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“Extreme” exercise doesn’t reduce lifespan, according to research into the lives of sub four-minute milers.A study of the first 200 athletes to run a mile in under four minutes shows they outlive the general public by about five years.The study, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, included Britain’s Sir Roger Bannister who

More people with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy after a health watchdog recommended the wider use of tumour profiling tests.The tests, which provide information on the genetic makeup of breast cancer tumours, can help doctors and patients decide whether chemotherapy is needed to prevent cancer coming back.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Christie’s own experience with psychedelics unfolded in the darkened downstairs bedroom of a bearded man named Bill.He gulped down a concoction made from powdered magic mushrooms mixed with cranberry juice, lay down on a bed, and waited to see what would happen. “You need some sweetener to get it down or it’s disgusting stuff,” he

Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst at the King’s Fund, said: “The hospital waiting list remains stubbornly high at 7.5 million in March, representing 6.3 million people waiting, often in pain or unable to work, for treatment.Mr Anandaciva said it was “patients and staff who are bearing the brunt of the deterioration in NHS performance over the

“I used to do very trivial stuff,” muses Rhod Gilbert. This is true. When he began performing in the Noughties, the comedian made his name with hilarious rants about tiny, inconsequential things: duvet tog-ratings, lost luggage, mince pies. Then life intervened. His last stage show, 2019’s The Book of John, took a reluctant swerve into confessional

Cancer is not funny, but testicles are, Richard Herring offers at the outset, so he hopes the evening will come out a win. His relentless affability ensures it. Ostensibly a tale of a man battling testicular cancer, Herring’s headlong dive into the life-affirming effects of staring death in the face and walking away is a

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of Victorian England, but the disease is currently having a resurgence –  with five baby deaths.More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across England so far in 2024 – more than three times the amount recorded in the whole of last year.UK Health Security Agency

Could this be the worst thing since sliced bread? According to more and more research, ultra-processed food is at the root of much of our ill health – with the highest consumers 24 per cent more likely to suffer heart attacks and strokes, and 39 per cent more likely to develop high blood pressure.Britain and

One Department of Health document, from the 1990s, said there was “an obligation to remind health professionals and people who may have been infected”.But the document, submitted to the public inquiry, continued: “We have so far avoided going down this road because of the resource implications for the NHS. Raising awareness poses undoubted difficulties.“In terms

Five babies in England have died after being diagnosed with whooping cough, health officials have said amid a rapid rise in cases.More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across England so far in 2024, more than three times the amount recorded in the whole of last year.UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show