick firmly to their New Year’s resolutions.

Dieting déjà vu?

Dieting déjà vu?

This coming year more and more of us are likely to make dieting our New Year’s resolution. However for many of us, this will be a ritual we are all too familiar with.

Health and finances top the Nation’s New Year’s resolutions

More than 27 million people plan to make New Year's resolutions and losing weight, taking more exercise and sorting out the finances top the Nation's to-do list, according to new research by Gocompare.com.

New Year success could be all in the eyes

Who would believe succeeding in a job interview was as simple as ‘looking right’, or finding love is down to the closeness of your partner’s eyes?

The future of dental care

The future of dental care

The noughties are fast drawing to a close and we are approaching the second decade of the ‘new’ millennium. To mark this occasion, Colgate Total has undertaken a spot of ‘crystal ball gazing’ to predict the ways in which we care for our teeth are likely to have changed by 2020.

Countdown to New Year – the party girl’s survival guide

Countdown to New Year – the party girl’s survival guide

The key to enjoying yourself and looking fabulous this New Year is all in the planning - it's most definitely the solution to surviving the non-stop celebrations too.

The secret health dangers of a festive fling

The secret health dangers of a festive fling

Chlamydia infection rates are expected to soar over the festive period as 1 in 33 of us admit to having unprotected sex after the office party.

Feel the Christmas cheer, inside and out

New research released today reveals a third of women could be putting their happiness and comfort on Christmas Day at risk due to a health complaint.