Browsing: wellbeing

It used to be thought that the lungs couldn’t regenerate,” says Dr Charlotte Dean, head of the lung development and disease group…

‘You’re special needs’: Matt HaigWhen I was 14, I had to start a new school. I wasn’t great at starting…

This is a common misconception, says Prof Leigh Breen, a muscle physiology specialist at the University of Leicester, though it’s…

You’re eating all day longOne of the challenges with the sheer availability of food in today’s world is that lots…

Imagine you’re in a meeting room when someone brings out the biscuits – a packet of Jammie Dodgers, perhaps, or…

Cholesterol, a fatty substance mostly made by the liver and used by the body to build cells and produce hormones,…

I can sympathise with Stuart Heritage (My son is getting glasses for the first time. He’s fine about it but…

The trillions of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies – known as the microbiome – have been hailed…

My kitchen table is littered with tiny test tubes, envelopes and plastic lancets. At one end of the table, I…

Whatever you think of alcohol, you have to admit that it’s versatile. Ever since the first humans started smashing up…