The plank Five years ago, singer Cher, then 71, boasted of her ability to hold a five-minute plank. If true, that impressive score is some five times higher than the…
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Delta plus won’t lead to summer of Covid chaos, say scientists
Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), told The Telegraph: “It remains difficult to predict exactly what will happen over the summer in…
The simple breathing tricks that can help you sleep and de-stress
There’s nothing new in the concept of taking a few deep breaths to help calm the mind and body; but over the past couple of years, breathwork classes have been…
Do I have Covid or hay fever? The confusion that’s contributing to surge in cases
Coronavirus’s three traditional trademark symptoms (sore throat, fever and loss of taste / smell) which were first posited in spring 2020 are increasingly forming a minority of cases as new…
Seven easy ways to protect your joints long term
A 16-week study of 50 volunteers aged over 60 in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness found that while both exercise regimes helped with general movement and coordination,…
If only mental health issues were as easy to fix as my cottage
We grieved during the pandemic on a scale most of us had never known before. We mourned for loved ones we lost but were barely able to say a proper…
This quiz can reveal if you have a brain tumour
A simple language test – which asks people to name as many animals as they can in 60 seconds – could help identify whether people with persistent headaches have a…
Brain-zapping device reduces blood pressure twice as much as medication
A Walkman-like gadget that clips onto a person’s ears and zaps their brain with electric pulses is twice as effective at reducing blood pressure than medication, an expert believes. Around…
‘I had to pee every 10 minutes – so I tried Botox’
What is an overactive bladder? Normally, the bladder uses a feeling of pressure to politely request that you empty it at your earliest convenience. Once you’ve done this, it takes…
The new breakthroughs offering hope to cancer patients
Enhertu is the latest example of a form of targeted chemotherapy known as antibody-drug conjugates. It uses an antibody to pinpoint the HER2 protein on the surface of cancer cells,…