All our bodily functions are at the mercy of our body clock – a 24-hour programme of waxing and waning hormones that wakes us in the morning and makes us feel sleepy at night. It gives a rhythm to our … Read More
Kids reading to lonely older people over the phone boosts confidence and mental health
Social care is set to become an ever deepening problem. Lack of carers, funds and accommodation for older people will exacerbate loneliness, social isolation and mental issues. It seems an unlikely solution but there’s a plan afoot for children from primary … Read More
Vitamin A could hold key to restoring sense of smell after Covid
One of the hallmarks of a Covid infection is loss of the sense of smell, which often affects the sense of taste too. Not that Covid is the first virus to do this – many upper respiratory viruses do the same thing, including the … Read More
Keep the weight off and ‘irreversible’ type-2 diabetes may never return
We know that severe restriction of calories can “cure” type 2 diabetes in the short term. In most studies, however, this restrictive phase rarely extends to more than a few months, so can managing what you eat in the long-term … Read More
Growing virtual tumours and drugs designed by AI could be future of cancer therapy
The era of nanomedicines is upon us – medicines that are so tiny they act at the level of individual molecules within cells. And the astonishing part is these nanomedicines are created by artificial intelligence, known as AI. This enables … Read More
Women’s immune response to Covid jab can impact their menstrual cycle
Little by little we’re learning that a Covid vaccine affects more and more parts of the body. This shouldn’t be surprising as other vaccinations, HPV, for example, do too. The latest post-Covid discovery is its effect on menstruation. Alterations to … Read More
Motor function’s link to healthy ageing as decline can be tracked years before death
No doubt many of us will live longer than our parents and our attitude to a long life is probably different from theirs. We’re more concerned about adding life to years rather than years to life. So it’s important to … Read More
We’re on track to eliminate HIV by 2030 with awareness and ground-breaking therapy
Do you remember the widespread alarm caused by Aids in the early 1980s? I do. It was so great it amounted to hysteria, so I decided to do a TV special to dispel the dangerous myths that were circulating. The … Read More
I’d feel the stirrings of rebellion if I was told to be jabbed or lose my job
What if you were told you’d lose your job if you were not double vaccinated against Covid – how would you react? I have to admit, I’d feel the stirrings of rebellion. I’m not someone who relishes being coerced. So … Read More
Cancer re-emerges as the UK’s primary health priority in the post-Covid world
Would you be willing to have a single blood test that could detect a range of cancers? I should think so. In fact, three-quarters of people who have been offered such a test would have it, say academics at University College … Read More