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But it’s not all bad news. A healthy microbiome can be sent into disarray by a whole range of factors including product build up, heat styling, water hardness, pollution, and lifestyle factors such as stress and diet. But knowledge is power.If we know what tips your biome into imbalance, then we have all the information

Climbing stairs instead of using the lift could cut the risk of early death by a quarter, a major study has found.Research on almost half a million adults found that short bursts of activity was linked to longer lives and stronger heart health.The findings, presented at a European Society of Cardiology conference, suggest that regularly

Seventy four it is! We were all wondering when they were going to put a date on the start of old age and at last they have. But then we all know that old age begins to creep in way earlier than this. You feel it the day you don’t want to go on the

In recent years intermittent fasting, or time-restricted eating as it is also known, has surged in popularity. According to the International Food Information Council, in 2022 around 10 per cent of Americans used intermittent fasting (IF) as a diet, and in the UK it is one of our most popular diet plans, with an average

The number of over-75s meeting NHS exercise guidelines in England has jumped by 25 per cent in eight years, while young people’s fitness levels have fallen, new figures show.Adults are recommended to do at least 150 minutes of moderate activity per week, which can include walking, cycling or gardening.Since Sport England started collecting data in

Whether you seek it out or stumble across it, no supermarket is without one; the free-from foods aisle has become a staple for shoppers who have gluten-free bread or lactose-free milk on their list. Once the destination of an unlucky few, the free-from market is booming; the annual UK market for free-from is now worth

Known as mRNA-4157 (V940), the jab is created to target tumour neoantigens, which are expressed by tumours in a particular patient.The jab carries coding for up to 34 neoantigens and activates an anti-tumour immune response based on the unique mutations in a patient’s cancer.A phase two trial of the jab, involving pharma firms Moderna and

Whether you call it acid reflux or heartburn, the feeling of a burning sensation in your chest is hard to ignore. The burning sensation is caused by stomach acid travelling up out of the stomach and into the food pipe towards the throat. As it moves, it irritates the lining of your gastric tract, causing an

Elderly patients are waiting an average of seven hours on A&E trolleys, with delays of more than five days in one case.NHS data show that almost 100,000 elderly patients endured waits of more than 12 hours last year – a 25-fold increase since 2019.The figures, revealed under Freedom of Information disclosures, show average trolley waits

A one-month-old baby with a congenital heart condition was airlifted to a Vatican hospital after the NHS refused to operate on him.The parents of the baby boy are understood to have been told by an NHS hospital that he was too ill to perform the specialist cardiac surgery that he would require.The family of the