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 A record half a million people have received a dementia diagnosis on the NHS, figures show. NHS figures published this weekContinue 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 Hundreds of people could die in measles outbreaks in the next 20 years unless vaccination rates are dramatically improved, a topContinue 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 Hidden fat around your organs may be aging your heart faster and leaving you vulnerable to life-threatening heart disease. Blood testsContinue Reading
rahmi ayu/Shutterstock.com Most people know they should drink more water, but our new research reveals an unexpected consequence of falling short: it could be making everyday stress significantly harder to handle. Our study, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, found that people who drank less than 1.5 litres dailyContinue 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 The world’s first smartphone test for type 2 diabetes could see diagnosis time cut from weeks or months to less thanContinue Reading
Grinny/Shutterstock.com The health advice that keeps you from getting sick might actually harm you once you’re already ill. This counterintuitive medical reality has a new name: “Cuomo’s paradox”, coined by Professor Raphael Cuomo at UC San Diego School of Medicine after analysing findings across numerous studies. The paradox describes howContinue Reading
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Birch pollen allergy symptoms can sometimes last from January to June. Dragana Gordic/ Shutterstock Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population, the arrival of spring and summer means sneezing, itchy eyes, blockedContinue Reading
