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Why so many animals have a third eyelid, including our pets – yet humans don’t

It’s a question of evolution and adaptation.

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Navel gazing: checking your belly button can tell you a lot about your health

Navels, belly buttons, innies or outies … whatever term you use, your umbilicus may have plenty to tell you about the state of your health. For...

14.05.2024 30

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Can this thumb test tell if you are at increased risk of a hidden aortic aneurysm?

All the parts of our bodies share an inherent connectivity. This goes much further than “the foot bone’s connected to the … leg bone”. For...

02.05.2024 50

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What your feet can tell you about your health

From skin to hair, scabs and even tears, the external appearance of the body can offer clues about the state of your health. But there’s another...

29.04.2024 50

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Gym hygiene guide: the dangerous bacteria that lurk in dirty fitness equipment and clothes

A friend of mine, on a recent trip to the gym, declined to use the machine for drying his trunks – that gym equivalent of a salad spinner which...

17.04.2024 7

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Pubic hair: beyond brazilians, more than manscaping

From Hollywood waxes and vajazzles, to bleaching and piercing, there are seemingly endless ways to style the nether regions and attempt to create an...

10.04.2024 20

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If brain transplants like the one in Poor Things were possible – this is how they might work

The neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced in 2015 that he could soon be capable of performing the world’s first human head transplant procedure....

28.03.2024 10

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Eating some chocolate really might be good for you – here’s what the research says

Although it always makes me scoff slightly to see Easter eggs making their first appearance in supermarkets at the end of December, there are few...

28.03.2024 20

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Hot tubs are as full of nasty germs as you fear

A friend of mine recently lost her security deposit at the holiday home she and her fellow hens were renting for a weekend. Why? Well, she dropped a...

20.03.2024 30

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What your hair can tell you about your health

Hair speaks volumes. The way we cut, style and colour often acts as a representation of who we are. But hair is more than just aesthetic. It also has...

18.03.2024 10

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Skin picking is often trivialised as a bad habit – but dermatillomania can be dangerous

Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections – blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we’re all guilty of picking at from time to time....

29.02.2024 10

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A blow to the heart can kill you – or bring you back to life

I first became aware of the notion of the “touch of death” as a teenager – after watching Uma Thurman as the Bride finally kill Bill using the...

26.02.2024 4

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What bodily secretions like blood, wax and tears can tell us about our health

Dry scalp? Blocked ears? Crusted eyes? Our bodies produce many different unusual, sometimes repellent secretions, and their function doesn’t always...

19.02.2024 4

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Romance isn’t always rosy, sometimes it’s sickening – lovesickness, erotomania and death by heartbreak explained

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. All you need is love. It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. If cliches and pop...

13.02.2024 7

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Your skin is a mirror of your health – here’s what yours might be saying

Skin accounts for around 15% of our body mass. It is the largest and most visible organ in the human body. Yet many of the skin’s functions are...

29.01.2024 10

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