5 h. ago Why I now fear my daughter's rare genetic condition is linked to me becoming a father later in life. This is the evidence you can't ignore: PROF ROB GALLOWAY

For years, we thought that as men got older, the risk of genetic problems in their children rose only slightly. This new research shows it's higher than anyone had realised.

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19 h. ago ‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosisSomewhere in the US a woman on her period pulled out her dripping, saturated tampon. But instead of wrapping it in toilet paper and tossing it into a bin, she put the tampon in a special plastic sample container, screwed the lid on tight and mailed it to an address in Oakland, California.The address was that of NextGen Jane (NGJ), a Bay Area-based startup founded in 2014. And now Julia Carr, NGJ’s clinical research coordinator, stands in the company’s lab under a fume hood happily decanting a mixture of the woman’s blood and a preservation solution into a test tube. She will go on to pipette out small amounts to freeze and store for later analysis. NGJ has obtained about 2,500 menstrual blood samples this way – from women volunteering to send in their used tampons – for its research. Tha...

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38 h. ago ‘It sounds like witchcraft’: can light therapy really give you better skin, cleaner teeth, stronger joints?

From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin? Light therapy is certainly having a moment. You can now buy glowing gadgets for everything from skin conditions and wrinkles to sore muscles and gum disease, the latest being a toothbrush enhanced with tiny red LEDs, described by its makers as “a breakthrough in at-home oral care”. Globally, the market was worth $1bn in 2024 and is projected to grow to $1.8bn by 2035. You can even go and sit in an infrared sauna, where instead of hot coals (real or electric) heating the air, your body is warmed directly by infrared light. According to its devotees, it’s like bathing in one of those LED-lit beauty masks, boosting skin collagen, relaxing muscles, relieving inflammation and chronic health conditions while protecting against dementia.“It sounds a bit like witchcraft,” says Paul Chazot, professor in neuroscience at Durham Univer...

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68 h. ago 'My daughter coughed in her sleep, little did I know she was just minutes away from dying'

A mum has opened up about her daughter's rare health condition after finding her minutes away from dying when she heard her cough in the night. It was a normal evening that turned into a nightmare

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68 h. ago ‘My son’s heart was the size of a walnut when he was rushed into surgery at 10 days old – I was terrified’

Eddison Watts’s rare congenital heart defect affects approximately one in every 3,600 births in the UK

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4 d. ago UFC fighter Nathaniel Wood explains ‘living nightmare’ of OCD and anxiety

UFC fighter Nathaniel Wood has spoken out about the misconceptions of OCD and how having the mental health condition is a “living nightmare”.

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4 d. ago New update for 155,000 older people receiving Attendance Allowance payments from DWP

Older people with a disability or long-term health condition could be due either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.

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5 d. ago Carol Vorderman makes 'burnout' admission as she's left 'lying on the floor crying'

Former Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman has opened up about her health battles, including a chronic condition that left her in tears and unable to move

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5 d. ago 'New' medical condition that 'attacks' skin, stomach and lungs 'baffling doctors'

It is a 'relatively new' condition that can cause a wide range of symptoms - but is often hard to diagnose

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5 d. ago Carol Vorderman issues health update after suffering 'chronic' condition for months

Former Countdown star Carol Vorderman issued a health update on This Morning after battling a "chronic" condition for months

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6 d. ago Girl has condition so rare there is no cure and she will only live to 10

Mum Stacey says she faces losing baby Teraysa 'bit by bit'

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6 d. ago Seven illnesses you can get a prescription for without seeing a GP

The NHS has shared a list of seven common health conditions that you can get a prescription for without seeing a GP - and it's important to note the age range for each

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6 d. ago Girl's ‘excruciating’ skin condition can leave her unable to move

Only around 5,000 cases of the ‘butterfly skin’ condition have been diagnosed in the UK, one of which is 13-year-old Naomi Fields

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6 d. ago NHS list of 7 conditions that you can get a prescription for without seeing a GP

Pharmacies can provide prescription medicine for seven conditions without a referral

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6 d. ago DWP's full list of 20 mental health conditions that help in applying for £750 PIP benefit

There are 20 mental health conditions that could make you eligible for up to £749.80 a month in Personal Independence Payments (PIP). The benefit is aimed at the disabled

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6 d. ago Doctors sound alarm as 240 million Americans are living with deadly health condition and don’t know it

Experts say the condition can be reversed with a couple of simple steps

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6 d. ago Doctors sound alarm as 281 million Americans are living with deadly health condition and don’t know it

Experts say the condition can be reversed with a couple of simple steps

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6 d. ago DWP confirms full list of 20 mental health conditions that could make you eligible for up to £750 a month

If you have one of 20 psychiatric disorders that qualify you for Personal Independence Payments, you could receive up to £749.80 a month from the DWP

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6 d. ago The health conditions that may increase your risk of dementia

Experts identified ‘critical time windows’ in which certain illnesses pose the greatest risk to patients

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7 d. ago 'Grim' history behind the merkin that concealed horror 15th century health condition

Kim Kardashian's hairy thong broke the internet last week after she launched the SKIMS product. But there's more than what meets the eye when it comes the modern merkin

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