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 As the number of human bird flu cases have continued to rise across the US, H5N1 infections have sparked near fearsContinue Reading
Intense training causes our muscle tissues to accumulate damage. ViDI Studio/ Shutterstock If you were to think about the key to getting fit, you’d probably imagine you need to spend plenty of time in the gym. But many fitness influencers claim that taking time away from the gym every sixContinue 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 Salmonella bacteria could be used to treat bowel cancer, scientists hope. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancerContinue 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 Women in their early twenties are laying bare the pressure they face around fertility after being bombarded with IVF, egg freezingContinue 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 Cases of measles, a highly contagious viral infection, rose across the world by 20 percent last year. While measles infections areContinue Reading
The Faces/Shutterstock Cases of mouth cancer have reached a record high in England and Scotland, a new report shows. Last year, there were more than 10,000 new cases. Mouth cancer has increased by 38% in the past decade and by 133% compared with 20 years ago. Last year, more thanContinue Reading
A virologist named Beata Halassy recently made headlines after publishing a report of successfully treating her own breast cancer by self-administering an experimental treatment. Having previously undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Halassy informed her doctors that she wanted to treat her tumour by injecting it with viruses known to attackContinue Reading
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Air pollution is exacerbated by climate change and poses a serious health threat. chayanuphol/Shutterstock As the UN’s climate summit, Cop29, gets underway in Azerbaijan this week, the effect of climate change on human health is high on the agenda. And rightly so, amid some alarming emerging statistics. By the endContinue Reading
