A sharper brain

A lways forgetting where you put your keys? Struggle to find the word that’s on the tip of your tongue? Join the club! Our brain is at its peak at around the age of 25, after which cognitive decline k

This week, our health writer Jackie Mitchell looks at both NHS and private provision. I F you discover you have hearing loss, it can be confusing about what next steps to take – whether you should pay

Taking short standing breaks, even without increasing exercise, is great for your heart, according to a recent report. Researchers examined three groups over three months: a ‘sit less’ group; a ‘sit-t

One of the great rites of passage of youth is gradually getting to be more independent. Once we’ve left home, most of us take it for granted that we’ll have our independence forever. But life – and il

Working from home, socialising via Zoom and minimal face-to-face contact were things we all had to adapt to during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, the experts tell us how lockdown affected our brains

Oh good. Science has spoken and it turns out everything we’ve been doing to avoid real exercise – running for the bus, carrying shopping like a pack mule, cleaning up after ourselves (and others) – mi