Funda Demirkaya/Shutterstock.com Marriage, it turns out, may come with a side‑effect no one puts in the vows: people who have been married seem less likely to develop cancer than those who have never married at all. That is the provocative finding from a large new study that has raised interestingContinue Reading
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MVelishchuk/Shutterstock Pfas, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of human-made chemicals found in everything from food packaging to firefighting foam. Often called “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment, they can affect our health and disrupt our immune system. Pfas cross the placenta, so that whenContinue 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 average American spends roughly 4 to 5 hours on their phone a day and for many, it’s the first thingContinue 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 Mental health patients in crisis are facing “inhumane” conditions due to legal ambiguities, an investigation has found. The Health Services SafetyContinue 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 Every day, my work sits at the intersection of two realities: treating patients in the NHS, while strengthening healthcare in Ghana.Continue 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 You soon may be able to enjoy french fries with a little less guilt about your health. Researchers at the UniversityContinue Reading
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Resident doctors in England have launched near week-long strike action as the NHS row over jobs and pay deepens. TheContinue Reading
Simon Kadula/ Shutterstock A violinist plays in a cancer ward. A playlist loops in the waiting room. A surgeon hums along to the radio mid-operation. We assume, almost without thinking, that music helps. But what if it doesn’t – or worse, what if it harms? Music has been used sinceContinue Reading
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