By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 19:03 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 19:07 EST, 24 November 2024 Smoking could cause 300,000 cancer cases over the next five years, including 2,800 from secondhand smoke, according to new analysis. The […]
By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 19:06 EST, 24 November 2024 | Updated: 19:08 EST, 24 November 2024 Repeat attenders at A&E can account for almost one in seven emergency visits to hospital, a new study suggests. Researchers carried
By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 18:53 EST, 18 November 2024 | Updated: 19:00 EST, 18 November 2024 It is an age-old problem for dieters – losing a few pounds and then swiftly putting them back on again. But
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By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 09:10 EST, 15 November 2024 | Updated: 09:11 EST, 15 November 2024 Sitting down for too long during the day can harm your heart, even if you do plenty
By Xantha Leatham Published: 20:10 EST, 6 November 2024 | Updated: 20:12 EST, 6 November 2024 An ultra-sensitive breath test could detect lung cancer by analysing chemical changes in the air we exhale, a study suggests. Researchers have developed tiny sensors
Unmarried people are up to 80 per cent more likely to have depressive symptoms than those who are wed, analysis suggests. Researchers have discovered that saying ‘I do’ appears to have a protective effect against depression, which affects around 16
Anyone who lived through it will tell you the difficulties of rationing through the war. But restricting sugar in early life can protect against diabetes and hypertension as someone grows older, a study suggests. Researchers have discovered that reduced sugar
By Xantha Leatham Published: 20:28 EDT, 30 October 2024 | Updated: 21:04 EDT, 30 October 2024 A three-drug ‘breakthrough’ treatment for aggressive, advanced breast cancer can delay the spread of the disease by twice the time of existing therapies, a
By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor Published: 20:30 EDT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 20:30 EDT, 29 October 2024 EXERCISING only at weekends is just as effective at staving off dementia as regular workouts, according to a study. Scientists have
Lethal super-strength opioids have been detected in fake medicines bought across the UK, it has emerged. Figures show that in the last year, there have been 130 examples of someone trying to buy medicines illegally and instead receiving substances contaminated
