Author: Oliver Marsh

For millions of adults, the memory of school physical education is not one of fresh air and team spirit, but of cold showers, public humiliation and a lasting aversion to…

Psychiatric offenders who have committed homicide are being paid by NHS trusts to advise on patient care, a new investigation has found.The practice stems from NHS England’s “recovery approach”, under…

You wake up later than planned, the school run looms, your phone is a hot mess of angry takes, a child has lost their shoes and there is a penalty…

Millions of office workers who spend eight hours a day at a desk are putting their leg health at risk, with prolonged sitting now recognised as a major contributor to…

Women are significantly less likely than men to take up strength training, with only 24 per cent doing so twice a week compared with 29 per cent of men, according…

Swimmers are divided over a “foot tap” etiquette for overtaking in pools, with some hailing it as a polite signal and others recoiling at the intrusion. The practice, intended to…

The path to lasting weight loss may begin not in the gym or on a meal plan, but in the aisles of your local supermarket, where the choices you make…

Date sales have doubled as people seek healthier sweet snacks, with Ocado reporting a 100% year-on-year increase in Medjool date purchases and searches for date butter soaring 458% on the…

Granola bars, despite their healthy image, can accelerate ageing. That is the warning from GP Asiya Maula, a functional medicine specialist at The Health Suite in Leicester, who says that…

High blood pressure is the single biggest modifiable risk factor for poor health in developed countries such as the UK, raising the risk of heart attacks, strokes and a range…