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Cold, hard facts about how freezing winter weather can harm your health

Britain’s big freeze saw temperatures crash to as low as -6C overnight as parts of the country were blanketed in snow and icy conditions caused travel cha... read more

Counting calories IS king when it comes to losing weight – NOT fasting, study finds

Counting calories IS king when it comes to losing weight – NOT fasting, study finds Counting calories is the only thing that matters when losing weight, a... read more

The 40 simple lifestyle tips to keep your brain healthy, according to experts

If you ever need an excuse to bust out your bad dance moves, look no further.  For researchers claim it’s just one of 40 simple ways of keeping your brai... read more

Is it time for the Government to give the nurses a better pay deal? Vote here and tell us why

Poll Is it time for the Government to give the nurses a better pay deal? Yes 89 votes No 122 votes Nurses at roughly one in four hospitals across England are to... read more

Bringing cake into the office is as harmful to colleagues as secondhand smoking, food tsar warns 

Bringing cake into work is as harmful to colleagues as secondhand smoking, Britain’s top food tsar has warned. Professor Susan Jebb, the Food Standards Ag... read more

The 12 lifestyle factors which raise risk of dementia REVEALED

Hundreds of thousands of dementia cases could be stopped if people took more steps to prevent it, new data suggests. Regular hearing checks, seven hours of slee... read more

Very early data suggests virus killed 267,000 Americans last year, down 44% from 2020

Covid deaths declined again last year as the US continues to emerge from the pandemic. Figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University suggest 267,000 people died ... read more

New York to offer free abortion pills at city-run health clinics

New York to offer free abortion pills at city-run health clinics as mayor Eric Adams says: ‘For too long, healthcare has centered around men’ Four c... read more

Pfizer will give 500 drugs to poor countries on not-for-profit basis

What’s the catch? Pfizer announces it’ll offer its full portfolio of 500 drugs on not-for-profit basis to 45 low-income countries – after raki... read more

Record 38% of Americans put off medical care in 2022 due to cost

High costs of medical care are keeping Americans away from the doctors office, a survey finds. A poll published Tuesday by Gallup found that 38 percent of Ameri... read more

Health warning over bacon and sausage sarnies

New health warning over bacon and sausage sarnies: Preservatives in cured meats may raise risk of type 2 diabetes by over 50%, study suggests Researchers access... read more

Philly becomes a Zombieland amid rise of animal tranquilizer xylazine

Doctors in Philadelphia have been given new guidance to help them deal with an influx of patients addicted to animal tranquilizer xylazine – known on the... read more

Vitamin D supplements don’t work if you’re too fat, study warns

Vitamin D supplements may not work if you’re overweight, a study suggests. Supplementing the sunshine vitamin is vital for keeping bones strong and streng... read more

Fat for fame: Social media stars sacrifice their health and waistlines for clicks and money

The camera opens on a square table laden with McDonald’s items. Fries, chicken nuggets, and burgers fill the screen in what can only be described as a smorgas... read more

What does YOUR tongue say about your health? White patches a sign you’re fighting an infection

Many of us rarely look at our tongues, but dentists say they are a ‘window’ into the health of the body. Problems ranging from vitamin deficiencies,... read more

Doctors wrongly told me 10 times that my girl, 3, was fine… but she actually had leukaemia

A girl was diagnosed with leukaemia after bungling NHS medics wrongly told her parents she was fine. Ilona Zahorszki begged 10 different medics to test her daug... read more

Is NHS 111 fuelling dire emergency care crisis?

NHS 111 might be exacerbating the dire emergency care situation, paramedics and patients have warned.  Brits have been urged to use the free service this winte... read more

999 on the Front Line viewers break down as paramedics find elderly woman performing CPR on husband

999: On the Front Line viewers broke down last night as paramedics found an elderly woman performing CPR on her husband who had already passed away. Lilian, fro... read more

The secret to good health? Try meditating like a Buddhist monk

Advocates hail meditation for boosting mood and wellbeing. But now scientists say the practice can boost levels of ‘good’ bacteria in the gut and br... read more

Teachers should channel Miss Honey rather than Miss Trunchbull if they want to control a classroom

Teachers should channel Miss Honey rather than Miss Trunchbull if they want to control a classroom, study claims Strict-sounding teachers are worse at inspiring... read more

Is ‘Orthrus’ in YOUR area? Time-lapse maps show the rise of the new Covid variant

Covid variant Orthrus now accounts for one fifth of Covid cases in England, figures show. Surveillance data shows how the strain, scientifically called CH.1.1, ... read more

Meat vs. Grain: What Should Humans Eat?

For a long time, two diet camps have existed in the fields of nutrition and medicine. One side argues that agriculture provides humans with a steady supply of f... read more

I’ve snored for years… can surgery cure me? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

I snore — loudly, apparently — but it’s not sleep apnoea. Twenty years ago, I tried septoplasty surgery and that helped, but I crashed my bike and ruined ... read more

Could a nasal vaccine finally banish Covid?

The emergence of a new, ‘highly infectious’ Covid variant — responsible for more than 40 per cent of cases in the U.S., where hospitalisations reached mor... read more