Ever wanted to lose weight permanently? Lorna Houldsworth appeared on Channel 4's Richard & Judy programme as a weight-loss guinea pig. Lorna was a depressed serial dieter who had never succeeded in losing weight. Here she describes how she managed to permanently lose weight and become a happier, more contented person. 

Vitamin and mineral supplements are widely touted by the multi-billion pound health food trade as the panacea for a long and active life. But what if vitamin supplements were also capable of causing cancer, heart disease and strokes? Newsmonster investigates the alarming new evidence that taking a daily multivitamin pill may shorten your life. 

Widely derided by sceptics, spiritual healing is now available on Britain's National Health Service. A small but growing band of doctors and nurses are convinced that it does actually work.

“The alligator had the man in a death grip – I had to act fast,” says Tom Arundel, 73, a retired tractor plant production controller from Basildon, Essex . Tom told Newsmonster how he took on a killer gator in the middle of a round of golf - and won.

Tired of hayfever and the side-effects of the antihistimines and steroids used to treat it? Swiss scientists have discovered that the ancient herbal remedy butterbur is a highly effective treatment for it. The remedy may also be effective in treating colitis and asthma.

A chance discovery by a family doctor is giving hope to families of coma patients by waking some up - with a sleeping pill. Newsmonster investigates.