Top fitness expert says stretching before or after ANY exercise is useless - and can even slow you down
Experts reveal that stretching doesn't do much- and that certain poses might actually make your athletic performance worse. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Experts reveal fascinating theory about Ozempic and why it appears to change people's entire personalities: 'It may warp the brain'
Experts speaking to DailyMail.com say it's all to do with the drug's impact on a masterful brain chemical that determines pretty much every human behavior. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stanford doctor warns of horrific trend that sees men ejaculate into women's drinks: 'New fear unlocked'
Dr Arghavan Salles, a gastroenterologist and bariatric surgeon, drew renewed attention to the troubling trend of men attempting to win the attention of women they thought were attractive. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Forget Bryan Johnson! Meet Dave Pascoe - the new longevity king who, at 61, claims to have the body of a 38 year-old - and it only costs him $30k a year
A new biohacker has arrived to challenge Bryan Johnson for his spot on the anti-aging throne. Dave Pascoe is 61 yet he youthful looks reflect that of his body - which he say is technically just 38. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

REEM IBRAHIM: If the world's biggest nanny state won't ban smoking, how does Rishi Sunak hope to? New Zealand ditched law introduced by Covid-queen Jacinda Ardern before it even took effect
In practice, the smoking ban is really about preventing future adults from making decisions about their own bodies, Reem Ibrahim argues. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How teen smoking rates have fallen EIGHT-FOLD since the 80s amid the UK's war on tobacco which has made lighting up 'uncool' - as interactive map reveals up to a quarter of adults still smoke in parts of the nation
Only 3 per cent of 15 year olds in England now smoke, official figures show. Rates fell quickest in the early noughties, according to an historical survey ran by the NHS. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration - and YOU are paying for it
Lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed the USDA is supplying China with money for experiments that see scientists make bird flu viruses more contagious to humans. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The habits that add decades to your life - and the ones that shorten it. Take our quiz to find out which are adding - and subtracting - from your lifespan...
Air pollution, plastic, worrying too much, sitting too much, forgetting to floss, coffee, eating burgers - sometimes it can feel as if everything in life is conspiring to kill us. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revealed: Up to one in 15 fresh supermarket chickens are 'highly contaminated' with deadly food poisoning bug... so is YOUR store the worst offender?
Campylobacter is the most common source of food poisoning. It typically causes diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting that gets better naturally within a week. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than one in ten ex-smokers who vape could relapse under Rishi Sunak's plan to restrict flavours, Government assessment claims
The Department of Health highlighted research which estimated that 13 per cent of ex-smokers who vape could go back to cigarettes if flavours were not available. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Instagram's 'Big Tobacco' tactics? Eyebrow-raising study (funded by the tech giant) claims social media app doesn't trigger anxiety or depression, despite tonne of research stating the opposite
A UK study found that there was no significant link between browsing or posting videos and images or interacting with others' posts on Instagram and levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Subjecting migrants to X-rays and MRI scans to check how old they are is unethical and inaccurate, experts claim
New laws came into force in January that allow the Home Office to use X-rays of wrists and teeth, and MRI scans of thighs and collarbones to establish whether a migrant is under the age of 16. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS 'bed blocking' crisis laid bare: Up to one in THREE beds are taken up by medically-fit patients with nowhere to go at busiest hospitals
Across the country, an average of 13,662 patients were stuck in hospital every day in February 2024 even though they were fit to be discharged. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Smacking 'should be completely banned': Child health chiefs demand end of loophole that allows parents to use 'reasonable punishment' because there are 'no instances where it is acceptable'
Laws must be changed to ensure smacking a child is not seen as acceptable in any circumstances, a landmark report demands. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New mutant strain of monkeypox with 'pandemic potential' is discovered in Congo village - as health officials call for 'urgent measures' to contain it
The concerning discovery was made in Kamituga - a poor, densely populated gold mining town that is feared to be ripe for an explosive outbreak . So far there have beenĀ 108 cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news