Category: Health

Migraine can disrupt everyday life, with symptoms extending beyond head pain. Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock When you have a migraine, anything that might ease the pain can become very appealing. On social media, that might mean ordering chips and a Coke or pressing a cold spoon against your forehead. As someone who experiences migraine, I understand the […]

Evan Lorne/Shutterstock High protein content has become a selling point on foods ranging from breakfast cereals to yoghurts. For anyone hoping to build muscle or stay strong as they age, choosing the product with the most protein can seem sensible. But whether an extra serving will help depends on what they already eat and how […]

There's real science behind this urban legend. Kiselev Andrey Valerevich/ Shutterstock It’s Halloween night. Someone has dared you to turn off the lights and stand in front of the mirror. The rules are simple, stare into your reflection and say her name three times. Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. According to the creepy urban […]

Online migraine hacks promise relief, but a plausible explanation isn’t proof that a remedy works. Stock-Asso/Shutterstock If you’ve ever had a migraine, you’ll understand the appeal of anything that promises to make it stop. Even when that advice involves attaching hair clips to your eyebrows. Social media has plenty of suggestions. Some people swear by […]

As the days shorten, many people have fewer opportunities to spend time outdoors in natural daylight, which helps regulate our internal body clocks. kle555/Shutterstock When the clocks go back in October, millions of Britons welcome an extra hour in bed. But by the evening, with darkness arriving before many people finish work, that small luxury […]

The body's internal clock influences when people feel sleepy and alert. Researchers are investigating whether differences in these rhythms could help explain responses to antidepressants. Photoroyalty/Shutterstock A person with depression might sleep much longer than usual and still wake feeling exhausted. Later that evening, when they want to go to bed, they may find themselves […]

Netflix Two of the most famous experiments in psychology, the Stanford prison experiment and Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies, have been called a sham, a lie and a fraud. Retraction Watch, a site that tracks withdrawn research papers, has hosted an argument for retracting the Stanford paper. Psychologists have even been told that almost everything they […]

People with long COVID had a 14% higher risk of hypertension than those who did not have long COVID. Kostikova Natalia/ Shutterstock Long COVID is often associated with symptoms such as persistent fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog. But evidence increasingly shows that long COVID may have a broad effect on the cardiovascular system, […]

It's important to make time for friends and loved ones. Luis Rojas Estudio/ Shutterstock When the clocks “fall back” in the autumn, it signals the start of the winter months. And, for many, this time change also signals the start of a difficult period – where the cold weather and long nights wear on their […]

Entonox, or gas and air, is widely used for pain relief during labour, but the nitrous oxide it contains is a potent greenhouse gas. J O Atkinson/Shutterstock The NHS has a substantial carbon footprint. Yet one part of its environmental impact receives relatively little attention: maternity care. The health service is responsible for an estimated […]