There’s no such thing as ‘detoxing’. In medical terms, it’s a nonsense. Diet and exercise is the only way to get healthy. But which of the latest fad regimes can really make a difference? We look at the facts

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WebMD separates myths and facts about the causes and symptoms of schizophrenia.

Serving frozen food at a restaurant without explicitly labelling it as such is a crime, Italy's top court said in a ruling published on Monday.

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There’s fowl play afoot between the buns of Subway sandwiches, a new report claims. The fast food chain’s “chicken” contains only about 50 percent actual chicken DNA — and most of the rest

It was a frightening time for air travel.

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He's lost teeth and the tip of his finger, but most recently hurt his ankle filming Bond 25.

A Polish mayor is offering locals a reward if they have a baby boy after it emerged that in the last nine years only girls have been born in their village.

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Sure, he's a genre icon now, but George R.R. Martin was always, first and foremost, a fan.

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Test your Swiss knowledge with these top 35 Swiss facts – did you know Velcro and LSD originated in Switzerland or that the world's most expensive coffee is in Switzerland?

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Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Richie Valens a plane, and a snowy February night. There's much more to the story than the Don McLean song.

A diet supplemented with red algae could lessen the huge amounts of greenhouse gases emitted by cows and sheep, if we can just figure out how to grow enough.

A new generation of online games don't just provide entertainment – they help scientists solve their trickiest puzzles. Dara Mohammadi picks 10 of the best