Eating celery, grapefruit and cucumber to lose weight is not a bad idea, just don’t think that you’re consuming negative calories.
Glues, paints, spray deodorants and fuels are all abused for their psychoactive effects.
Why some women choose to freeze their eggs.
Split personality, neurotic, hysterical … these terms aren’t used by mainstream psychologists.
GP at Hand is winning plaudits, but what are the long-term costs of this video consultation service?
There are proven ways to reduce drug deaths. Unfortunately, the UK government is not implementing them.
A large trial to test whether rebooting the immune system will help patients with Crohn’s disease has just begun.
More work needs to be done to prove a link between not drinking and developing dementia.
An author picks her best reads for a scientific approach to raising children.
Many children in New Zealand grow up barefoot. Should all children follow this model?
Can a ketogenic diet really help you lose weight? Here’s what the research says.
Patients may be at risk while chaperones fail to act impartially.
More needs to be done to stop professional athletes reaching crisis point with their mental health.
Research offers some scientific ways to overcome anxiety.
Umbilical cord blood is not a waste product.
Youth workers try to use a ‘window of opportunity’ to help young victims of violent crime get out of a cycle of violence.
The persistent stigma surrounding incontinence has paralysed today’s inventive minds.
The surrogacy industry needs international regulation to stop the exploitation of women’s bodies.
Cognitive behavioural therapy has become a go to for clinicians treating symptoms of schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest that this is a mistake.
More needs to be done to manage concussions in road cycling.
You have to be smart and fast to be a fighter pilot – but perhaps the most surprising challenge is the clothes you have to wear.
CAR-T is a powerful new immunotherapy for treating leukaemia. We need to build on it to attack other, harder-to-treat cancers.
The diabetes epidemic can be fought through new therapies, prevention programmes and effective junk food legislation.
The UK’s alcohol problems aren’t limited to high streets – so why are airports allowed to flout the rules?
Medical cannabis in the UK? Don’t hold your breath.