Inspiring Healthy Living

Guilia Crouch, pictured, contracted Covid-19 in November. On Monday she woke up feeling incredibly unwell, so when she took a lateral flow test she was not surprised by the positive result. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3JTlWrO

Parents have been warned against using a popular skin cream as it contains potentially harmful amounts of steroids. Watchdogs have recalled a batch of Dermaved Sensitive Cream. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3q5slZ6

Dr Martin Kaiser, consultant haematologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London said: 'We could take these drugs off the shelves now and give them to people quickly.' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/32V1zKj

EVE SIMMONS travelled to the world's biggest tech show in Las Vegas where she witnessed some of the most innovative health devices which will soon be available on the market. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3HNZvCv

Medics in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and Bedfordshire Hospital Trust have been testing the YourGutPlus pills which cost 25p each on patients suffering from long Covid. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31GVErA

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Are you experiencing the mubble-fubbles? This is a 16th-century term for a sense of melancholy and despondency- something that sweeps over many of us in January, from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3tc1AEb

Working with mice, researchers from McMaster University in Canada found that stress hormones could suppress the rodents' innate immune system and leave them vulnerable. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n5r8z0

The US is facing record COVID-19 cases thanks to Omicron, with over four million new cases reported in the past week. South and West states are catching up to New York and New Jersey's records. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3G6EDpM

Lori Odegaard, 24, from North Dakota, almost lost her life due to a blood clot, and was inspired to get healthy. She has now lost 100 pounds and is training to run a half-marathon. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3q3MMpn

Satisfyer brought a trove of vibrators to CES, while Lora DiCarlo's micro-robot that simulates a human mouth won an innovation award. Men's sexual health also had presence at the event this year. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3F3iaIO

Speaking to FEMAIL ahead of the launch of series 16 tonight, Irish-born Leah, 33, who won Apprentice Lord Sugar's £250K investment in 2013, shared the industry's new answer to BBL. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t3HpIt

The annual event runs until Saturday, and MailOnline has created this roundup of some of the weird and wonderful inventions revealed by firms large and small. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3GhLIUB

Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, said people who follow Veganuary tend to binge on meat-free junk foods rather than trying new fruit and vegetables. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3zu20XC

EXCLUSIVE: NHS England figures showed uptake was lowest in three London boroughs where 33 per cent of residents are boosted. And in one in five areas in England less than half are boosted. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3zAscjh

Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis estimated 3.3million people were infected on any given day during the week to December 31, up more than 60 per cent on the previous spell. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3G49frR

A rare reaction between Botox and dermal fillers could be putting thousands of young women off getting a Covid booster experts have suggested as NHS data shows less than half are fully jabbed. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3G4tGVB

US researchers found it took an average of three days longer for people to test positive on a lateral flow test after their infection had already been confirmed on a PCR test. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3q5AI6I

NHS figures released today show there were 13,045 NHS England beds occupied by coronavirus sufferers on January 4, of which 4,845 were not mainly sick with the disease. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3f2MCrM

Office for National Statistics data revealed the number of people dying with the virus climbed 13 per cent in the seven days up to Christmas Eve, from 755 to 852. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/34ucwCW

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline analysis shows the UK's case fatality rate - the proportion of infections that end in a death - was dropping even before the Omciron variant took off in the country. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/33544Jy

Government Covid dashboard data shows that, as of Wednesday, 15,600 NHS England beds were occupied by Covid sufferers. A third are not primarily in hospital for the virus, data suggests. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3n0LOIt

EXCLUSIVE: NHS leaders and think-tanks today called for self-isolation to be cut to five days as long as it does not risk spreading the virus further. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/31uxvEo

SHAUN WOOLLER: Omicron has swept through the UK with infections at record levels for the past three weeks and hospital admissions are now on the rise. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t9u950

The pandemic has had a 'catastrophic impact' on patients with almost 6million now waiting for care in England. The Commons health and social care committee said lists could double by 2025. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/32NwoAy

Boris Johnson said it was important to avoid Covid restrictions as Britons didn't see the dentist during lockdown, leading to millions of people suffering from tooth decay. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3t1lK3U

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated 3.27million people in England were infected on any given day in the week to December 31, up more than 60 per cent on the previous week. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/337vajn

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said evidence on the benefits of olaparib is uncertain and approving it would not be a good use of NHS funds. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3JGiMYm

The new test uses magnetic fields and radio waves to measure the different so-called metabolites in patients blood, the University of Oxford-led researchers explained. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3mWWQ1w

Key genetic causes of type 2 diabetes have been discovered by British scientists - revealing the risk of getting the disease is 'hardwired into our DNA'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pWxoLs

Stress levels rise on occasions such as a job interview. If you believe people are not enjoying your company, or appear a bit cross, it can make you even more anxious. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3G8jHhO

Amanda Harris, from Portland Oregon, found out she had a brain tumor in October 2021 and was told she needed to get it removed or it could cause her 'irreparable harm.' from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pQpumB

PAUL McKENNA: Starting today, and continuing next week, I will introduce you to new ways of thinking that will help inoculate you against negativity and press reset on your emotions. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3FJMyJb

BARNEY CALMAN: Some types of mask are vastly superior - namely, FFP2 masks, the ones that look like a beak. But, unfortunately, they're not the kind most people are wearing. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qHIQcJ

Nancy Groce, 69, based in the US, and her identical twin sister Nora, based in London, 'just knew' they would face breast cancer, after it killed their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3FMkGV3

DR ELLIE CANNON: It is common for people to think their body isn't able to withstand brisk exercise as they get older. But it's not strictly true. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3FQEoPm

Doctors in England and Wales have been given the thumbs-up to increase the use of fremanezumab - a monthly jab into the arm, tummy or leg, branded by one doctor as 'life-changing'. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3ziJ7Xq

A team from the cleaning brand supplier Chicopee swabbed office 'touch points' for bacteria, yeast and mould, known collectively as colony-forming units. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3zkC4xx

CBD advocates claim it can do everything from treating insomnia, anxiety and joint pain to helping with serious conditions such as high blood pressure and even the eye disease glaucoma. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3qz0cII

As infections continue to soar in the new Omicron wave, cases of people who managed to stay free of the infection become ever more remarkable. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pKm98L

UK Health Security Agency figures showed 1,076 of 1,265 Omicron patients in England - or four-fifths - had not received a booster jab. Scientists said the results were unsurprising. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3pGlIfs

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Here are some of the tried-and-tested things I have incorporated into my own life, which you, too, could take on to ensure a healthier, happier 2022.  from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/3HngTha