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Breast, bowel, kidney, pancreatic and ovarian cancer were among the types of cancer found to be increasing in people aged 25 to 49.
The children most often left out of autism research may finally have a treatment worth testing.
From smoking and drinking to body image and stigma, screen stories can shape how audiences think about health, risk and what counts as normal.
Omega-3s appear to help muscles recover more efficiently after workouts.
As antibiotic resistance grows, scientists are turning to bacteriophages, viruses that target harmful bacteria without wiping out beneficial microbes.
When we argue with people we love, our brains briefly get ‘flooded’. A clinical psychologist explains what’s happening, and how to stop it.
If global healthcare were a country, it would be one of the world’s top five greenhouse gas emitters.
The hidden link between sexual assault and chronic illness.
Long hours at a desk can raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease and poor concentration, even in people who exercise regularly.
But for men tested before their mid-60s, risk of overdiagnosis from PSA testing is low.
Scientists are learning to spot pandemic threats without touching dangerous pathogens.
Stop trying to protect health data. Start controlling how it’s used.
Collagen production begins to fall in our twenties and drops further after menopause. Sun exposure, smoking and hormones all play a role.
The alcohol industry loves studies like this. Scientists are less impressed.
The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come close to matching the scale of the problem.
Better information, smarter prescribing and investment in domestic manufacturing could help the NHS weather the growing crisis of medicines running short.
Your brain doesn’t run out of space – it runs out of attention. The science of why two people can live the same moment and remember it very differently.
What Palantir’s £330 million NHS data contract means for patients, privacy and the future of healthcare data in the UK.
Codeine is one of the UK’s most familiar painkillers, yet the same dose can be helpful, useless or risky depending on how a person’s body processes it.
The drugs that transformed medicine are losing their power, raising fears of a post-antibiotic era in which common infections kill.
We have probably all had the experience of lying awake in bed, our mind turning, unable to sleep.
Magnesium, lion’s mane, creatine and collagen are marketed for perimenopause and menopause symptoms. But the evidence shows their benefits may be overstated.
If the gut microbiome is disturbed, it could jeopardise our gut health.
Even after giving birth, the body goes through many widespread changes.