Category: Health

They’ve become as ubiquitous on British high streets as coffee shops – bubble tea outlets offering their Instagram-worthy drinks in countless flavour combinations. The Taiwanese beverage, a blend of black tea, milk, sugar and chewy tapioca pearls, has gained global popularity since its origins in the 1980s. But recent findings suggest this trendy drink may […]

Millions of people worldwide take antidepressants. While these drugs can be very effective in treating mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, they can also cause a range of physical side-effects – including weight gain, heart rate changes and altered blood pressure. But not all antidepressants are equal when it comes to the physical […]

In 1988, the international community united under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) leadership with the goal of eradicating polio. World Polio Day, falling on 24 October, raises awareness about the progress made and challenges that remain to end its spread. Polio can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis, most often in children. Cases down, […]

Science Minister Lord Vallance today announced the third challenge of UKRI (UK Research and Innovation’s Research and Development (R&D) Missions Accelerator Programme, The Dementia Patient Flow Research and Innovation(R&I) Challenge. The minister called on researchers and innovators to address the need for timely diagnosis of dementia to help address patient needs and ease pressure on […]

Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old child, died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing association home. The inquest into his death found that, despite repeated reports by his parents about the property’s uninhabitable conditions, their concerns were dismissed and the housing association failed to take sufficient action. In response to his tragic […]

These projects form part of Innovate UK’s support for the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals which is driving faster progress towards more personalised dementia treatments and tools across the UK. Dementia in the UK Dementia is one of the most significant health challenges facing the UK today. With one in two people likely to be […]

Walk through any supermarket at this time of year and you’ll see shelves stacked with Halloween treats. Halloween and candy go hand in hand but what does all that sugar really mean for children? The World Health Organization recommends that “free sugars” (sugar that is added to foods, plus sugars naturally present in honey, syrups […]

When Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in September 2025, he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that repeated organ transplants might make a person “get younger” and even live to 150. The remark was widely dismissed as science fiction. Yet it coincided with genuine scientific progress. Just days earlier, researchers had identified a molecular “switch” […]

Trick or treat? Something I won’t be hearing at my own door this Halloween. Myself and the other misers of our village will once again be shunning anyone ringing the bell in search of sugar. Apparently, placing a pumpkin outside your house is the standard invitation to call — as much effort as buying the […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the halt in hostilities but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are immense.” He highlighted the toll of months of conflict: more than 170,000 people injured –including 5,000 amputees and 3,600 people with severe burns. At least 42,000 require long-term rehabilitation, and 4,000 women give birth each […]