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Problems ­controlling emotions – which can be expressed as ­depression, anxiety and ­explosive outbursts – may be a core symptom of attention deficit ­hyperactivity disorder, Cambridge ­scientists have shown. The team found as many as half of all children with … Read More

Recently I wrote that I felt personalised nutrition is better for health than general diet advice and I said I’d return to it. PN is the brainchild of Professor Tim Spector and he has set up the ZOE foundation which runs the largest PN … Read More

You know when your partner concentrates on their phone, ignoring you in the process, something called “phubbing” (phone snubbing)? Well, it doesn’t just stop you connecting with each other and strain your relationship. Much worse, it affects women’s creativity while … Read More

Autoimmune diseases occur when the body is triggered to see its own organs or tissues as foreign, and so the immune system attacks them. In rheumatoid arthritis it’s mainly the joints. And in lupus it’s the skin, and many other organs including … Read More

This image is part of new research illustrating how our amazing immune system tackles cancer. B cells, like their first cousin T cells, are part of the immune system, helping the body to fight infections as well as cancer. They … Read More

Spinal injuries can cause profound disability and paralysis – but a tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could give us a new approach to treatment. A whole team of engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons from Cambridge University … Read More

Personalised diets can influence several key aspects of health, including lowering your weight, cholesterol and heart disease risk, as well as improving your mood, metabolism ­and gut health. And this is kind of what you’d expect. But does it mean … Read More

Food allergy is a vexed subject. How much of it is a true allergy and how much is down to intolerance? People also tend to use the word allergy when all they have is a deep dislike of a food. … Read More

Seeing report after report on the worrying state of children’s mental health makes me feel as if we’re in the middle of a ­national epidemic. Despite some ­investment in recent years, the ­children’s mental health system is blighted by long … Read More