Coronavirus victims will be paid to go into self-isolation
One senior Government source said: “Public health teams working in local lockdown areas have been reporting a lot of cases...
Year: 2020
Naps should be kept to under an hour, scientists warn
Taking naps of longer than one hour can cause heart disease - and may even trigger an early death, research...
Scotland’s flagship children’s hospital delayed after ‘astonishing’ spreadsheet error went unnoticed
But Donald Cameron, the Scottish Tories' Shadow Health Secretary, said: "To now discover that this delay was down to a...
It’s time to recognise the debt we owe to blighted Covid generation
This needs to go beyond targeted initiatives to prevent mass youth unemployment. Rishi Sunak’s Kickstart Scheme, which will pay the...
Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding reveals she has breast cancer which has spread throughout her body
Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has revealed she has advanced-stage breast cancer which has spread to other parts of her body....
A boom time for healthcare stocks is the next chapter
In the world of investing, the passing of time is often measured by the different eras of market leadership that...
Smartphones have made Britain the laziest country in Europe
Laziness due to smartphones has worsened more rapidly in Britain than in any other major western European country, researchers have...
‘Even as a teacher with diabetes, I worry masks in schools will do more harm than good’
I took my two daughters to buy some new school shoes this week, and we were served by a man...
Doctors’ ‘gut instincts’ better at catching cancer than just a symptoms checklist
Doctors with the experience to “go with their gut instinct” are better at diagnosing cancer than those who simply go...
‘I don’t want my counselling patients to see me as a TV presenter’
She is unusually modest for someone who spends so much of their time on television. She kept her cancer secret...
Why you should consider owning your gym
When we want to keep fit, there are several options available to us. For many people, gym registration seems to...
No amount of caffeine is safe for pregnant women as experts call for ‘radical revision’ of NHS advice
A total of 42 separate findings were reported; of these 32 found that caffeine significantly increased risk of adverse pregnancy...
Growing up near green space makes city children more intelligent and better-behaved
Being raised in a greener environment boosts urban children's intelligence and makes them better behaved, a study has found. Researchers...
Blood pressure drugs may protect against Covid-19 effects
Medication for high blood pressure lowers the risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid-19 by one third, a...
‘Doctors knew the Primodos risks. We were lab rats’
Kevin was born on Boxing Day morning in 1963 and passed as a small bundle wrapped in swaddling to his...
What to eat to help you sleep
Kalinik advocates a stress-relieving practice before you even tackle your diet, as the burden of chronic stress has a profound...
A blueprint to free Britain from the grip of the quangocracy
It says: “Expert advisory committees proved too slow and ponderous, with not enough dissenting voices; crisis-response cells could not cope...
Parents ‘tricked’ into buying sugary children’s snacks promoted as healthy, campaigners claim
Health campaigners said parents who want to do the best for their children are being "tricked" into buying fruit-based snacks...
Grant Shapps says quarantine is ‘clunky’ as Government mulls tests for travellers plan
Five British holidaymakers will be forced to quarantine after EasyJet overbooked a flight from Croatia to London amid the scramble...
The basics of Covid hygiene seem to have passed many Britons by
Now things are, in the word of the day, chaotic. Few shops have sanitiser at the door, let alone in...
Cross-party group of MPs criticises privacy watchdog over test and trace scheme
A cross-party group of more than 20 MPs has criticised the UK’s privacy watchdog over its handling of the Government’s...
Evictions ban extended until September 20
Ministers extended the temporary eviction ban by four weeks on Friday after warnings that a "wave of homelessness" would lead...
Public want police to be stricter with people who break coronavirus rules
Police are not strict enough with people who break coronavirus regulations, the public believes. On Friday, the Office for National...
Selfies could help detect heart disease
Research lead Professor Zhe Zheng, from China's National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, said such a screening tool could be a...
Is your diet affecting your mental health?
When I mention my experience to Eve Kalinik, author of the new book Happy Gut, Happy Mind: How to Feel...
Coronavirus hospital admissions inflated at height of pandemic, investigation finds
The investigation led to a readjustment of how the figures were compiled at the beginning of July. On Thursday night,...
UK public ‘believe coronavirus death toll 100 times higher than it really is’
Responding to the report, experts said such "hysteria" was understandable. Christopher Snowdon, the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute...
