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 will no longer be able to get weight-loss jabs after completing a simple online questionnaire as the pharmacy regulator tightenedContinue Reading
Alex Solyanik/Shutterstock It has taken decades for some to accept the devastating effects of climate change on our planet. Despite scientific evidence that was available years ago, many people were reluctant to make the connection between increasing use of fossil fuels, rising global temperatures and devastating weather events. A keyContinue 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 James Collins donated a kidney to help save his wife. But his kidney didn’t go to her – instead, the pairContinue Reading
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Just under two weeks into the Trump administration, government agencies are making major edits to the content shared on their website to fit with theContinue Reading
For centuries, people have claimed that their aching joints can predict changes in the weather, often reporting increased discomfort before rain or cold fronts. Given the scale and duration, there is a sense of legitimacy to these anecdotes – but this phenomenon remains scientifically contentious. From shifts in barometric pressureContinue Reading
Koldunov/Shutterstock As I’ve grown older and experienced the vagaries of my ageing memory, I’ve often reflected on the possibility of a miracle cure that would rejuvenate it. As if in answer to my wishful thinking, not one but several reports recently appeared simultaneously in the scientific news, highlighting a trendingContinue 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 The nation’s second-largest egg producer has been hit by bird flu. The Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms said that its Seymour eggContinue Reading
