Dom O'Neill/Pixabay Edible seaweeds and algae – or sea vegetables – are a group of aquatic plants that are found in the ocean. Kelp, dulse, wakame and sea grapes are all types of seaweeds that are used in seaweed-based dishes. Though eating seaweed is mostly common in Asian countries, todayContinue Reading
A MUM was horrified to discover her son’s tummy and leg pain which doctors said was Covid was actually something far worse. Louise Noone, 35, experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when medics said three-year-old James was actually battling cancer. Ashley Lewis/Media Wales James Lewis, three, began complaining of agonising tummyContinue Reading
EternalMoments/Shutterstock According to the Office for National Statistics, this summer we’ve seen more deaths registered in England and Wales than expected. The difference between the actual and expected number of deaths recorded, from any cause, is known as the excess deaths. During the first eight weeks of 2022, despite thereContinue Reading
The U.S. authorized the first major makeover of the Covid-19 vaccines this week in an effort to stem an expected tide of infections and hospitalizations this fall. But it’s unclear how much protection the new booster shots will provide. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease ControlContinue Reading
This common testing technique was first invented in 1887. Babul Hosen/ Shutterstock If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI) before, you know what a pain it can be. Not just because of the physical pains it causes, but because it can also be such a pain to goContinue Reading
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images Fall is on the horizon and public health officials are again bracing for another wave of Covid cases. Over the past two years, fallContinue Reading
A comforting myth. tommaso lizzul/Shutterstock On average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then picking back up as we head into retirement, according to a number of studies. This so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true. My analysisContinue Reading
Forty is the new thirty. Leonard Zhukovsky/ Shutterstock Serena Williams has announced she’s retiring. The tennis star has had a long and decorated career, winning 23 grand slams and establishing herself as one of the most well-known professional athletes in the world. Williams, who is 40, joins a host ofContinue Reading
WITH such busy lives, feeling frazzled and stressed can become the norm. But that can affect our wider health — as is the case for one reader this week, whose gut is playing up, causing them even more worry. The Sun Dr Zoe Williams answers some common questions sent inContinue Reading
fizkes/Shutterstock The scale of the response to our recent study finding that there was no support for the idea that low serotonin causes depression – the so-called “chemical imbalance” theory of depression – was enormous. Our paper is one of the 400 most shared of the 21 million papers thatContinue Reading
