Dr Ellie on why people should be taking Vitamin D supplements We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info With the New Year many of us will have […]

Bored of your usual HIIT sessions and running daily laps around the block? One writer makes a case for jazzing up your weekly fitness routine with an online 80s aerobics class. I have never understood why most gyms and fitness instructors insist on pumping out soulless, monotonous chart music. Yes, I understand that it tends to have a perfect tempo […]

Liver disease: NHS Doctor talks about link with alcohol We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info It can take years for fatty liver symptoms to develop, sometimes […]

We’ve all taken antibiotics at some point. The miracle drugs have saved many millions of lives since the pills were developed in the 1940s. Recent concern has (rightly) been focused on their overuse – which can lead to less effectiveness or “resistance” from harmful new bacteria. But a study released this week suggests that taking antibiotics might be detrimental to […]

Just how risky ARE ‘more effective’ new blood thinner pills such as rivaroxaban? Mail on Sunday readers share their experiences of ‘terrifying’ life-threatening side effects Data shows rivaroxaban may cause more internal bleeding than first thought Last week The Mail on Sunday reported official US documents on the issue Some readers have said they suffered terrible side effects on the […]

Simple swaps at your favourite chain restaurants that could save you a DAY of calories Meal swaps at the country’s best-loved chains can save up to 1,700 calories This is because one meal alone can contain up to a whopping 2,200 calories However, experts warned diners would have to swap ‘not exactly similar meals’ Brits could save almost a day’s […]

The leading cause of blindness in American adults is diabetic retinopathy, progressive damage to blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. Yet the source of this damage appears to lie in the belly—mainly a leaky small intestine that weakens the barrier between gut bacteria and the blood system, according to a study published in the […]

Humans and chimpanzees differ in only one percent of their DNA. Human accelerated regions (HARs) are parts of the genome with an unexpected amount of these differences. HARs were stable in mammals for millennia but quickly changed in early humans. Scientists have long wondered why these bits of DNA changed so much, and how the variations set humans apart from […]

Katy Perry got a parenting heads up from Gwyneth Paltrow this week who said young kids “ruin” relationships. The comment did not seem to ruin Perry’s spirit, but it could have easily ruined the mood. The singer was a guest on Paltrow’s podcast, The Goop Podcast, where they discussed such topics as spirituality, loneliness, joy, and therapy. The two also […]

(Reuters) – The fast-spreading Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43% of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 14, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday. The subvariant accounted for about 30% of cases in the first week of January, higher than the 27.6% the CDC estimated […]