Category Archive : Health

You can get an infection from simply putting on your undies (Picture: Getty Images) When you’re getting dressed in the morning, bleary-eyed and half asleep, you could be making one crucial mistake. As you pull your underwear over your feet and legs, keep your toes well away, or you could end up with ‘crotch rot’. […]

Alcohol consumption is linked to some cancers (Picture: Getty Images) Buying the first round of drinks at his uncle Jimmy’s wake, Peter raised a toast of whisky. At just 67, Jimmy died last month after three years of treatment for colon cancer.  Peter, 36, who misses his uncle terribly, is currently under NHS consultant care to […]

The City of Westminster is the London borough home to the most cases of three STIs (Picture: Getty Images) It may be home to iconic landmarks like the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace, but the City of Westminster now has another claim to fame. Residents of the London borough has the highest rates in […]

No two women will have the same experience of childbirth but here’s some basic questions answered (Picture: Getty Images) Childbirth is a miracle, but it can also daunting and downright exhausting – especially if you don’t know what to expect. It can be tricky to prepare for every eventuality too, given how different each person’s […]

Nobody’s perfect (Picture: Getty Images) We all want to ensure we have as much time as possible on this Earth, right? And the likes of exercising regularly, following a healthy, balanced diet, and generally keeping our bodies in good shape increases our chances of doing this. Of course, we’re not all perfect, and many of […]

Our bodies work in mysterious ways (Picture: oleg66) A good orgasm can leave us breathless and unable to do anything but stare at the ceiling while we regain control of our limbs. If you know the feeling, you’ll know it’s pretty incredible – but why does that (sometimes elusive) climax feel so intense? How does […]

Dementia became a huge part of my family’s life and the devastation from it is staggering (Picture: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images) It was 2014 and my guitarist James Wiseman and I went over to my Nanny Bennett’s, to play her some music. Standing in front of her, by her bed, for the first time in a very long […]

For Estelle, lockdown offered a sense of freedom – in many ways (Picture: Supplied) Estelle Keeber never used to exercise. ‘I was the type of person who’d drive to the shop around the corner,’ she admits. But then, five years ago, everything changed. Not just for Estelle, but for hundreds of thousands of people across […]

Wondering what not drinking enough water actually does to your body? (Picture: Getty Images) If what you’re about to read doesn’t make you reach for your Stanley cup, we don’t know what will. It turns out that nearly two thirds of us don’t drink enough water and all that tea and beer we’re drinking isn’t […]

I came away from my first neurologist’s appointment with more questions than answers (Picture: Ben Sailsbury) I was 21 and doing some work at university in Liverpool when I passed out on the floor. My friends called paramedics. When I woke up, I had no idea what had happened. That was my first experience of […]