Clare Wilson

The Traitors will return to our screens on 1 January, so what does the research say about how to tell when someone is not telling the truth?

29 per cent of people in the UK plan to have a teetotal January this year.

Cold-weather warnings are in force, but here are four common claims about the wintry conditions you shouldn't believe

Everyone accepts that coughs, colds and flu surge during the coldest months - but scientists are still debating exactly why that is

Don't worry about headlines claiming a study shows you should only drink coffee in the morning - we shouldn't be hasty about changing our habits based on certain kinds of research

China is seeing a rise in cases of pneumonia caused by HMPV, but it could just be the latest in a line of disease outbreaks after Covid lockdowns

Hot water bottles can be a boon if you're trying to keep warm, but there are several important do's and don'ts

Heat pumps are being encouraged to help cut the UK's carbon emissions, but there are other reasons for considering them too

Judging how healthy you are by your BMI alone has limitations, a group of obesity experts say

Whether antidepressants are a good option for relieving depression is in the spotlight again, in a new book, Chemically Imbalanced, by one of the medicines’ leading critics, British psychiatrist, Dr Joanna Moncrieff