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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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Alcohol awareness

How much alcohol is too much?
Lifestyle management
How much alcohol is too much?

Regularly drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can have both short and long-term effects on your body.

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General health
Alcohol units

Alcohol units refer to the amount of pure alcohol in a drink.

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Cutting down or quitting alcohol
Lifestyle management
Cutting down or quitting alcohol: benefits and tips

Government guidelines recommend not drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week.

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Foods to boost your vitamin D levels
Nutrition
Foods to boost your vitamin D levels

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that supports different aspects of your health.

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Understanding lactose intolerance: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Stomach and bowel
Understanding lactose intolerance: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Lactose intolerance refers to an inability to digest and absorb lactose in your food and drinks.

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Nutrition
Food allergies: what are they and how are they treated?

Food allergies occur when your body’s immune system overreacts to harmless substances (allergens) you ingest.

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Ménière's disease explained: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Ear, nose and throat
Ménière's disease explained: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Ménière's disease affects your inner ear and, as a result, causes problems with balance, tinnitus and hearing.

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Everything you need to know about ringworm
Skin
Everything you need to know about ringworm

Ringworm is a skin infection that is caused by over 40 different fungi.

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Skin
How to tell the difference between eczema and dry skin

Eczema, also known as dermatitis, and dry skin are both common skin conditions.

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Do I need to see a urologist or a nephrologist?
General health
Do I need to see a urologist or a nephrologist?

Both urologists and nephrologists are specially trained doctors, who often work together to treat patients.

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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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Women's health
Emily’s endometriosis journey

From debilitating period pain to being pain-free and feeling happy again.

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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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UK Homes
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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ABCDEs of melanoma
Cancer
Skin cancer: the ABCDEs of melanoma

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

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