15 h. ago Expert says doing this after meals can protect your health for decades to come

Health conditions can accumulate slowly over a long period of time, ‘but if you exercise you can reverse them before they become a problem’, Dr Elroy Aguiar tells Harry Bullmore. This can start with something as simple as a 15-minute walk after eating.

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15 h. ago Expert says doing this for 15 minutes after meals can protect your health for decades to come

Health conditions can accumulate slowly over a long period of time, ‘but if you exercise you can reverse them before they become a problem’, Dr Elroy Aguiar tells Harry Bullmore. This can start with something as simple as a 15-minute walk after eating.

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3 d. ago Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks

Discovery that clopidogrel is a more effective blood thinner could transform health guidelines worldwideDoctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk of experiencing a serious cardiovascular event. A daily low-dose aspirin makes blood less sticky and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bargain Hunt star shushes expert Izzie Balmer as she labels last minute purase as 'hideous'

BBC Bargain Hunt expert Izzie Balmer couldn't hide her disappointment at a team's last minute purchase.

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1 week ago Daughters born between two decades warned of increased cancer risk

UKHSA advises anyone who believes they were exposed to a specific drug before they were born to get checked out as they could have a higher risk of some cancers

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2 w. ago Expert reveals the cheap and easy trick that can burn more calories than a 20

In a new episode of Channel 4's Michael Mosley's Secrets of the Superagers, the British medic shared one way people can scorch calories, according to The Sun.

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3 w. ago Mould, vermin and ceiling leaks: German police say they work in ‘embarrassing’ conditions

Union calls for increased spending to revamp vehicles and station houses that it says are an insult to officers’ dignityGermany’s biggest police union has complained about the dilapidated state of hundreds of police stations across the country and a fleet of aged vehicles, saying conditions are a threat to officers’ health and an insult to their dignity.“Decades-old toilet bowls, mould in the offices, vermin, broken heating units and holes in the ceiling that let the rain in,” said Hagen Husgen of the GdP union, citing just a few of the complaints his organisation had received from members. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Half a cup of sugar a day? Scientists take on the latest controversial health trend

Going against decades of ingrained health education, Leanne Ratcliffe, who found internet fame in the 2010s eating 50 bananas a day as part of her fruitarian diet, has found a new cause to get behind. Kyle MacNeill speaks to the health influencer on her controversial lifestyle – and asks experts what they make of it

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