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Saturday night fever: the health risks you need to watch out for on the weekend

Burning up, blindness and blood spots - the unexpected calamities of going out on a Saturday night.

17.01.2025 10

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Dan Baumgardt

What is locked-in syndrome? The extraordinary stories that help us understand this rare condition

Locked-in syndrome is a rare phenomenon which makes conscious people almost entirely unable to move and communicate. It is estimated there are...

03.01.2025 1

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Maria Callas: how inflammation, crash dieting and heartache may have shaped her unique and polarising voice

Maria, the new biopic being released in cinemas and on Netflix, is the third in Pablo Larraín’s cinematic trilogy of remarkable women. The equally...

30.12.2024 10

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How to avoid some of the most common holiday health hazards this Christmas – from a practising GP

It’s become a custom at our office Christmas party to do a team quiz, followed by a jolly round of The Twelve Days of Christmas. It typically ends...

17.12.2024 5

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What Davina McCall’s colloid cyst removal can tell us about brain tumours

British TV presenter Davina McCall has undergone neurosurgery to remove a colloid cyst – a type of benign brain tumour. McCall was diagnosed with...

18.11.2024 1

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High heels, flat arches, clubfoot and corns – our feet are amazing but they can be treated terribly

Feet can be polarising. There are those for whom a long soak in a foot spa or a pedicure is the ultimate cure for stress. Then there are those who...

17.09.2024 1

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What is synthol and why are bodybuilders injecting it into their muscles?

Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos...

06.09.2024 1

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Ulcers, cracks and sores – what your mouth can tell you about your health

The Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium once said that we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. It’s a...

28.08.2024 2

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What your nose can tell you about your health

Thanks to a quirk known as unconscious selective attention, your brain has learned to ignore your nose. A prominent feature that’s positioned...

19.08.2024 3

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Black hairy, strawberry and geographic – what the state of your tongue can say about your health

One of my grandmother’s favourite things to cook was cold pressed ox tongue, though it’s a tradition that I don’t really feel the need to continue....

13.08.2024 4

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What your nails can tell you about your health

As a medical student, nails were one part of my anatomy course that I really struggled with. I found it difficult, at first, to stomach the sight...

06.08.2024 3

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How stress might be the root of problems like pain, ulcers and a broken heart

The English actor Kate Beckinsale recently lost her stepfather. She experienced such intense grief at the loss that it “burned a hole” in her...

24.07.2024 2

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