Misinformation about perimenopause circulating on social media is leading to a rise in unintended pregnancies, with experts warning that women are wrongly concluding they are no longer fertile and stopping…
Author: Sophie Hargreaves
Sophie Hargreaves
Health Correspondent
Sophie Hargreaves covers medical research, new treatments, disease outbreaks and prevention for Health News Daily. She holds a Master's degree in Health Sciences from the University of Leeds and has spent several years translating complex medical science into clear, accessible reporting for a general audience. Sophie focuses on the latest clinical trials, NICE and MHRA approvals, vaccination programmes and emerging health threats, always with an eye on what these developments mean for people in the UK.
· MSc Health Sciences (University of Leeds), science communication volunteer, medical research literacy
· Clinical trials and drug approvals (NICE, MHRA), cancer screening programmes, vaccination and outbreak response, women's health (endometriosis, PCOS, menopause), weight management treatments, AI in diagnostics
Severe, drenching night sweats that soak through clothing and bedding should not be dismissed as mere hormonal changes or a warm bedroom – they can be an early warning sign…
Two sexually transmitted diseases have reached their highest levels in over a decade, with gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses surging across Europe and remaining alarmingly high in the UK. The European…
Every week, teenage girls in Sierra Leone’s Tonkolili District walk miles to crowd into two small rooms – not for a classroom lesson, but for a lifeline. Inside the Adolescent…
A rare rodent-borne virus outbreak aboard a cruise ship was identified within 24 hours, after a team of South African infectious disease experts raced to diagnose a critically ill British…
Global outbreak responses consistently fail by not prioritising speed, a pattern that the current Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is repeating with alarming clarity. The…
A 40-year-old wellness coach has become the first known British person to die after taking part in a ritual involving the poisonous secretion of an Amazonian frog, an inquest is…
Commuters travelling on the London Underground this Bank Holiday weekend face more than just crowded carriages – those taking antidepressants could be at heightened risk of heat intolerance as temperatures…
Alastair Stewart, the former broadcaster who disclosed he was living with early-onset vascular dementia in September 2023, has described a moment of confusion at an Alton Station ticket machine that…
Oxford University scientists are racing to develop a vaccine for a new strain of Ebola that has triggered a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with the virus already spreading…