You're tired, you're itchy, and your nose is a snot waterfall — you know this is a cold. But the pollen in the air has you wondering — could this actually be hayfever rearing their sneezy heads? It can be surprisingly difficult to tell [...]

“I was afraid of the cold, trying to comprehend what those temperatures would feel like,” says Sarah, 23, from Essex who is one of a growing number of people experimenting with cryotherapy: a cold treatment that uses liquid nitrogen to plunge your[...]

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Researchers are studying a promising drug that could block the delivery of opioids from blood to brain, giving addicts a path to recovery.Sign Up For the Morning Briefing[...]

A nasal spray containing ketamine, a powerful general anaesthetic, has shown promise in treating symptoms of severe depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a new study. Researchers compared the effects of two treatment options: the first was[...]

Pregnancy Heartburn: 4 Tips to Stop Feeling the BurnSorry to shatter the myth, but heartburn during pregnancy has absolutely nothing to do with how much hair your baby has. It's a result of the fact that progesterone, while relaxing the uterine[...]

Sydney podiatrist Nicole Reilly revealed the ugly side effects men's footwear can cause - and the most complained about shoes. She revealed the top complaints made by male clients at her clinic include heel and  calf pains, shin splints,[...]

When I’m on my medication I have about a two-hour window when I can hide my symptoms and nobody would have a clue that I have Parkinson’s unless you are familiar with the condition. Being a mum with Parkinson’s isn’t easy and sometimes when [...]

It could explain why you need the toilet so oftenBut it turns out those pre-emptive pees might be harmful than you realise. In fact, according to two medical experts, the authors of new book What's Up With Your Bladder, doing so can actually end up[...]

The average shoe contains a horrifying amount of bacteriaDr Charles Gerba, a microbiologist and professor at the University of Arizona, found that the average shoe contains 421,000 units of bacteria on the outside and 2,887 on the[...]

And the quick trick to tell if you're dehydrated.The thing is, you lose liquid when you breathe, go to the bathroom, and sweat – bad news if you don't replace[...]

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After almost 10 years of marriage, there are some things I'd like my husband to know.Sometimes it's easy to tell him these things in the rare, quiet moments at home when we're both not exhausted, but as a writer, I've always been better with[...]

Your child’s rubber duck bath toy could be unexpectedly harming them, researchers have found. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH Zurich and the University of Illinois, counted microbes[...]

A mum of a 22-year-old woman with autism has revealed what she would have done differently to help her daughter cope with life. In a powerful confession the mum reveals how they struggled to cope with dealing with the condition before it[...]