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Drinking Water on an Empty Stomach: Benefits for Bowel Function
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Starting the day with healthy habits can reshape the entire routine, providing greater energy for every task. Many people experience...
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Sex Differences in Human Brains May Help Explain Mental Health Risks
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Efforts to identify sex differences in human brains have sparked debate about what, if anything, lies behind apparent differences in...
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How to Relieve a Mosquito Bite Safely
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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A mosquito bite causes an uncomfortable inflammatory reaction in the skin. When the insect injects its saliva, the immune system...
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14 blood proteins may signal lung cancer risk years before diagnosis
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Lung cancer can progress for years without producing obvious symptoms, making the search for ways to spot the disease, or...
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How Anticipatory Empathy Helps You Notice Who Needs Support
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The ability to recognise that someone needs support before they make an explicit request reflects profound interpersonal empathy. This particular...
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Why Strength Training Matters After 50
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Reaching your 50s or 60s is no reason to give up strength training. On the contrary, as people get older,...
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H5N1 Bird Flu in Dairy Cows Raises Human Health Concerns
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The prospect of avian flu passing from birds to cows and then to people is causing serious concern among some...
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Washing Feet with Salt and Vinegar: What It Is Really For
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Washing your feet with salt and vinegar is a home-care practice mainly used to temporarily reduce odour, soften the skin...
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Scientists Identify the New MAL Blood Group System After 50 Years
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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In 1972, doctors took a blood sample from a pregnant woman and found that it lacked a surface molecule present...
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Golden August: breastfeeding benefits for mothers and babies
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The Golden August campaign promotes breastfeeding and raises awareness of its benefits for mothers and babies. The World Health Organization...
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The Largest Psychedelic Brain Study Yet Reveals How Psilocybin Helps People Feel At One With Existence
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Psychedelics are acquiring greater clinical significance, and a growing body of recent research has examined the effects of psilocybin in...
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What Your Tongue Can Tell You About Health
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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My grandmother particularly enjoyed making cold-pressed ox tongue, but it is a culinary custom I have no wish to carry...
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Cannabis Use May Leave Lasting Epigenetic Fingerprints on the Human Body
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Cannabis consumption may leave enduring marks on the human body, according to a 2023 study involving more than 1,000 adults....
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Nail Changes: When to Pay Attention
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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A faint streak, a colour change or a nail that starts breaking repeatedly may seem like a purely cosmetic detail....
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Overfeed This Flatworm and It Turns Into a Chain of Clones
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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When a tiny flatworm has access to plentiful food, its otherwise solitary body quickly stretches out as fresh heads appear...
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Protein: how much to consume and the health effects of excess
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Protein bars, pasta, gelato and even protein water are becoming increasingly common in the fitness market. As these products, which...
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Developmental Topographical Disorientation Can Leave People Lost at Home
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Imagine leaving your bedroom for the kitchen, only to find that you suddenly cannot tell which way to go. For...
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WHO declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified mpox as a public health emergency of international concern following increasing case numbers...
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Rosehip Oil: Benefits, Uses and What Science Says
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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A few drops of a reddish oil have found their way into beauty routines for the face, body and even...
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Why the Human Heart Differs from Great Apes
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Mammals occupy almost every part of Earth, ranging from the enormous blue whale to the diminutive shrew. Scientists have long...
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Type 1.5 diabetes: what it is and how it is diagnosed
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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You are probably familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but may know less about type 1.5 diabetes. Type...
