[ad_1] Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterBBCThey are the bête noire of many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread.So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF) account for 56% of calories consumed across the UK, and that figure is higher for children and people who live in poorer areas.UPFs are defined by how many industrial processes they have been through and the number
[ad_1] A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry.Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021.The inquest, which is scheduled to last two weeks, continues.The hearing in Exeter heard that she
[ad_1] The Paralympic Rowing Cox will compete a year after getting the all clear from cancer. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A mother-of-three has shared how Deborah James helped save her life from bowel cancer.Lyndsey Ainscough, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer after experiencing symptoms for a number of months.She told BBC Breakfast she sought medical attention after seeing bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah on TV.Mrs Ainscough was joined on programme by Dame Deborah's mother, Heather, who said she was very proud of her daughter's
[ad_1] Victoria Atkins was challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists.But the health secretary said she was wanted to be "even handed" and declined to name any individual trusts hitting the expected standard for treating 80% of people in casualty within four hours.BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty pressed her to back up her claims on which areas of England were performing well, adding that viewers
[ad_1] People living with one of the most common types of alopecia could soon have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.The drug - called Ritlecitinib - will go before the Scottish Medicines Consortium this week after it was approved for NHS use in England last month.Although the daily pill won’t cure the condition, it could provide treatment to some who have severe alopecia areata,
[ad_1] Jan, from Kent, was one of the first people in the world to take part in the trials of semaglutide. It is sold as Wegovy for weight-loss and as Ozempic for diabetes, although some people have been buying this version to lose weight. We all know somebody like Jan, who has tried every diet, and she has been battling her waistline her whole life.Semaglutide mimics a hormone that is
[ad_1] If you had the chance to live your life again, what advice would you give to your younger self?Four members of the Birmingham 1,000 Elders group at the University of Birmingham reflect on their lives and the decisions they made.The group helps with research into life as an older adult in the UK as well as medical research around issues such as heart disease, infections in old age and
[ad_1] Beth Cobbold, 21, from Ipswich, said she would not be alive without blood donations. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Young women regret casual sex less if they take the initiative and the sex was good, according to a new study. Previous research has found that in general women regret one-night stands more than men. But researchers interviewed 547 Norwegian and 216 American university students, all of them heterosexual.The answers suggested that the "clearest gender-differentiating factor" for regret after casual sex is who made the
