Browsing: Health

Most of us want to be healthy, but it’s easier said than done. In the US, people are caught between a broken medical system and a…

A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines.…

Traditional Chinese exercises such as tai chi can offer wide-ranging benefits for people with musculoskeletal disorders, improving physical function, pain, mental health, sleep quality and bone…

A new daily pill that treats diabetes and helps with weight loss will be available in UK pharmacies from Monday.Pharmacists said the move would be welcome…

I wonder how many members of the public are aware that the latest health plan for England, due to be ratified by parliament this autumn, abolishes…

Failing crops, wildfires and overloaded health systems are focusing minds on the local impacts of our changing climate.While carbon emissions reduction is normally framed as having…

When Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures –…

Contaminated eggs have infected 207 people with salmonella across the UK, killing one and hospitalising 34.Eggs imported into Britain and eaten in cafes and restaurants were…

There have now been almost 5,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since 15 May, making this Ebola outbreak the biggest and most deadly in the…

I fully endorse everything Anna Moore writes in her excellent article on the lack of pain relief for hysteroscopies (‘It was barbaric. I was crying my…