Sam Blanchard

APES laugh just like humans and have done so for more than 15million years, say scientists. They found the rhythm of evenly-spaced silences between hoots of laughter is the same across people, gori…

DODGY fat jabs are the new steroids say experts — pointing to a booming black market for gym users. People are increasingly turning to super-powered slimming injections to boost workout gains and g…

DOCTORS have voted to end NHS strikes in a breakthrough deal agreement with health ministers. Resident, formerly junior, doctors in the British Medical Association, on Monday decided to accept the …

ONE in three people who notice a “red flag” cancer symptom do not get it checked for at least six months, figures reveal. Polling by Cancer Research UK found that people did not want the hassle of …

EVERY NHS hospital must give pregnant women a 24-hour phone line and see them in 15 minutes if they show up in person under new safety rules. Health chiefs hashed out tougher standards to protect m…

DADS who have daughters have happier marriages, according to a study. Researchers said they are likely to invest more in their relationship as they feel more protective or want to teach them about …

MORE than 7,000 people rushed to order Wegovy pills when they went on sale through Asda pharmacies yesterday. Faye Breckons, the chain’s healthcare director, said it had more than 13,000 enquiries …

THEY are arguably the biggest medical breakthrough of recent times, helping Brits to shed the pounds with barely any effort at all. So-called ‘fat jabs’ have turned the tide on obesity and are incr…

WHEN Chelsea Tantum first stepped into a sunbed shop at 16, she was chasing a bronzed glow that rivalled her teen friends. She had no idea about the consequences, and never imagined that years late…

VAPING can make you unfit by damaging the lungs like cigarettes, say scientists. A study by Manchester Metropolitan University found e-cig users had 15 per cent lower exercise capacity than those w…