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How just 30 minutes’ birdwatching every week can send your spirits soaring

By Sophie Freeman Published: 00:45 BST, 27 April 2024 | Updated: 00:50 BST, 27 April 2024 Spending just 30 minutes a week watching sparrows and starlings could ... read more

Blood test could detect osteoarthritis in the knees eight years before it appears on X-rays

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor Published: 00:08 BST, 27 April 2024 | Updated: 00:33 BST, 27 April 2024 A blood test could detect osteoarthritis in the ... read more

Flu season has ended a month earlier than usual and was especially mild, suggests CDC data

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:36 BST, 26 April 2024 | Updated: 20:43 BST, 26 April 2024 Flu season appears to have com... read more

Pepsi recalls yet ANOTHER fizzy drink due to sugar mix-up…

By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:29 BST, 26 April 2024 | Updated: 17:30 BST, 26 April 2024 PepsiCo has recalled another popular so... read more

Almost 100,000 elderly patients endure 12-hour waits on A&E trolleys, with one waiting five days to be admitted

At least 16 NHS trusts said patients faced waits of two days or more  FOI request revealed a 25-fold increase in 12-hour waits for over-65s since 2019  By Kat... read more

Warning over explosion of strokes in next decade: Analysis projects 50% increase in deadly events amid UK’s obesity crisis

By Kate Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:01 BST, 26 April 2024 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 26 April 2024 The number of people having strokes is ... read more

Urgent recall issued for 85,000 pounds of ‘unsafe’ sliced ham in eight states – is YOURS one of them?

By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:37 BST, 25 April 2024 | Updated: 18:46 BST, 25 April 2024 Stockmeyer ready-to-eat sliced proscuit... read more

Major supermarket issues urgent recall and ‘do not eat’ alert over £1.75 popular spread that could contain ‘blue cloth’

By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 08:58 BST, 25 April 2024 | Updated: 09:37 BST, 25 April 2024 Waitrose is recalling packs of its own brand butter ... read more

Alcohol advice at schools and universities ‘normalise drinking and downplay the risks’, health experts warn

By Kate Pickles Health Editor Published: 01:13 BST, 25 April 2024 | Updated: 01:32 BST, 25 April 2024 Schools and universities should be banned from using mater... read more

Warning over new side effect from acid reflux drugs taken by millions

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor Published: 21:00 BST, 24 April 2024 | Updated: 21:11 BST, 24 April 2024 Millions of people who take acid reflux drugs co... read more

New-generation artificial sweetener found in fizzy drinks, chewing gum and ice cream ‘can damage gut’

By Kate Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 18:00 BST, 24 April 2024 | Updated: 18:05 BST, 24 April 2024 A common artificial sweetener found in ... read more

Feeling sluggish as you get older? That’s because it really DOES require more effort to move, study finds

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor Published: 13:49 BST, 24 April 2024 | Updated: 13:49 BST, 24 April 2024 Most older people will notice they’re not ... read more

Doctors issue ‘Ozempic babies’ alert over the risk of weight-loss jabs used by women hoping to become pregnant causing birth defects

By Katie Pickles, Health Editor Published: 21:15 BST, 23 April 2024 | Updated: 21:39 BST, 23 April 2024 Weight-loss jabs could cause birth defects if used by wo... read more

Is banana peel ‘natural Botox’? Experts give their verdict on the TikTok trend that promises wrinkle-free skin…and it’s not as useless as you might think

By Maiya Focht For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:31 BST, 23 April 2024 | Updated: 16:33 BST, 23 April 2024 Influencers on social media are slapping banana peels o... read more

It really IS harder to say no to cake when you’re fat, finds study of obese volunteers’ brains

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 20:00 BST, 22 April 2024 | Updated: 20:00 BST, 22 April 2024 For some people, turning down... read more

People who use aspirin daily are at lower risk of COLON CANCER, study suggests

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:55 BST, 22 April 2024 | Updated: 19:19 BST, 22 April 2024 People who take aspirin every d... read more

70 really IS the new 60, Christie Brinkley! Today’s society thinks old age begins later in life than previous generations, finds study

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 14:00 BST, 22 April 2024 | Updated: 14:00 BST, 22 April 2024 We often hear that 60 is the... read more

Fears less tech savvy patients will be excluded by push for over-40s to do DIY health checks at home rather than visiting a GP in bid to free up appointments

By Kate Pickles Health Editor Published: 23:52 BST, 21 April 2024 | Updated: 07:57 BST, 22 April 2024 Middle-aged patients will be encouraged to carry out their... read more

Government urged to roll out virus jab for babies or face a wave of sick infants in the coming winter

By Ethan Ennals Published: 00:42 BST, 21 April 2024 | Updated: 02:00 BST, 21 April 2024 NHS emergency departments will be filled with sick infants this winter u... read more

Patients with suspected bowel disease could refer themselves for scans, saving time on long waiting lists

By Ethan Ennals For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:51 BST, 21 April 2024 | Updated: 00:51 BST, 21 April 2024 Patients with suspected bowel disease could soon ... read more

My ‘sinus infection’ turned out to be a one in a million nasal cancer at just 28 – and doctors had to cut my eye out to save me

A 28 year-old California woman has described the shock of being diagnosed with a deadly sinus cancer that affects fewer than one in a million people – and... read more

Experts reveal the one workout class proven to make you sleep better – and it doesn’t involve ANY cardio

Doctors consistently recommend exercise as a tool for improving sleep.  But certain types of movements might help you snooze more than others, experts say.  R... read more

Don’t call them ‘sanitary’ products! World-renowned gynaecologist says term implies menstruation is ‘dirty’

By Kate Pickles Health Editor Published: 12:46 BST, 19 April 2024 | Updated: 13:10 BST, 19 April 2024 Feminine hygiene products should be renamed to stop reinfo... read more

Could you be allergic to your own… orgasm? Study finds there’s seven different types of ‘post-coital flu’ symptoms that strike men

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 10:18 BST, 19 April 2024 | Updated: 10:19 BST, 19 April 2024 Men can be ‘allergic’ to the... read more