IT costs the NHS more than £1.5million an hour. Around 13.6million people are at risk of getting it, while a million have no idea they already do. Around 13.6million people are at risk of getting T… [+6613 chars]
At 189cm (6ft 2in and a bit) I am on the 96th centile for British men, meaning that in a room of 100 people on average only four would be taller than me. So I was more interested than most in new res… [+518 chars]
A further 77 cases of monkeypox have been detected in the UK, health officials have said. It brings the total number of confirmed cases in the UK to 302, as of 5 June. 73 of the additional cases of… [+1969 chars]
How your heart responds to exercise depends largely on whether you are a man or a woman, according to a new study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and … [+567 chars]
Britain's Covid-19 death toll makes grim reading almost 180,000 people have lost their lives to the virus since the pandemic struck in 2020. But during that same period, a silent yet similarly deadl… [+17118 chars]
We were last urged to go to work on an egg in the 1960s and it seems the advice has turned full circle as eggs have fallen back in favour with scientists, who now say they could be a saviour for hear… [+522 chars]
Cancer patients from poorer households are twice as likely to see the condition return, according to a study. Experts said the cost of living crisis could leave thousands of cancer patients with wor… [+3208 chars]
At 189cm (6ft 2in and a bit) I am on the 96th centile for British men, meaning that in a room of 100 people on average only four would be taller than me. So I was more interested than most in new res… [+518 chars]
We were last urged to go to work on an egg in the 1960s and it seems the advice has turned full circle as eggs have fallen back in favour with scientists, who now say they could be a saviour for hear… [+522 chars]
A 23-year-old barista was stunned when a lump she tried to pop, thinking it was a pimple, turned out to be a fast-growing cancerous tumour above her left breast. When the bump Siobhan Harrison spotte… [+6653 chars]
Apples are a cheap and convenient source of fibre and beneficial antioxidants, plus plant compounds called polyphenols such as quercetin, which has anti-inflammatory properties. This might explain s… [+4258 chars]
If you don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, your poop (or lack thereof) probably shows it. Filling your plate with produce means you’re also filling your belly with fiber—a type of carbohydrate es… [+2020 chars]
