When thousands of people gathered to hear British opera legend Lesley Garrett perform in Bristol for an open-air gala in July last year, few could have guessed just how significant an event it was for the star. Indeed, the Doncaster-born […]
Looking at Brenda Griffin today, it’s hard to believe that, not long ago, she was nudging 15st on the bathroom scales – and had, in her words, ‘hit rock bottom’. All her life, the 63-year-old had struggled with her weight
Tom Speight, showing off his gym-honed physique, looked every inch the confident pop star as the photographer snapped away. Less obvious was the battle it had taken him to get to that point. But look again at the results of
George Hardy was known to be an intelligent and articulate man who, as a top pharmaceutical research scientist, had dedicated his life to finding new drugs to beat viruses. So when he began to lose the ability to find the
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
