What are the 'luteal uglies'?
The luteal phase occurs in the second half of a woman’s cycle when they experience a huge drop in oestrogen. Source link
Bedfordshire and London mental health NHS trust to make £24m cuts
Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse in east London, said she had written to the trust to express her fears. “At this moment, the focus could have been…
Are current breast cancer checks good enough?
Up to 95% of younger women at higher risk of developing breast cancer are being missed, researchers say. Source link
Your brain may be wired to regain lost weight
For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that…
Breast cancer checks missing lots of at risk younger women, says study
Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women under 50 in the UK. About one in seven women develop breast cancer in their lifetime, yet only 5-10% of…
The real reason child vaccination rates are falling
Twenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio. His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed…
Two deadly flowers could inspire powerful new medicines
Two plants capable of causing nerve damage and paralysis at extremely low doses may also contain compounds with valuable uses against pain, malaria, cancer, and agricultural pests. Researchers have now…
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia and currently affects more than seven million people in the United States. Some available treatments can slow the disease, but most primarily…
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
Aging is the strongest known risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, yet researchers still do not fully understand which molecular changes associated with getting older cause these conditions to develop. Scientists…
A simple supplement could help the immune system fight cancer and viruses
Arginine is an amino acid that supports many essential functions throughout the body. It helps cells build proteins that carry out a wide range of biological processes. The body produces…

















