dailymail.co.uk / .dailymail-co-uk-health / Page 7

Peering at the menu in a local restaurant, I groan as I realise that I've forgotten my glasses yet again. The food choices are printed in tiny letters and I can hardly decipher a thing.

Skipping meals to fight cancer sounds radical, but new research suggests fasting may revolutionise treatment.

Hundreds of thousands of Britons could be living with a hidden blood condition that raises the risk of premature death, a major study has found.

However, most people do not believe those suffering from poor mental health are 'snowflakes', with three quarters (73 per cent) saying mental health is as important as physical health.

A medication used for the emergency treatment of a life-threatening allergic reaction is being recalled over concerns of sterility and the possible presence of particulate matter.

In the UK alone, researchers estimated that second-hand smoke was responsible for 6,100 deaths in 2023 - making it deadlier than diseases such as bladder cancer.

Experts are warning that, for most people, the habit is unnecessary, and may even be doing more harm than good.

Researchers in the UK and Maryland made the discovery after studying an experimental drug that was being developed as a cancer treatment.

Hazel sits in my office for our first appointment. The 16-year-old adjusts her red glasses, her brown eyes looking intently at me.

Even the specialists investigating Ella Cieslak's persistent cough and fatigue had believed she was most likely suffering from a chest infection. But the scans told a very different story.