Category: Health

Research suggests people remember significantly more information if they simply sit comfortably and rest quietly for several minutes after learning. KieferPix/Shutterstock You finish a lecture, a meeting, a conversation with someone you care about. And what do you do? You reach for your phone. You stick in your earbuds. You fire up a podcast, a […]

Purging was one of the hangover cures prescribed in the Middle Ages. Tacuinum Sanitatis manuscript Anyone who has ever woken up with a hangover will recognise its physical and psychological effects: headache, nausea, self-loathing, regret, and perhaps even some shame at the uninhibited behaviour that accompanied the intoxication. In these days of smartphones, any shame […]

Every year, between 80,000 and 140,000 people die from snakebites worldwide. Hundreds of thousands more are left with amputated limbs or permanent disabilities. India accounts for roughly half of these deaths, with around 58,000 people dying from snakebites each year. Many of the victims are farmers, labourers and children in rural communities, bitten while working […]

Mariusz Bugno/Shutterstock As instability in the Strait of Hormuz disrupts shipping, public discussion tends to focus on fuel prices and supplies. Less attention is paid to the people working on the ships. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) says more than 20,000 seafarers in the region have been affected, including people stranded on vessels unable to […]

Teenage girls are particularly prone to iron deficiency. MAYA LAB/ Shutterstock Fatigue is common among teenage girls and can have a substantial impact on their everyday life, including school attendance and social functioning. Iron deficiency and anaemia are often considered the most probable explanations for the symptoms of fatigue that teenage girls experience. But our […]

Caroline Ruda/Shutterstock For many people living with obesity, Wegovy and Mounjaro offer the possibility of substantial weight loss without surgery. Yet data from one private provider points to a troubling divide: prescription rates of these drugs in England are lowest in communities where obesity is most common. Wegovy contains semaglutide, which acts on the GLP-1 […]

Costea Andrea M/Shutterstock Children across Europe have returned to school after a summer of extreme heat. As the climate warms, one question is becoming harder to ignore: how can students learn when classrooms become dangerously hot? Extreme weather is likely to disrupt schooling more often in the years ahead. But climate change can influence a […]

Vladi333/Shutterstock Astronauts who undergo long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station often return with health problems that resemble some age-related conditions in people on Earth. Remarkably, some of this decline reverses within months of their return but others persist. This raises an intriguing question: what can be learned from these rapid changes and could they […]

Lazy_Bear / Shutterstock.com Across Europe, cycling is being promoted as a key solution to cleaner, healthier travel. The European Commission recently published its first progress report on the European Declaration on Cycling, highlighting billions of euros in investment, thousands of kilometres of new or upgraded cycle infrastructure, and growing political commitment to treating cycling as […]

Images Products/ Shutterstock You’ve just finished eating lunch and you’re back at your desk, ready to dive into the rest of the day’s work. Yet by 3pm, you find your eyes starting to droop. Before long, the only thing you can think about is how much you’d like to take a nap. The “afternoon slump” […]