Urgent warning over 'incredibly harmful' starvemaxxing TikTok trend that charities fear could cause eating disorders
'Starvemaxxing' videos on TikTok have amassed 8million views. Eating disorder charity Beat fears the trend could be 'incredibly harmful' if someone is struggling with an eating disorder. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First ever over-the-counter cholesterol test goes on sale in supermarkets around Britain as Tesco stock the kit
Users simply have to use a drop of blood taken from the finger, and the kit, which looks similar to the rapid Covid home tests, gives a result in under three minutes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How furious Mail readers reacted to our report on NHS rules that mean 65-year-olds and over-70s get vital shingles jab but not those aged 66 to 69... as now even top politicians are stepping in to try to sort out the mess
Frustrated Mail on Sunday readers have lashed out at regulations that mean people aged 65 and the over 70s can have a shingles vaccination, but those aged 66 to 69 are barred. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How little Roux is fighting fit after 13 OPERATIONS on a brain tumour as big as two oranges that he was diagnosed with when he was just four weeks old
Against all the odds - having spent the first six months of his life in hospital undergoing an astonishing 13 operations - Roux Owen, four, is thriving after enduring an ultra-rare brain tumour. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Daily pills may be answer to incurable cancer as patients with aggressive disease see tumors stop growing
Patients with aggressive, incurable cancers saw their tumours stop growing after they began taking a twice-a-day tablet. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: I am losing weight and don't know why - how can I put it back on?
DR ELLIE CANNON: As people age they can suffer weight loss due to a reduction in muscle, and generally older people do have less of an appetite. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why you might've been brushing your teeth AND using mouthwash completely wrong
Dr Shyaam Vallabh, Principal Dentist at Smmmile in Nottingham warns rinsing your mouth with water straight after brushing could increase your risk of cavities. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of dementia patients my actually have 'very treatable' liver disease that has been misdiagnosed, according to 'unexpected' study
A new study of US veterans diagnosed with dementia found that many of them had liver disease, suggesting millions of people diagnosed with dementia could actually have a treatable condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to survive WITHOUT coffee, according to a busy working mother (and a dietitian says her hacks really do work!)
A caffeine intolerance means even the smallest trace of caffeine can make me feel so faint and dizzy I can't function, writes Rosie Taylor. So as a 36-year-old working mum, how does she survive without it? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: How 350 young adults are still getting hooked on smoking every day
Researchers from University College London found about 127,500 people aged between 18 and 25 pick up smoking each year. They praised the Chancellor's decision to hike the tax on tobacco. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA approves Wegovy weight-loss shot for heart disease patients - including those who are not obese
The FDA approved the medication for this use in non-diabetic patients who had heart disease today, following clinical trials showing it slashed the risk of the complications by up to 28 percent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Buzz kill! California could BAN decaf coffee or force manufacturers to change recipes under new bill that outlaws cancer chemical
California's proposed ban would outlaw the manufacture of decaffeinated coffees that use the chemical methylene chloride, which is used in the vast majority of brews. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man, 52, who suffered constant migraines is found to have a live WORM in his brain that had laid eggs under his skull - after catching parasite from undercooked bacon
An unnamed 52-year-old man in Florida was diagnosed with the rare parasitic infection neurocysticercosis, which caused a tapeworm from contaminated bacon to lay eggs in his brain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ozempic maker's new weight loss pill that is TWICE as good as blockbuster skinny jab won't be available in Britain and the US until 2026
Novo Nordisk yesterday unveiled promising early results for its experimental drug amycretin that showed patients could lose more than 13% of their weight after just 12 weeks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stomach bug that causes violent diarrhea continues to slam the Northeastern US - with one in SIX tests coming back positive
The latest CDC data updated shows that 16 percent of norovirus tests in the northeast came back positive at the end of February - a three percent increase from a month earlier. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news