Products that claim to help the body "detox" are often based on meaningless claims, scientists warn.

Women have a greater range of different types of bacteria on the palms of their hands than men, research suggests.

Health centres run by Bristol Primary Care Trust sign up to adopt the NHS Clean Your Hands campaign.

A Japanese teenage girl's suicide makes dozens ill when she mixes household cleaners into a toxic chemical.

A look at what's making the headlines in Wednesday's morning newspapers.

All patients admitted to hospitals in Lincolnshire are to be given antibacterial cleanser in a move to rid wards of superbugs.

Until now, what goes on behind the kitchen doors of your local curry house or pizzeria has been a well-kept secret. But plans are afoot in some parts of the country to put hygiene reports online.

The bank details of Britons are being accessed from old PCs sent to Nigeria, the BBC's Real Story programme discovers.

A cruise liner carrying 136 passengers suffering from a winter vomiting bug arrives back in dock at Leith.

Guy Goma, mistakenly interviewed as an IT expert by BBC News 24, is auctioning his "lucky" blue shirt for charity.

A man who was mistakenly interviewed by BBC News 24 is revealed to be a student from the Congo.

Rubbish is allowed to build up on the streets of Strabane to highlight the problem of litter in the town.

Acne is an inflammatory skin condition that causes spots.

BBC Europe Editor Mark Mardell on a threat to EU's traditional Christmas break, the difficulty of laying down the law on chemicals.

UK women are less likely to use anti-wrinkle creams than other western European women, research suggests.

BBC News Online looks at how the fight against hospital superbugs is hampered by a lack of information.

Forget Atkins - the next big thing could be the bushtucker diet.

Three Bosnian Serb men are convicted of carrying out atrocities against Muslims and Croats in the 1990s war.

A city mayor joins officers on a late night patrol and witnesses the muck and mayhem faced by those policing the city centre at night.

David and Victoria Beckham star in their first joint advertising campaign, cuddling up for a Japanese make-up firm.