Health & wellbeing

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...

People in the UK are sending thousands of unregulated substances that claim to support weight-loss and wellness to laboratories for...

Anything to do with pregnancy can sometimes feel like a crash course in withstanding uncertainty. From getting pregnant in the...

My daughter is 15 and has lived with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for some time. Her compulsions change – counting,...

The medicines regulator is investigating whether UK clinics are breaking the law by making claims about the benefits of unregulated,...

From influencers to athletes, high-profile figures are hailing peptides as the route to wellness, claiming they help with injury repair,...