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The US Food and Drug Administration recently convened a panel of experts to examine a sensitive and increasingly urgent question: should antidepressants be prescribed to women suffering from depression during pregnancy? To the surprise of many in the American medical community, the panel included not only US-based experts but alsoContinue 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 Patients must brace themselves for the possibility of doctor’s strikes until Christmas, the head of the NHS has warned. Junior doctorsContinue Reading

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Why you can’t judge health by weight alone

Pratchaya.Lee/Shutterstock How much does your weight really say about your health? Probably less than you think. You could eat your five-a-day, hit the gym regularly, have textbook blood pressure and cholesterol levels – and still be dismissed as “unhealthy” based on the number on the scale. Meanwhile, someone with aContinue Reading

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The anatomy of a lie-in: why you sleep more on holiday

Gladskikh Tatiana/Shutterstock.com There’s something oddly luxurious about a lie-in. The sun filters through the curtains, the alarm clock is blissfully silent, and your body stays at rest. Yet lie-ins are often treated as indulgences, sometimes framed as laziness or a slippery slope to soft living. When the holidays arrive andContinue Reading

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