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Lifestyle management
Everything you should know about walking for exercise

When it comes to exercising to improve your health, you don’t need to spend hours in the gym or take up a sport.

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Bones and joints
How swimming can help strengthen your joints

Exercise is great for your overall health but some types are better than others when it comes to protecting and strengthening your joints.

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Bones and joints
The top five exercises for over 50s

Keeping active and exercising regularly can help you stay independent and energetic as you get older.

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Skin
Understanding vitiligo: symptoms, causes, and treatment options

Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes patches of your skin to lose their colour (pigmentation).

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Understanding neurological conditions

ADHD: symptoms and management
Brain and nervous system
ADHD: symptoms and management

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects the part of the brain that is involved in executive function

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Understanding multiple sclerosis
Brain and nervous system
Understanding multiple sclerosis: from symptoms to treatment

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects around 1 in 400 people in the UK.

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Brain and nervous system
What you need to know about Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive condition that damages the brain. It is part of a group of diseases called neurodegenerative diseases.

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Nutrition
Why crash diets don't work

Crash diets involve a severe reduction in your calorie intake over a short period of time.

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Women's health
Five tips to live a healthier and happier life

Small and simple changes to your lifestyle can not only make you healthier, they can also make you happier.

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Men’s health
10 foods to help boost your health

There’s an old saying, ‘you are what you eat’, and as a rule of thumb, if you want to enjoy good health, you should try to eat healthy food.

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Nine signs you may have cataracts
Vision and eye health
Nine signs you may have cataracts

A cataract is a clouding of the lens of your eye, which causes a decrease in your vision.

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Vision and eye health
How cataracts can affect your daily life

Cataracts refer to the clouding of the clear lenses that sit in your eyes and are a common eye condition.

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Vision and eye health
Optician, optometrist and ophthalmologist: what’s the difference?

Most people will be familiar with their local optometrist and optician, though fewer will have interacted with an ophthalmologist.

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Lifestyle management
Where to retire in 2026

We dived into the data to reveal the best places to retire in the UK in 2026

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Foods for healthy skin
Lifestyle management
The eight best foods for healthy skin

When it comes to looking after your skin, what you put into your body is just as important as the way you treat your skin.

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General health
What you need to know about allergic rhinitis (hay fever)

Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) affects around one in four UK adults and is becoming increasingly common.

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Skin cancer prevention
Cancer
Skin cancer prevention: how to apply sunscreen correctly 

There are around 175,000 cases of skin cancer every year in the UK.

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Cancer
Skin cancer: the ABCDEs of melanoma

Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide.

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Understanding multiple sclerosis
Brain and nervous system
Understanding multiple sclerosis: from symptoms to treatment

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects around 1 in 400 people in the UK.

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Brain and nervous system
What you need to know about Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive condition that damages the brain and, therefore, is a neurodegenerative disease.

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Brain and nervous system
What are the different types of headaches and how are they treated?

Headache pain can be dull, throbbing or feel like a strain or tension in your head.

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Bones and joints
Knee strengthening exercises

Knee pain is a very common issue. In a single year in the UK, around three in every 100 people see their GP for knee pain.

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