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App that tells you when to worry about a tickly cough

Would you trust a computer to diagnose your health complaint? It seems that plenty of people are prepared to do so, as a stream of new apps which help you track... read more

Nasal spray made with nasty gut bug to stop flu 

Nasal spray made with nasty gut bug to stop flu By Roger Dobson for the Daily Mail Published: 23:52 GMT, 10 January 2022 | Updated: 23:56 GMT, 10 January 2022 A... read more

Exposure to second-hand nicotine from VAPING doubles risk of young adults developing a wheeze

Exposure to second-hand nicotine from vaping doubles the risk of young adults wheezing, researchers have warned. Using a vape, or an e-cigarette, has become inc... read more

Why are care home residents still locked away from loved ones?

With her face pressed close to the window pane and in a strong voice belying her 99 years, care home resident Frances Heaton reads aloud from the piece of paper... read more

Scientists reveal they are close to bottling perks of exercise in a PILL

Couch potatoes everywhere may soon be able to sink even deeper into the sofa: scientists are close to bottling the health benefits of exercise and turning them ... read more

CDC warns Americans against traveling to Canada  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now recommending Americans not to travel to Canada amid an Omicron fueled Covid surge striking both nati... read more

Catching a common cold may protect you from getting Covid, another study finds 

Catching the common cold could also protect against Covid, yet more research has suggested. Ever since the start of the pandemic, experts have speculated other ... read more

Covid cases grow across the south during early year surge though deaths remain low in the region 

Covid in causing massive case increases across the U.S. to start the New Year, with less-vaccinated states across the south being especially hit hard. Deaths ac... read more

Cooking with just HALF a tablespoon of olive oil a day keeps your heart healthy, study claims

Cooking with olive oil may reduce your risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke by a fifth, a study suggests. Consuming half a tablespoon of the oil — a ma... read more

Covid UK: Infection is now killing half as many people as a bad flu year

Daily Covid deaths are currently running at less than half the rate expected in a bad flu year, MailOnline analysis suggests as experts claim the UK is finally ... read more

RAF pilot is rowing across Atlantic to mark five-years since his daughter was cured of leukaemia

An RAF pilot is rowing across the Atlantic to mark five-years since his ‘brave’ nine-year-old daughter was cured of leukaemia.  At just 22-months o... read more

UK’s Covid cases fall 10% in a week to 142,224 while hospitalisations flatten out

Covid infections in the UK fell again today and hospitalisations stayed flat as pressure grew on the Prime Minister to release plans on how the country can safe... read more

Covid UK: London’s Omicron outbreak continues as infections rise in under-30s but fall in over-60s

London’s Covid outbreak may no longer be shrinking, according to official data which has prompted scientists to warn that the worst of the Omicron crisis ... read more

Hospitals will be able to use spare capacity in the private sector

More NHS cancer patients will be treated in private hospitals under a deal struck with the sector to ‘safeguard’ against the staff absence crisis an... read more

Don’t panic about ‘Deltacron’: Scientists call for caution over reports of new variant

‘Deltacron’ probably doesn’t exist, according to scientists who have called for calm over reports of a new Covid hybrid.  Researchers in Cypr... read more

More than 130,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid – the highest number in a year

Omicron cases are continuing to rise in the U.S but deaths and hospitalizations caused by the virus are not following at the same rate, signaling the variant th... read more

Ministers brace to live with Covid amid push for five-day isolation

Top experts today claimed that the end of the Covid crisis was ‘in sight’ as ministers claimed Britain is on a path to ‘living with’ the... read more

Britain’s bird flu ‘patient zero’ gives thumbs up as he tests negative for deadly strain

Britain’s bird flu ‘patient zero’ has tested negative for the first time since catching the deadly strain from his live-in pet ducks. Alan Go... read more

Fury as psychologists are encouraged to call their clients ‘SLUTS’ if requested

Britain’s leading psychology body has been criticised for encouraging psychologists to call their clients ‘sluts’ if they request it. In guide... read more

Hair growth treatment with ingredients from PEAS

An NHS worker who suffered severe hair loss as a result of stress, which was exacerbated due to working through the pandemic, has revealed how her locks were so... read more

Obsessive tests are tantamount to self-harming, writes PROF ANGUS DALGLEISH 

Obsessive tests are tantamount to self-harming, writes PROF ANGUS DALGLEISH PROF ANGUS DALGLEISH: Obsessive tests are tantamount to self-harming All this Covi... read more

Here three women break the taboo to reveal the hell of the ‘second menopause’…

Chatting with friends in a cafe, Jill Slater suddenly felt an all-too-familiar sensation of heat rising through her body and, sweating and red-faced, had to ex... read more

Covid cases fall for FOURTH day in a row as Boris Johnson is urged to treat virus like the flu

Britain’s daily Covid figures fell for the fourth day in a row today as Boris Johnson faced renewed calls to get the country back to normal amid signs th... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: Is stress caring for my ill wife giving me muscle twitches?

For the past week or so I have had a constant muscle twitch on the underside of my right thigh, which is most noticeable when I am at rest. My stress levels are... read more