12 minutes ago The secret hidden in chillies which may ward off heart disease and dementia

A recent study in the British Journal of Nutrition quizzed more than 50,000 adults on how often they ate fresh chillies, chilli sauce or added dried chillies to their cooking.

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44 minutes ago The exact amount of booze you have to drink before your liver is 'irreversibly damaged'

Britain's 'wine o'clock' culture may be partly to blame for an alarming trend that has seen deaths from chronic liver disease rocket five-fold since the 1970s.

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2 hours ago Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career | Kieran Pender

After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandableConflicting national allegiances in sport are no simple thing. It is hardly unreasonable for someone with more than one national background to feel competing tugs when it comes to flying the flag on the international stage. Emotion and pragmatism collide to force hard decisions.Australia is a deeply multicultural nation – more than one in four Australians were born overseas, while millions more have parents born elsewhere. We are a nation of complex sporting allegiances. I have dual nationalities; if it wasn’t for the fact that I have all the sporting talent of a gnat, I might have to consider which country to represent. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Women being trapped in relationships due to economic abuse, charity finds

Some women who said they had experienced economic abuse also reported suffering from mental ill health or having to borrow money to get by.

Economics

2 hours ago MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought.

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3 hours ago Popular diabetes and obesity drugs also protect kidneys, study suggests

The combined reduction in the risk of kidney failure, worsening kidney function and death due to kidney disease was 19%, researchers found.

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3 hours ago Tiger Woods provides PGA Tour return update with 'disappointed' announcement

Woods was exempted from the Hero World Challenge, which he hosts, but has confirmed he will not be able to compete in the Bahamas next month as he continues his recovery

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3 hours ago Eddie Jones claims ‘some clown abused me’ on Twickenham return in fiery press conference

Jones also sarcastically responded to Danny Care’s recent allegations in a typically combative way after his Japan side suffered a heavy defeat to England

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4 hours ago Alistair Johnston wants own part of Celtic history as he targets second Champions League all

The Hoops hero didn't get any sleep after dumping the Bundesliga side and he is ready for a repeat this midweek

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