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How fat ARE you? The best ways to measure your flab

These days, data is king. From tracking our step count to our sleep cycle, we’re all increasingly keen to put a number on our health.  And whether you... read more

With air pollution meaning more are suffering allergies, here’s how you can beat the pollen bomb

Early signs of spring are especially welcome this year — unless you are one of the millions of hay fever sufferers in the UK, as it means billions of pollen g... read more

CLAIRE GILBERT: Are doctors asking us cancer patients to suffer too much?

I have always tried to bring feeling and emotion into moral decision making, but it wasn’t until I became a medical guinea pig myself that I really understood... read more

Calls to ‘quit smoking’ hotlines fell by 30% during the pandemic, new report finds

The number of Americans calling ‘quit smoking’ hotlines has fallen by almost 30 percent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report fi... read more

Top 8 Tips to Take Care of Your Health While Moving

Relocation is one of the most dreadful events in anyone’s life. It is a big change that requires lots of planning and energy to cope with moving. It consumes ... read more

Covid: Two doses of Pfizer or Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine give same protection as prior infection

Two doses of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine offer the same protection against the illness as getting infected and recovering, research sugg... read more

More than 1.4 million Americans either late getting second COVID vaccine dose or never received it 

Nine in 10 vaccinated Americans have received their second dose against COVID – but more than 1.4 million people are either late getting their second shot... read more

Couple welcome ‘miracle twins’ born on different days and with different star signs

A couple who thought they may never have children have welcomed a pair of twins – who were born on different days and have different star signs. Jess, 31,... read more

Top Seven Ways to Help You Quit Smoking

For several tobacco users, the tobacco urges or cravings can be pretty powerful. However, you are not at the mercy of these cravings, and you cannot let them ta... read more

Experts fear that daily cases plateauing and variants in every state could lead to another surge

Weekly totals of coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States are continuing to slowly decline, but experts worry that plateauing figures, and the emergenc... read more

Covid UK: Boris Johnson accepts delaying first lockdown was a mistake

Boris Johnson has made the admission to close allies, it has been suggested Britain’s first coronavirus lockdown came late because the Government’s ... read more

Covid England: Health workers who refuse vaccine can be removed from high-risk wards

Hospitals can remove health workers from high-risk wards if they refuse the Covid vaccine under new NHS rules Staff should be put through the latest infection c... read more

Minister ‘to use Premier League footballers to encourage under-30s to get Covid vaccines’

Have a shot! Ministers ‘to use Premier League footballers to encourage under-30s to get Covid vaccines’ amid fears many don’t see virus as a t... read more

AstraZeneca’s Covid jab is NOT linked to blood clots, top scientists say

There is ‘no signal’ that the Oxford and AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is causing blood clots, scientists have said in response to scaremongering from ... read more

Mother reveals how firstborn died of brain cancer within a year of birth

A mother whose son died of a brain tumour at just seven-and-a-half months has revealed how hope was brought back into their lives when she welcomed another baby... read more

Get Mastectomy In Dubai From The Best Doctor

When you touch your breast, do you feel swelling or lump in the breast? Do you see flaking skin near your nipples? It is natural to get scared when you feel som... read more

5 Things to Consider Before Opting For a Hair Transplant

Hair transplants are no longer a thing exclusively for the rich and famous – quite the opposite. Wider availability has resulted in lower prices, and a ne... read more

Why many of those struck by Long Covid may really be suffering from glandular fever

It is one of the world’s most prevalent and widespread infections. No, not Covid-19 – the Epstein-Barr virus, which ‘lives’ silently in about 95 per cen... read more

Rise of celebrities having children in their mid-40s is ‘causing a fertility crisis’

Rise of celebrities having children in their mid-40s is ‘causing a fertility crisis’: Older mothers are misleading women into thinking they can conc... read more

Hope for eczema patients from baricitinib, an arthritis drug which has also been used to treat Covid

Patients suffering from the chronic itchy skin condition eczema could soon find relief thanks to an arthritis drug which has also been used to treat Covid-19. L... read more

HEALTH NOTES: Pub boosts male friendship, shows new research

HEALTH NOTES: Pub boosts male friendship, shows new research By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:07 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 13 March 2021 ... read more

Is Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith right to demand a school ban on sugary snacks?

She is currently appearing on our televisions passing judgment on biscuits, tarts and pastries served up by contestants on The Great Celebrity Bake Off. But off... read more

Are women over 70 dying from ovarian cancer… as a tragic result of ageism?

Thousands of older women receive ‘shockingly inadequate’ ovarian cancer care when compared with younger women, meaning they are far less likely to survive t... read more

Lockdown Botox ban that’s been torture for facial palsy patients

We have been talking on Zoom for a few minutes when Sarah Ling breaks into a broad, if slightly lopsided grin. Her right eye squints, then closes – she looks ... read more