Public Health England has declared, “Britain needs to go on a diet”.There is no denying that obesity is a big epidemic in the UK and with cheap junk food...
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14th Dec 2025 | Updated at 07:44am 14th Dec 2025
Your local pharmacist can help you stay healthy
- 12 Nov 2025
As part of the ‘Ask Your Pharmacist Week’, which encourages people to make better use of their local pharmacist – not just for prescriptions, but for advice, support, and everyday health concerns, Faruque Gani, a community pharmacist in London...
Unspoken pain: Why South Asian men struggle to seek help
- 06 Nov 2025
South Asian men are increasingly facing silent battles with their mental health, often shaped by deep-rooted cultural and societal expectations. From a young age, many are taught to be providers, problem-solvers, and emotional anchors; roles...
The existence of avocado dates back to 10,000 BC, while its cultivation occurred in parts of central and southern America. This fruit reached Indonesia...
According to a survey of the public's knowledge of what causes and what does not cause cancer, half of Britons mistakenly believe that stress can lead...
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), UK, has found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) in Britain are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally...
UK millennials are on track to be the most overweight generation since records began, health experts say. Based on population trends, more than seven in every 10 people born between the early 1980s and mid-90s will be too fat by the time they...
A long-awaited report into how the government makes decisions about which vaccines to fund has been published. It follows calls for greater transparency about why a vaccine to protect children against meningitis B was not made more widely available.
When it comes to the long list of supplements out there, magnesium and vitamin D both top the list as ones doctors most recommend. (Probiotics are up there too, by the way.)
Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) and other ancient grains, such as amaranth, barley, and farro are rapidly growing in popularity because of their wide array...
Millions of parents could get more convenient and timely expert advice if their child has a minor illness by opting to go to their local pharmacist first...
Jogging may be the answer to jogging your memory as new research reveals it strengthens signals in the brain.
