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The harmful effect of social mediaon the well-being of students has been well documented. A 2019 study of more than 12,000 13- to 16-year-olds in the UK conclusively established that being on social media more than three times a day led to…

On this World Heart Day, take time to consider how cardiovascular disease can impact your sexual function and what you can do to improve both.Your heart health and sex life are more closely connected than you may realise. A healthy heart is…

It was the guffaw of her gynecologist. That’s the thing Dannette Fogle, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in New York, remembers most clearly about her introduction to menopause.She was 34 when she noticed changes in her otherwise regular…

Around the world, heat records keep being shattered. And it's proving deadly.More than 100 people have died from heat-related causes in Mexico so far this year, along with dozens across multiple U.S. states. In Arizona — a desert state…

HOW HEAT AFFECTS AN AGEING BODY The human body has two main mechanisms to cool itself: Sweating and increasing blood flow to the skin. In older adults, those processes are compromised – they sweat less and they have poor circulation…

Could a single tablet help improve the outcome for patients with anorexia? That is the tantalising prospect offered by a study published yesterday looking at the use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component of magic mushrooms.Researchers…

Hardship experienced by mothers during their own childhood or during pregnancy is reflected in the composition of their 2-year-old children's gut microbiomes, reports an international team of scientists led by UCLA psychologists. The…

We are experiencing the hottest days in history. Heat waves have blanketed the Northern Hemisphere this week, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit on three continents.Extreme heat can be deadly for anyone, but older adults are…

Mel Sykes yesterday revealed she has self-diagnosed Tourette's, describing herself as being 'wired completely different'.The 52-year-old TV presenter's announcement has shone a spotlight on the poorly-understood tic disorder.Tourette's,…

NHS patients with the patchy skin condition vitiligo could next year access a cream that makes it vanish within months.UK health regulators have approved the first effective treatment for the disease that causes white areas to develop on…