Health & wellbeing

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

Raw milk has long been popular, as well as controversial, in the US. While health authorities warn it can carry...

Microbial slime and a side helping of sand doesn’t sound like much of a meal, but a startling amount of...

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

With fuel prices soaring and service stations running dry, you might find yourself taking a second look at that old...

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

What edges a day over the threshold from being humdrum to something better? Something good?It is a question that occurred...

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...

When Gen Blades set out to hike South Korea’s Namsan Dulle-gil trail, she didn’t expect to be slipping her boots...