A study by independent think tank Demos suggests, parenting style is one of the strongest influences on a child’s intake of alcohol as an adult.

Researchers examined data based on around 15,000 children born in the UK in the last 40 years and found the best style of parenting to ensure children drank more responsibly when aged between 16 and 34 was that of the ‘tough love’ style.

A streamlined version of school health and safety rules that will impact children’s enjoyment of activities from science experiments to pancake races, will be revealed by Michael Gove, Education Secretary, tomorrow,.

The Sunday Mail releasing figures obtained by it reveals around 100,000 families are missing out on up to $190 million in childcare rebates, even while struggling to make ends meet.

Around 24,000 households in Queensland, are using approved child care without claiming rebate worth $7500 a year, and on which does not require any income tax to be paid on it.

Brian and Craig Wansink are two brothers, of whom Brian is the Director of the Cornell (University) Food and Brand Lab in Ithaca, N.Y., where he is studying food, nutrition and related matters. On the other hand, Craig is a Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Va., and a Presbyterian minister.

The public health unit in London, Ontario has come up with a brilliant idea for teaching safe sex to teenagers, using comic book-themed superheroes and a villain named the evil ‘Sperminator’.

They also have launched a new game called ‘Adventures in Sex City’ on their website this week, with teenagers learning about sex through the eyes of a superhero. Visitors play by choosing one of the characters, such as, Willy the Kid, Wonder Vag, Captain Condom or Power Pap.

According to a deal signed by one of America’s leading universities i.e. New York University (NYU), American researchers will be utilizing New Zealand company MoleMap’s technology for advancing skin cancer research and developing new ways for earlier melanoma detection.

The $500,000 a year deal will allow residents and researchers from Charles C. Harris Skin and Cancer Unit, a teaching hospital at NYU’s Langone Medical Centre to have access for examining an image database of over one million skin lesions and 1000 melanoma case studies of New Zealand and Australian patients.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched a new campaign for raising awareness of atrial fibrillation.

People everywhere are being urged to get their pulse checked for atrial fibrillation, a condition responsible for causing around 16,000 strokes each year. The condition affects around 800,000-people in the UK and is characterised by an abnormal heart rhythm.

According to a recent study, children whose parents bring them up using the "tough love" principle are likely to be more successful in life. The study by think-tank Demos has confirmed that a good balance of love and discipline helps raise children who display improved social skills as compared to those children who have undergone laissez-faire, authoritarian or disengaged upbringings.

Report author Jen Lexmond said, "It is confidence, warmth and consistent discipline that matter most".

According to a new state report, private health insurers are racking up profits on health coverage sold to 10,000 Massachusetts student subscribers than on plans available to the general public. However, student plans have been found to have higher administrative costs, with less of the premiums students pay going towards medical care.

Gurpareet Bains, 32, a nutritional therapist from Bedford claims to have created the world’s healthiest meal in the form a cancer-fighting curry.

Full of spices and packed with blueberries and goji berries, ‘natural super foods’ believed to have the ability to ward off carcinogenic cells, the ‘spicy chicken feast’ is replete with foods, long known to offer exceptional health benefits.