Wellbeing
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Britain's biggest bread brands hide preservatives behind 'fermented flour' whilst claiming clean labels
Investigation reveals systematic deception across major retailers using innocent-sounding ingredients to mask preservative production
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Britain builds £30 million RNA therapy plant as global competition intensifies for post-COVID medical breakthrough
Darlington facility aims to address UK manufacturing bottleneck whilst competitors invest billions in revolutionary treatments showing promising cancer success rates
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Britain's intermittent fasting craze rests on surprisingly weak evidence
Rigorous trials reveal the popular dietary approach causes concerning muscle loss whilst delivering minimal benefits
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The NHS spends billions treating mental health crises while delaying the care that could prevent them
How institutional barriers prevent economically rational healthcare investment despite clear evidence that faster treatment would save £1 billion annually
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Urban policies promise 30% greener cities whilst research shows 1000% increases needed
New study tracks how human connection to nature declined 60% over two centuries, revealing the mathematical inadequacy of current green space strategies
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Microplastics accumulate in human organs faster than scientists can measure the health risks
Brain tissue contains seven to thirty times more plastic particles than liver or kidney samples, while detection methods struggle with laboratory contamination
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Genetic study of 400,000 people proves gut bacteria cause insomnia
Scientists use DNA as natural experiment to establish first causal links between microbes and sleeplessness
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Community connections matter more than material restraint in boosting life satisfaction, study finds
Groundbreaking research overturns assumptions about simple living, revealing the surprising source of wellbeing benefits
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Younger vegans cut prostate cancer risk by 43% while older vegans see no benefit, major study finds
Research tracking 80,000 people reveals age and specific plant-based diets determine cancer protection levels
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Swedish study of 148,000 people reveals ADHD medications reduce suicide, crime and substance abuse
Target trial emulation using national registers challenges safety concerns whilst demonstrating protective effects across multiple serious outcomes
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Britain sends fathers back to work when bonding begins
How UK paternity leave ends precisely when father-child attachment develops, while European neighbours support the full bonding process
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OpenAI restricts relationship advice while NHS mental health waiting times reach two years
New ChatGPT limitations arrive as people face eight-fold longer waits for mental health treatment compared to physical care
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Cambridge study finds London's air pollution increases dementia risk by 17 per cent
The largest analysis yet linking air quality to brain health offers a stark warning for urban populations worldwide
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British teenagers abandon £1,000 smartphones for £30 digital cameras seeking authentic memories
How technological progress unexpectedly undermined human connection to personal memories
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Exercise proves more effective than many drugs—yet doctors barely prescribe it
Stanford research reveals exercise transforms every organ whilst healthcare systems fail to harness medicine's most powerful intervention
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Britain's forgotten health crisis gets its first dedicated research institute
The £10.9 million Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health promises to study rural health inequality, but may delay the action communities need most
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The demographic cliff that policy cannot prevent
When societies choose diagnosis over treatment, retirement debates become symptoms of deeper institutional failure
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When healthcare systems abandon the grieving
How Denmark's decade-long study exposes the hidden costs of bereavement care neglect
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Stone Age bodies, Space Age abundance
Why a Tanzanian hunter-gatherer and a Manchester office worker burn exactly the same number of calories—and what this reveals about the real cause of the obesity epidemic
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The walking anxiety epidemic
How digital wellness transformed walking from intuitive pleasure into corporate surveillance disguised as health optimisation
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The cannabis contradiction
How Britain spends £1.4 billion annually failing to control a drug it simultaneously prescribes as medicine
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How buildings starve the human brain
From London's Barbican to India's experimental villages, radical building projects reveal what humanity desperately needs to survive