When multibillion-pound global corporations invest huge sums in medical companies to develop new treatments for serious illnesses such as lung cancer, heart disease, asthma and severe pain, it’s usually widely welcomed. But a massive new wave of investment is having […]
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Every day, research published in highly respected medical journals informs life-changing health decisions – from which vaccines to give our children, to ways to reduce our dementia risk. And we trust that medical advice is based on good evidence. But
Plagued by shortages, and with unpleasant potential side effects including nausea and loss of muscle mass, the ‘miracle’ weight-loss jabs – such as Wegovy and Ozempic – may not be quite the panacea many had hoped for. Indeed, studies suggest
When Take That singer Gary Barlow recently posted a family photo online, it became an unlikely internet sensation. For at 5ft 7in the 54-year-old star looked bizarrely small next to his son Daniel, 24, who towered over him at 6ft
Are your medications making you miserable? Over the past decade researchers have uncovered significant links between many of our most commonly used drugs – from over-the-counter indigestion remedies to heart pills – and patients taking them suffering depression. Now, alarmingly,
Could taking tiny fractions of the normal prescribed dose of a medication offer a brilliant way to benefit from the drug, without suffering its usual side-effects? That’s the promise offered by the practice of microdosing – which has become an
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Experts call it Disease X – the next lethal pandemic that will infect the world and threaten once again to leave Britain stricken and paralysed under lockdowns. But what will this disease be, and how well (or badly) prepared are
Last September Emma-Louise Lucas, a mother of one from Manchester, at just 31 received the shocking news that she had a rare type of cancer, caused by her breast implants. Called breast-implant associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), it’s a form
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Working out in the gym for ten hours every week, hiking long-distances wearing a weighted rucksack, cycling intensively for long distances … would you be willing to exercise that hard in the hope of living a long, healthy life? A
Amid winter’s freezing grip, it’s the season for cosy home comforts (or Hygge, as it’s known in Denmark), in the shape of crackling wood fires, flickering scented candles to perfume our snugly draught-proofed homes – and the tempting aroma of
