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As a clinical psychologist Nihara Krause has seen a rapid growth in teenagers needing urgent help. She says it makes no sense to cut funding for vital NHS services

One in every eight young men in the UK has experienced difficulty with gambling in the past year, study says

A report says anti-smoking measures are working, but highlights links between smoking and deprivation.

Middle-aged male office workers spend more time sitting down than pensioners, with large parts of the population "dangerously sedentary", according to new research.

Britons are eating more than 100 million takeaways and ready meals a week according to new figures, with more people putting themselves at risk of cancer.

A new study examines the benefits of cramming all of your weekly exercise in at the weekend.

Weekend Warriors who shun exercise during the working week then embark on a fitness blitz on their days off, gain almost the same benefits as those following daily guidelines, a new study has shown.

The Scottish Health Survey shows Scottish adults are only managing three portions of fruit and veg per day.

A new study has found that more students than ever are killing themselves due to financial and academic pressures. The number of students with mental health problems at university has risen to its highest level with a record 15,395 students disclosing their mental health issues in their first year – a fivefold increase in a decade.

The number of first-year university students disclosing a mental health condition has risen dramatically over the last 10 years, according to a report by t

Watchdog fines online bookmaker for failures in protecting problem gamblers, including one who staked more than £1.3m

Gambling Commission report finds more than 2 million people are addicted to gambling or at risk of developing a problem

Just one in 10 Scottish children achieve recommended levels of physical activity every day, a new study conducted for the Scottish Government has revealed.

Heavy drinkers from deprived areas are more likely to die or fall ill due to alcohol, a report finds.

Young unemployed and ‘economically inactive’ adults in Scotland are at greater risk of developing cancer-related behaviours than their peers who are working according to the first study of it’s kind.

With the New Year, comes a lot of talk about one topic in particular: Exercise. You might be wondering how many times a week you should work out — and on that front, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that, according to recent study publ

Researchers at Loughborough University, Harvard Medical School and Sydney University found cramming weekly exercise into just one session is as good as exercising more regularly.