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Prescription ayahuasca could come in the next decade as Canadian company sets sights on FDA approval

A medical-grade version of the popular hippy brew ayahuasca could become available to Americans within the next decade. Filament Health, a Canadian psychedelic... read more

Paying obese people cash to lose weight doubles their rate of fat loss, study shows

Paying obese people to lose weight doubles their rate of fat loss, a study has found. Researchers tasked 668 morbidly obese adults in New York City and Los Ange... read more

8children have now died from Strep A: Pupil in Hampshire becomes latest victim of growing outbreak

EIGHT children have now died from Strep A: Pupil in Hampshire becomes latest victim of growing outbreak By John Ely Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Publis... read more

Ultra-processed foods: Eating diet too heavy in cakes, biscuits and crisps may lead to dementia

Eating too many cakes, biscuits and crisps won’t just make you fat. Brazilian researchers claim a diet heavy in ultra-processed foods may also lead to de... read more

Online booking for GP appointments could ease the daily scramble for slots, report says

Online booking for GP appointments could ease the daily scramble for slots, report says Millions phoning surgery and joining queues instead of preferred online ... read more

Patients will be asked to fill out health check forms ONLINE in bid to ease GP workloads

Patients will be asked to fill out health check forms ONLINE in bid to ease over-stretched GPs’ workloads under new plan Patients will be told to complete... read more

Walkways lined with obstacles will make a constitutional stroll even more beneficial, study shows

Take the hard path to good health: Walkways lined with obstacles will make a constitutional stroll even more beneficial, study shows Doctors say simple stroll d... read more

Statins’ success may be fuelling obesity crisis by discouraging patients from losing weight

Statins’ success may be fuelling obesity crisis by discouraging patients from losing weight, experts say Around eight million Britons are taking statins t... read more

Come down with a bug? Use DailyMail.com’s guide to tell whether it’s Covid, flu or RSV 

Flu season is back this year with a vengeance. After Covid wiped out a majority of other respiratory illnesses in 2020 and 2021, more familiar viruses are retur... read more

New drug hope for 1.5 million diabetic Britons at risk of kidney disease

Diabetics are to be offered a daily pill that slashes their risk of developing life-threatening kidney and heart complications. The high sugar levels in diabet... read more

HEALTH NOTES: GPs fail women over weight loss

HEALTH NOTES: GPs fail women over weight loss with patients feeling they are being judged by their doctors, survey finds By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 2... read more

From drawing nudes to knitting socks, yet more ways to beat loneliness

From choirs for the tone-deaf to community dog walks, last week The Mail on Sunday suggested innovative and inspiring ways to beat loneliness.  Today we look a... read more

Mail On Sunday’s gift guide for health lovers

Wellness Nut:  Nodpod Weighted Eye Mask, £28 Tiny beads are built into the soft jersey cotton of this eye mask, which adds gentle pressure to the eyes to prom... read more

Spinal tap test offers new hope to patients with early dementia

Alzheimer’s treatment ‘turned up to 11’ with new spinal tap test to spot early signs dementia offering rapid drug therapy Almost one million B... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: Should I try nappy ointment to soothe my itchy red skin?  

I have suffered with itchy, red skin for many years and have tried oral steroids, antihistamines and strong creams to help – but they’ve never cleared the r... read more

FRANCESCA WASHTELL: How I developed cervical cancer aged 31

May 3 this year was my first day as The Mail on Sunday’s Deputy City Editor. But instead of attending the regular Tuesday morning meeting, I was in a hospital... read more

Which diet is best for me? DailyMail.com weighs the pros and cons of seven top fad diets

With the glutenous Thanksgiving break out of the way and New Year’s resolutions around the corner, many Americans will be considering starting a new diet.... read more

Prepare for ANOTHER round of Covid

Covid hospitalisations have surged by a quarter in week, official data shows amid worries of a ‘tripledemic’ hitting the crumbling NHS this winter. ... read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: How you can tell when someone’s lying to you 

How good do you think you are at spotting when someone is lying? I’ve just finished jury duty and the case we tried turned, at least in part, on the credibili... read more

Father reveals daughter, 4, is on a ventilator in hospital with Strep A – as six children die of bug

The worried father of ‘the poorliest girl in England’ has described his four-year-old daughter’s Strep A infection as ‘the worst thing t... read more

Biden administration pledges to eradicate AIDS by 2030: US will spend extra $7.4bn a year

The Biden administration has pledged to eradicate HIV/AIDS by the year 2030 in the US and worldwide. Medical advances mean rich countries have now suppressed th... read more

Woman, 64, nearly dies of ‘toxic SQUASH syndrome’ after drinking trendy calabash juice

An elderly woman suffered a severe drop in blood pressure and body temperature after being poisoned by a trendy fruit juice. The unnamed patient, 64, suffered s... read more

The cure for thinning hair might be waiting for you in the vitamin aisle

Hair transplants have rocketed in recent years — but research shows most store-bought supplements can counter baldness.  Supplements ranged in effectiveness ... read more

Zapping brain with lasers can improve MEMORY, study finds

This is a copy of the sheet the examiner and patient fill out during the 10-minute test President Donald Trump received a perfect score on a standard cognitive ... read more