Billions of doses of ground-breaking Covid vaccines have been dished out globally since the early days of the pandemic. They have, without doubt, saved many millions of lives. But a highly controversial claim has been thrust into the spotlight: some […]
This week marked 250 days since Wes Streeting took the reins as Health Secretary and pledged, heroically, to ‘turn our health service around’. His first speech was strident and sombre. ‘From today, the policy of this department is that the
The latest figures are all too clear: we are in the middle of an epidemic of diabetes. The chronic condition, driven by obesity and persistently high blood sugar levels, now affects 4.6 million people in the UK – a record
The photographs of Angus Powell when he was just six months old are joyful. His bright blue eyes, framed with long lashes, are full of curiosity and laughter. And as far as his parents Oliver and Sophie were aware then,
It’s one of the most difficult parts of losing weight. Even after months of dieting and exercise, slipping back into bad habits for just a few days or weeks can see the scales start to tip back in the wrong
Gut health has become a wellness trend among prominent scientists in recent years for good reason. A growing body of evidence now suggests the colony of trillions of bacteria living in our digestive systems – known as the gut microbiome
A growing chorus of the nation’s leading experts in osteoporosis are calling for the Health Secretary Wes Streeting to honour his promise to end the NHS postcode lottery which condemns millions of people to suffer preventable fractures. Before the election,
They’re the common cold remedies most of us have in our bathroom cabinets. But last week, over-the-counter products such as Lemsip, Sudafed and Beechams were at the centre of an unlikely controversy after the US Food and Drug Administration proposed
Anyone who knew Abigail Menoret could see she was a devoted mother who adored her two young sons. ‘She was so thoughtful – an incredibly caring person,’ her husband Francois-Marie recalls. ‘It could be just a Thursday at work, or
Ashley Stobart was 18 when she first booked in for lip fillers. For more than a decade she regularly had the injections in just about every part of her face. The jabs – medical-grade gels that are injected and sit
