Baby Foods: What's Best for Baby? - We all know we’re experimental guinea pigs for the food industry. The thousands of additives and pesticides that form part of our daily fare mean that...

Pharmaceuticals: Children given danger drugs as free samples - Free drug samples are regularly handed out to small children as a marketing ploy – and they are even being given drugs that have been given a warning...

Prozac samples mailed to homes as a 'free trial' - Drug giant Eli Lilly has been accused of sending out free samples of the antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) through the post to former patients,

Baby Foods: Rice products contain dangerously high levels of arsenic - UK shops are selling baby rice meals and drinks that are so high in levels of arsenic that they would be banned in countries such as China.

Breastfeeding: lip service only - Despite all the recent findings that underline the benefits of breast milk, health professionals seem to be paying little more than lip service to bre...

Breastfeeding: breastfeeding: - Why more new mums don't do it - It's Breastfeeding Awareness Week in Britain, as if we should need reminding that breast is best for baby. The statistics suggest we do. At birth, 6...

Breastfeeding: - It also protects against hypertension - Last week we mentioned that breastfeeding our babies was probably not such a bad idea, especially as those who are introduced to cereals too early are...

Childhood food intolerance - the dangers of drug treatment - Q: I have a daughter who is intolerant of many foods. She was a normal baby until she was three months old, and she started to have fits. Although I...