What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it

The impact of not having a family doctor: Patients are worse off, and so is the health system

How apps and influencers are changing the way we sleep, for better or for worse

People in Europe ate seaweed for thousands of years before it largely disappeared from their diets – new research

Does chicken soup really help when you’re sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food

As Western medicine became more popular, traditional treatments that had been handed down for generations were cast aside, despite the benefits of some of those approaches.

How can I lower my cholesterol? Do supplements work? How about psyllium or probiotics?

Rancid food smells and tastes gross ? AI tools may help scientists prevent that spoilage.

How dangerous is insomnia? How fear of what it’s doing to your body can wreck your sleep.

‘I’m not going to be cured’. How breast cancer awareness and support sidelines people with metastatic disease

We found that even in non-seasonal animals, differences in light hours between summer and winter do cause differences in energy metabolism. In this case, body weight, fat mass, and liver fat content.

Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here’s how strength training can change the trajectory

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f there’s one area where shelled fruits [JN1] have proved their worth, it’s bringing cholesterol down.

When likening each basic emotion to a tool, an emotion’s expression serves the purpose of problem solving. 

In today's intricate food landscape, sugar, with its many guises, emerges as a particularly misleading protagonist.

Insomnia is a well-recorded preoccupation in history. It includes difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep, and comes with daytime distress and anxiety.

Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health in the long term

Are people born with good balance? A physical therapist explains the systems that help keep you on your toes

Experts from Yale University have answers for you about the newly updated COVID-19 vaccines.

Cosmetic surgery boosts some people’s mental health – but for others it makes problems worse

Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning – mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Most people recover within a few days without treatment, but not all are that lucky.

Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels.

Tobacco companies have manipulated people's health with tobacco products, causing immeasurable harm and leading to countless preventable diseases. But...