Health Check newsletter: Parallels between vaping and covid-19 debates

By Clare Wilson Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and fitness news you can really trust. To receive this free, weekly newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Last week, one of my stories was on whether vaping is helpful or harmful in reducing smoking rates. … Read more

Health Check newsletter: How our minds can affect our bodies

By Clare Wilson Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and fitness news you can really trust. To receive this free, weekly newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Last week, I read a fascinating book called The Expectation Effect: How your mindset can transform your life. I … Read more

Health Check newsletter: A U-turn in Caesarean policy

By Clare Wilson A newborn baby held by its mother Lionel Wotton/Alamy Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and fitness news you can really trust. To receive this free, weekly newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. With all the attention paid to England’s shift in direction … Read more

Health Check newsletter: The spinal implants reversing paralysis

A team of Swiss surgeons have implanted electrodes into the spines of three people who are paralysed, helping them to walk again Health 15 February 2022 By Clare Wilson A man who was completely paralysed from the waist down has walked again thanks to spinal implants. Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the … Read more

Health Check newsletter: What do leukaemia cure claims really mean?

By Clare Wilson A lab technician works on a research process to find new CAR-T cells and RNA THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and fitness news you can really trust. To receive this free, weekly newsletter in your inbox, sign … Read more

Health Check newsletter: The brain’s amazing adaptability

By Clare Wilson Hippocampus Science History Images / Alamy Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and fitness news you can really trust. To receive this free, weekly newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. I am learning to play the ukulele, and while progress is slow, … Read more

Health check newsletter: England lets covid-19 rip: What happens next?

As covid restrictions are relaxed in the UK, we look at how these new policies could play out Health 25 January 2022 By Clare Wilson A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus, London, England Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health … Read more