Come this summer, women could have access to birth control pills without a prescription for the first time in US history. The Food and Drug Administration is we... read more
Vegan nuggets, beans and chips. A baked potato, bread and salad. Even a meat-free sausage roll. These are just some of the dreary-sounding, vegan school dinners... read more
Women should get mammograms at age 40 rather than 50 amid rising breast cancer rates, according to influential task force that says move could cut deaths by 20%... read more
Millions of Americans will be rushing out to buy chocolate ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday — but a watchdog is warning many brands are laced with tox... read more
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan today revealed that her last GP appointment ‘was absolutely pointless’ and she would rather go to a chemist in the fut... read more
Leading psychologists have issued recommendations for healthy social media use by adolescents for the first time. The American Psychological Association (APA) s... read more
The US government will study whether ‘safe infection sites’ for drug users can prevent overdoses, despite critics warning America is getting soft o... read more
Urgent recall of allergy pens over fears life-saving gadgets might not work Medical regulator has withdrawn them as part of a ‘precautionary recall’... read more
A fitness instructor who assumed she had pulled a muscle in her neck in fact had stage four cancer. Lily Venus, then aged 24, visited her GP in November 2021 af... read more
Game-changing weight loss jabs could potentially help in the fight against cancer, research suggests. Wegovy, Ozempic and other fat-melting injections have ushe... read more
At this point, most people know junk food is loaded with added sugar, saturated fat and salt, all of which are bad for us. But many may be surprised to find o... read more
The Government’s blockbuster GP ‘recovery plan’ won’t work, top experts warned today. Chemists will get new powers to hand out prescri... read more
Parkinson’s might be caused by a little-known aquatic bacteria, researchers have said. A buildup of proteins that kill of brain cells has been identifie... read more
Revealed: Six foods and drinks you had no idea contained ALCOHOL Bread can contain 1.28 per cent alcohol and ripe banana can have 0.4 per cent This hidden al... read more
Revolution at the pharmacy: Chemists to be given powers to hand out prescriptions for common illnesses under plans to ease pressure on GPs Millions will be able... read more
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is under fire after renewing its grant to research bat coronaviruses with EcoHealth Alliance — the non-profit at the c... read more
After experiencing repeated bouts of stomach cramps and heartburn excruciating enough to take her to A&E, Karen Myers decided to use her private healthcare ... read more
Every night, shortly after my girlfriend and I go to sleep, the peaceful calm of our one-bed flat is disturbed by a cacophony of restless rumblings. At least 15... read more
Spend time with parents of young kids and you can almost guarantee that at some point the conversation will turn to what their offspring will and won’t eat. F... read more
Tiny plastic beads injected into the arm could banish the agony of tennis elbow. Up to two million people in Britain at any one time have tennis elbow, which is... read more
I’ve been taking statins for over 30 years. I am now on my fourth type, as each one causes me bad side-effects. How important is it that I take them? Name and... read more
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t know that air pollution is bad for health — as a report by England’s Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitt... read more
