Health

‘A Sense of Trusting One’s Self’: How to Start Building Confidence

A lack of confidence can prevent us from trying new things or going after what we want – but it’s never too late to change our beliefs

Red light therapy claims to heal wounds, improve pain and reduce wrinkles. But the evidence for it working is dim

Without strong evidence, or at least one decent trial, we cannot know whether shining red lights on to your skin does anything

The Advice I Hope You’ll Never Need

I survived two school shootings. This is what I learned.

Have you looked inside your water bottle? I was shocked and disgusted by what I found in mine

I stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back – mouldily. This is what happens when you forget basic hygiene

This Trump policy could slow cancer cures worldwide

When my mother died of colon cancer, I saw firsthand the devastation that comes when treatment options run out. For decades, I’ve worked to spare others that same fate — helping patients around the world get the right medicine at the right time.

Americans Have Entered the Age of the Needle

Americans’ enthusiasm for injection has never been higher.

Four people killed in Belgium in train and school bus collision

Two children among dead after incident at level crossing near town of Buggenhout in Flanders

A Thousand and One Uses for a Zested Lemon

Well, maybe not quite a thousand, but when life gives you bald lemons, make lemon ice cubes or indeed any of these super suggestions from our panel of lemonheads

The Phrase I Texted My Kids 133 Times

And all the things it didn’t say

Eli Lilly stock edges higher as company plans nearly $4 billion in vaccine deals

The deals are part of Eli Lilly’s effort to expand into infectious disease research and development.

The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves

How spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves

The Great Depopulation

Why is the birth rate declining in every country on Earth?