How can I choose the right exercise to boost my bones? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions
At the age of 34, I was diagnosed as having osteopenia and began taking Calcichew 500mg twice daily. I am…
The hi-tech goggles that could beat glaucoma
The progression of glaucoma may be stopped with hi-tech goggles. Worn for half an hour a day, they are designed…
Strictly winner Joanne Clifton, 38, broke down in tears when she was told she has arthritis
Joanne Clifton was thrilled to win the 2016 Strictly come Dancing final with Ore Oduba, her celebrity partner in dance.…
We lost 45 stone in a year… and shed the conditions that were plaguing our lives
This time last year these seven people were dangerously overweight — but since then, they have shed an astonishing amount…
Portas Review: How towns are doing a decade on from project aiming to save Britain’s high streets
It was billed as a groundbreaking new scheme aiming to ‘kick-start a renaissance’ of the Nice British excessive avenue. Twelve…
Government quietly drops demand for electric charging points in car parks of some premises
It is not common for factories and shops to have electric charging points installed in their cars, but the government…
Nature: Bizarre experiment with SPITTING archerfish suggests that they can distinguish numbers
In most workplaces, spitting at computer terminals is regarded as a bit of a faux pas — but not so…
Hannah Betts’s Better… not younger: Your beauty to-do list for a new you in 2022
Rule despiser that I am, I have never been a woman to make New Year’s resolutions. The transition from January…
Wife of tainted blood victim in payout plea for victims
After her husband’s death, the wife of the victim is pledging to pay for damages. Wendy Stubbs said it is…
China’s Covid-19 surge continues in new epicentre of Xian despite draconian lockdown
Despite a draconian lockdown in place today, China’s Covid epidemic has not stopped growing. It was upgraded to the’strictest level’…