The expert guide to spending a penny: How often is too often? Why swimming makes you want to go. And how many seconds is the ideal duration
We MOSTLY do it without thinking. Yet experts say when - and how - we urinate can reflect or even improve our general health. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How this A Place In The Sun presenter had to be talked down from a building after doctors misdiagnosed her and gave her antidepressants
Her GP diagnosed depression and put her on antidepressants, but they didn't seem to help, and there was a reason for that - she didn't have depression. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bras should be exempt from VAT because they are essential for women's health, radiographers urge the Treasury
Delegates at the Society of Radiographers annual conference will call on the Treasury to axe the tax, claiming it disproportionately affects women. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

One in four cases of breast cancer 'are preventable': Major reports concludes thousands of women could be spared from disease by drinking less alcohol and breastfeeding more
While 'tremendous advances' in research and treatments have slashed death rates, bold policy actions are now needed to promote better lifestyles, according to research by the Lancet Commission. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study suggests parasite in bad meat affects memory and learning YEARS after you're sickened
One type of parasitic food poisoning has been linked to dementia, schizophrenia and decreased intelligence. A new study from Prague adds to the evidence. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How a lollipop can help to spot the early signs of mouth cancer
When the fruit-flavoured sweet, which is being developed by scientists at Birmingham University, is sucked for just a few minutes, the proteins - released by mouth cancer cells - become 'stuck' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The glare of car headlights could be a risk for heart conditions... As ever-more vehicles use dazzling LED beams
Official figures show bright headlights were a contributory factor in an average of 280 collisions on UK roads every year since 2013. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Graphic reveals the 'forever chemicals' lurking in everyday foods that are linked to cancer and infertility
From jackets to cheeseburger wrappers, numerous studies have shown thousands of items from multiple companies and restaurants are teeming with toxic forever chemicals. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whether you're a marathon runner or struggling with arthritis, why you should be careful about taking anti-inflammatories, says PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY
This coming Sunday over 50,000 people will be taking part in the London Marathon; that's just over 26 miles of blood, sweat and tears - and then adrenaline, as the runners cross the finish line. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Woman, 45, suffers horrific and rare reaction to IBUPROFEN - causing snake-like scales on her face and discharge to ooze from her EYES
The patient was rushed to hospital where she was told she had suffered a severe adverse reaction to ibuprofen. From Iraq, doctors told her that the reaction was extremely rare. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Inside the lab where volunteers are paid £14,000 to lie upside down for 60 days NON-STOP... and conduct space-age research that scientists hope will eventually reverse ageing
At first glance this room in a nondescript part of Northumbria University looks like a school gymnasium, stacked with sports equipment. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The proof going vegan ISN'T better for you? Study finds plant-based meat products are full of salt and fat
People who ate fake sausages, burgers and mince also seemingly had worse blood pressure than their meat-consuming counterparts, researchers said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DR MAX PEMBERTON: Why Joe Wicks is WRONG about diet and the real reason children are getting ADHD
Fitness coach Joe Wicks has blamed ultra-processed junk food for the explosion of young people being diagnosed with ADHD. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

DR MARTIN SCURR: The nerve-zapping operation that could cure back pain... and the best way to treat a stuffy nose
For several years I've suffered from lower back pain. In the past year I've had MRI and CT scans, X-rays, a colonoscopy and ultrasound scans, which found only some degeneration of the spine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors thought woman, 77, had cancer... then they discovered she had a brain-eating amoeba
An elderly woman in rural China died from the rare brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, which doctors initially mistook for a brain tumor. The parasite has infected just 200 people worldwide. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news