by John McMillan | Sep 12, 2025 | Health
Adam Taylor, Lancaster University It might seem like a harmless habit to linger on the loo with your phone while “taking care of business”, but research shows that prolonged toilet time can increase the risk of several health problems. Here are the main ones. 1....
by John McMillan | Sep 12, 2025 | Health
Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol Every so often, a completely random advert stops me in my tracks and makes me wonder what on earth went on in the room where it was created. For me, that moment came this past weekend, courtesy of a bubblegum-pink, cheerfully...
by John McMillan | Sep 12, 2025 | Dementia
Julia Chapman, Macquarie University; Camilla Hoyos, Macquarie University, and Craig Phillips, Macquarie University The brain has its own waste disposal system – known as the glymphatic system – that’s thought to be more active when we sleep. But disrupted sleep might...
by John McMillan | Sep 12, 2025 | Cancer, COVID-19
Dr. Philp McMillan, John McMillan When Maria, a 42-year-old teacher from Milan, was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer in early 2023, her oncologist was puzzled. Just eight months earlier, her routine mammogram had shown only a small, localized...
by John McMillan | Sep 5, 2025 | Cancer, Health
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University The worry that breast cancer may someday return is a troubling source of anxiety for many survivors of the disease. It’s understandable why, since most relapses and metastatic cancers (cancers that have spread) aren’t started...
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