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 Breathlessness, brain fog and fatigue are symptoms of long Covid that remain difficult to explain – but a group of leadingContinue Reading
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Yau Ming Low/Shutterstock.com With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu? The short answer is that the evidence remains surprisingly weak. Studies conducted before the COVID pandemic generally found that masksContinue Reading
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 People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. ThoseContinue Reading
Join the Independent Women newsletter with Victoria Richards for a thoughtful take on the week’s headlines Join the Independent Women newsletter Join the Independent Women newsletter Older women can significantly reduce their risk of early death by walking just 4,000 steps a day, new research suggests. Crucially, this benefit, whichContinue Reading
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 King Charles has urged people to attend cancer screenings, as he opened up about his own diagnosis. The 77-year-old monarch saidContinue Reading
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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 Nearly three million people in the U.S. have gotten sick from the flu so far this season, new data shows. TheContinue Reading
Fajar Arifiyanto/Shutterstock.com The NHS is facing severe pressure this winter as flu cases surge earlier than usual, with some calling it “super flu”. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s flu season and how to protect yourself. What is ‘super flu’? Professor Meghana Pandit, NHS national medical director,Continue Reading
