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ALZHEIMER'S: Blood test one step closer

August 13, 2019 • 1 min read

For a disease with no cure, why should anyone care that a new blood test could tell us if we’re on track to develop dementia?

HEALTH TECH: AI detects heart problems

August 13, 2019 • 1 min read

Artificial intelligence – computer modelling – is the brains behind driverless cars, chatbots, and product suggestions we never knew we needed – so why not detecting irregular heartbeats.

UP YOUR GAME: Nuts improve sexual function – study

August 06, 2019 • 1 min read

Take a handful of walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds daily – it could be just the thing to lift your sexual performance.

BODY SHAPE: Fat a better predictor of obesity-related health risks than weight

August 06, 2019 • 1 min read

Trade in your scales for body fat callipers – because fat around your middle is a better indicator of risks associated with obesity-related health problems than body weight.

STRESS: Chemical cascade radically changes brain

August 06, 2019 • 1 min read

There’s more to stress hormones than simply associated downstream behaviours known as fight (facing up to the threat) or flight (fleeing to safety).

BRAIN GAIN: Weight training creates new neurons

August 06, 2019 • 1 min read

Rat studies show how gym bunnies could be lifting their way to bigger brains.

JOINT HEALTH: The benefits of going barefoot

July 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Wearing shoes changes how our feet touch the ground, affecting balance and joint loading, possibly for the worse.

PLANT POWER: Quinoa – mother of all grains

July 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Known to the Incas as the “mother of all grains", Quinoa is hard to beat for nutritional richness.

SLEEP: UK government prescribes minimum amount of sleep

July 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Poor sleep is so toxic the UK government is proposing guidelines for sleep hygiene.

LET’S EAT: Apples. 100 million bacteria key to health benefits

July 27, 2019 • 1 min read

New research could explain why an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And it’s not just all those vitamins and polyphenols.