Health

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia don’t suddenly appear in old age – they are often the result of decades of small, everyday habits quietly adding up over time. The choices you make today around food, sleep, movement, and inflammation can shape how well your brain functions years from now. By prioritising brain health early, you’re not just improving how you think ...

The new NHS online hospital service being launched in England next year will initially focus on menopause, prostate and eye conditions. The NHS has selected nine different conditions in total for the service which will be available through the NHS app in 2027. The service, which was first announced in September, will allow patients to have assessments, check-ups and follow-up ...

Post-meal cravings are a common experience for individuals of all ages and a serious cause of concern for those who are counting their calories. It is often a result of blood sugar levels crashing, and according to Dr Shubham Vatsya, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, Delhi, it starts with how we eat our meals. Taking to ...

The new year has begun, and if your commitment to the gym is already starting to falter, it may be time to go easy on yourself. The key to avoiding a sedentary lifestyle is to simply ensure that your body gets some form of physical activity every day, and then later you can build up. While hardcore gym workouts do ...

Bugs are a nutritious and sustainable source of protein. Why are we so squeamish about eating them? From Kardashian protein popcorn to the TikTok trends of blended cottage cheese and chicken smoothies, people are going to extreme lengths to eat more protein. Worldwide search interest in “protein” has risen by 213% over the past decade, BBC analysis has found. It ...

Five-year-old Sumaiya should have been racing to school with children her age. Instead, she lies curled up in a small room in the Begunbari slum in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel, falling ill far more often than any child should. Her stunted height and frail frame tell the story her family struggles to hide: years of undernutrition, and a daily battle to afford ...

A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections likely linked to raw oysters has sickened more than 60 people across 22 states, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health advisory. Health officials are working to identify the source of those contaminated raw oysters, the advisory issued December 23 said. What is salmonella, and how does it make people ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact waivers prohibiting the purchase of certain foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

Scientists are assessing whether a drug given to diabetes patients could be used to halt the progression of a potentially deadly condition. Metformin, which is used to treat high blood sugar caused by diabetes, is being used in trials for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), which are responsible for 4,000 deaths in the UK each year. An AAA is ...

The DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz inaugurated the health insurance coverage programme at the Nagar Bhaban today. DNCC Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore ABM Shamsul Alam presided over the programme. “I think there should be health insurance for cleaners in all government and private offices. Despite the growing population of Dhaka, the number of our employees remains limited. We are working ...