Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Rich in flavour and delightfully fragrant, curry is one of the nation’s favourite dishes for good reason. Now new research fromContinue Reading

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The hidden environmental cost of anti-wrinkle injections

marevgenna/Shutterstock The increasing number of injectable cosmetic treatments and fillers carried out around the world is driven by a seemingly universal need to look younger than we are. Most are administered to women, but a growing number of men are having them too. This beauty-is-youth belief has a geological cost.Continue Reading

Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace

LBeddoe/Shutterstock.com In clinical trials around the world, a surprising treatment is showing promise for people with terminal illnesses: psychedelic therapy. For many, the hardest part of dying isn’t physical pain but the fear, anxiety and sense of meaninglessness that often accompany it. While palliative care in the UK is rightlyContinue Reading