How to cool down without AC
No air conditioning? Here are 14 methods for cooling your body and buffering your house from the outside heat.
Category: Health
Epidural kit shortage could last until March, regulator says
The shortage is due to a major supplier stopping manufacturing epidural bags, the government says.
The Food Chain
Find out what happens in your body after you’ve had alcohol and whether any remedies work
‘Getting financial help through my GP has improved my health’
How linked are financial worries and health? GPs in London are trialling a financial support scheme.
What a medication abortion is like, according to a doctor
An expert in medication abortion describes how mifepristone and misoprostol work and what to expect after using these medications known as the “abortion pill.”
The Conversation
Women from the US and Spain discuss managing their severe allergic conditions
Genes influence the gut microbiome beyond the individual
The gut microbiome – made up of trillions of microbes in the digestive tract – is vital for digestion and overall health. Diet and medication
New AI model brings precision medicine to multiple myeloma care
C. Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D., received HealthTree Foundation’s prestigious 2025 Innovation Award for his work in developing CORAL, a new research tool that leverages AI
ACE2 protein may play a protective role against high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes
A collaborative study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London has found that the protein ACE2 may play a protective
People with central vision loss can accurately judge approaching vehicles
People with central vision loss can judge the motion of vehicles almost as accurately as people with normal vision, a new international study shows.
Skin and internal organs sense cold through different molecular pathways
A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research centre
New research reveals a hidden source of cellular bioelectricity
Many biological processes are regulated by electricity-from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and out of cells.