Health – UK – Page 60 – Our Body Health

Top fitness expert says stretching before or after ANY exercise is useless – and can even slow you down

by April 17, 20240

Experts reveal that stretching doesn’t do much- and that certain poses might actually make your athletic performance worse.Experts reveal that stretching doesn’t do much- and …

Forget Bryan Johnson! Meet Dave Pascoe – the new longevity king who, at 61, claims to have the body of a 38 year-old – and it only costs him $30k a year

by April 17, 20240

A new biohacker has arrived to challenge Bryan Johnson for his spot on the anti-aging throne. Dave Pascoe is 61 yet he youthful looks reflect …

How teen smoking rates have fallen EIGHT-FOLD since the 80s amid the UK’s war on tobacco which has made lighting up ‘uncool’ – as interactive map reveals up to a quarter of adults still smoke in parts of the nation

by April 17, 20240

Only 3 per cent of 15 year olds in England now smoke, official figures show. Rates fell quickest in the early noughties, according to an …

The habits that add decades to your life – and the ones that shorten it. Take our quiz to find out which are adding – and subtracting – from your lifespan…

by April 17, 20240

Air pollution, plastic, worrying too much, sitting too much, forgetting to floss, coffee, eating burgers – sometimes it can feel as if everything in life …

Revealed: Up to one in 15 fresh supermarket chickens are ‘highly contaminated’ with deadly food poisoning bug… so is YOUR store the worst offender?

by April 17, 20240

Campylobacter is the most common source of food poisoning. It typically causes diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting that gets better naturally within a week.Campylobacter is the …

Smacking ‘should be completely banned’: Child health chiefs demand end of loophole that allows parents to use ‘reasonable punishment’ because there are ‘no instances where it is acceptable’

by April 17, 20240

Laws must be changed to ensure smacking a child is not seen as acceptable in any circumstances, a landmark report demands.Laws must be changed to …

Subjecting migrants to X-rays and MRI scans to check how old they are is unethical and inaccurate, experts claim

by April 17, 20240

New laws came into force in January that allow the Home Office to use X-rays of wrists and teeth, and MRI scans of thighs and …

More than one in ten ex-smokers who vape could relapse under Rishi Sunak’s plan to restrict flavours, Government assessment claims

by April 17, 20240

The Department of Health highlighted research which estimated that 13 per cent of ex-smokers who vape could go back to cigarettes if flavours were not …

NHS ‘bed blocking’ crisis laid bare: Up to one in THREE beds are taken up by medically-fit patients with nowhere to go at busiest hospitals

by April 17, 20240

Across the country, an average of 13,662 patients were stuck in hospital every day in February 2024 even though they were fit to be discharged.Across …

Instagram’s ‘Big Tobacco’ tactics? Eyebrow-raising study (funded by the tech giant) claims social media app doesn’t trigger anxiety or depression, despite tonne of research stating the opposite

by April 17, 20240

A UK study found that there was no significant link between browsing or posting videos and images or interacting with others’ posts on Instagram and …