If you want to protect your brain, pull on your trainers. That is the message from three recent studies investigating the benefits of physical activity in protecting against cognitive decline. Accor… [+560 chars]
A woman says she feels lucky to be alive after a life-saving screening led to doctors diagnosing her with the UK's deadliest cancer. Karen McCarthy had been suffering with a bad chest infection for t… [+5043 chars]
Remember the old TV test card which signalled the end of television programming for the day, around midnight? Perhaps it was helping us live a healthier life. Watching blue light-emitting phones, tab… [+4281 chars]
UK health officials will try to stretch current monkeypox vaccine stocks by giving people much smaller doses, it was announced today. Three NHS sites in Manchester will begin administering doses tha… [+15675 chars]
Remember the old TV test card which signalled the end of television programming for the day, around midnight? Perhaps it was helping us live a healthier life. Watching blue light-emitting phones, tab… [+4281 chars]
Parkinson's patients could be prescribed 'revolutionary' new smart devices on the NHS that can slow the incurable condition. Five wearable gadgets that monitor the tell-tale symptoms of the conditio… [+8360 chars]
Scientists have discovered a potential cure for food allergies, but still have one remaining hurdle to clear - the compound at the center of the treatment smells and tastes disgusting. Researchers f… [+4438 chars]
Your deepest personal life lies between your ears: your experiences, desires and memories, your politics, your emotional problems and mental ailments. It's for you to keep secret or to share. But c… [+16798 chars]
If you want to protect your brain, pull on your trainers. That is the message from three recent studies investigating the benefits of physical activity in protecting against cognitive decline. Accor… [+560 chars]
Did you know that diet can affect how women feel at that time of the month? I don't just mean those cravings for chocolate or other sweet stuff. But what you eat can directly impact on your symptoms… [+9108 chars]
A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a commercial premises by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). The highly pathogenic avian flu virus - H5N1 - was found on Sunday at a site near Gayton… [+1135 chars]
After a long-haul flight in 2016, I developed symptoms of deep vein thrombosis my lower legs and ankles became red, swollen and hot and the skin was tight and painful. A scan ruled out a DVT but two … [+5041 chars]