What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

Drinking two cups of coffee every day can reduce your chances of heart failure by as much as 30 percent, and it’s the caffeine in the drink that is producing the healthy benefits. Decaffeinated coffee didn’t help and could even increase the risk. The

Eating leafy green vegetables will help keep you mentally sharp by the time you reach your late 70s. The vegetables seem to be the most important element of the Mediterranean diet when it comes to maintaining brain health, although reducing the amoun

Putting parasitic worms back into your gut could slow the aging process and reduce your chances of suffering from a range of chronic illnesses including heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. Better hygiene has eradicated helminths—worms such as fluk

An antioxidant in green tea could help fight off cancer—and even help protect us from ever getting the disease. The antioxidant, EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), increases our levels of a natural anticancer protein known as p53, which helps repair DN

Most women with a urinary tract infection (UTI) are getting the wrong treatment from their doctor. Around 75 percent are given a prescription for longer than is needed to treat uncomplicated cases, and half get the wrong antibiotic altogether, a new

Green and black tea help reduce high blood pressure (hypertension)—and researchers have finally discovered how they do it. Compounds in the teas relax blood vessels by activating a protein known as KCNQ5, say researchers from the University of Califo

Official health guidance tells us to eat five portions of fruits and vegetables a day. Although the amount is absurdly low, should we eat more fruit than vegetables, or the other way round? According to the American Heart Association (AHA), vegetable

Early batches of Pfizer’s mRNA Covid vaccine were unstable, leaked documents from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have revealed. The instability makes the vaccine ineffective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus—responsible for Covid-19—and could even ma

Giving high-dose vitamin D to Covid-19 patients could reduce the numbers needing intensive care treatment by as much as 60 percent. It could also halve the number of Covid deaths. A form of the vitamin, calcifediol or D3, which is usually given to tr

Sugary drinks and processed foods are bad for us, as we know—but they could be having even more of a damaging effect on our immune system than previous research had suggested. The foods and drinks, which use fructose as a sweetener, trigger a series

Although the emphasis is on getting people vaccinated against Covid-19, most people have their own natural protection from severe infection. The key is our immune system’s ability to produce antibodies that neutralize the SARS-COV-2 virus responsible

Eating oily fish a few times a week is good for your heart—especially if you already suffer from heart disease. The omega-3 fatty acids in the fish reduce the chances of a heart attack or stroke by around 17 percent in people who are already at high

Exercise and physical activity could be key factors in preventing heart disease. Although it’s always been known that exercise is an important preventative, new research suggests it plays a major role, with the most active people only half as likely

The more coffee you drink, the lower your chances of developing prostate cancer, at least according to a new study. The only trouble is that you might have to drink an awful lot of coffee before you see a significant reduction in your risk. Each cup

When it comes to eating a healthy diet, you never really can cheat. Having the occasional pizza undoes the benefits of following a diet such as the Mediterranean, researchers have discovered. The more closely you follow the Mediterranean diet—and sti

People with a positive outlook about getting older live an average of nearly eight years longer than those with negative views. The key age seems to be about 50: if you have a positive view about aging around then, you probably will reach a long and

Psychedelic drugs such as LSD are finally being used for their original purpose—to help people who are suffering from problems such as depression and anxiety. Neuroscientists are discovering how psychedelics affect brain activity after the US drug re

When it comes to Covid-19 infection, your immune system will protect you longer than any vaccine, even against some of the new variants that are starting to appear. Researchers agree that our immune system ‘remembers’ the SARS-Cov-2 virus, responsibl

Breast cancer could be a disease of vitamin D deficiency. Women who spend hours outdoors—and so are exposed to more sunlight, one of the main sources of the vitamin—run a far lower risk of developing the cancer. The benefits of long sun exposure beco

Not four months into the vaccination rollout, 160,071 case reports of adverse reactions, including 786 deaths, had been reported to the UK’s Yellow Card scheme for both Covid vaccines as of March 28 (of the deaths, 472 of them after AstraZeneca’s vac

One day, Covid-19 will be no more deadly than the common cold, a computer model is predicting. Its fatality rate will fall below the 0.1 percent of seasonal flu, and the need for a vaccine will diminish as more people are infected. Although people wi

A poor diet of processed food and drink is the single biggest factor to determine the severity of a Covid-19 infection. People who are obese represent 30 percent of cases that need emergency hospital care, while those with type 2 diabetes—a disease s

There’s something reassuring about wearing a face mask in the Covid-19 epidemic. If I wear one, and you do too, then surely we must be helping to block the virus’s spread and transmission. While that feels intuitively right, it all breaks down at the

Gregory Tino was 24 years old, and he had not spoken to anyone since he was a toddler. Not in the ordinary way, in any case. A nonspeaking autistic person, his language consisted mostly of mimicking snippets of television and movie scripts. He couldn

In a Zoom session with Gregory, a camera is placed behind him so I can see what he is doing from both in front and behind. While we are working out the cameras, Gregory does not appear to be interested. At one point he looks directly at me on the scr

Researchers are a step closer to understanding, and treating, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a digestive problem that affects around one in five adults. They have discovered that the release of histamine, a chemical that fights allergic reactions, i

Since he has become fluent and “open” on the letterboard—able to spontaneously communicate his wants, needs and thoughts—Jamie has formed a group with five other young men who have recently learned to spell. They call themselves the “Dude Bros,” and

Apples, banana, bell peppers (yellow), corn, chickpeas, ginger root, lemon, millet, pineapple, popcorn Benefits: Cancer protective, healthy inflammatory response, cell protection, cognition, skin health, eye health, heart/vascular health Apples (gr

In the polluted twenty-first century, we live surrounded by artificial chemicals that our bodies are not evolved to cope with. Some 80,000–100,000 have been synthesized since the Industrial Revolution. They are in common use, and find their way into

I’m 66 and generally healthy, but have had a couple of nasty falls in the last two years. The last one was a few weeks ago; I tripped while walking down the road and ended up with a broken wrist. I’m a bit worried about falling again. Is there anythi

The close matching of energy demands to delivery is fundamental for survival. When a saber-toothed tiger jumped out on one of our primitive ancestors, they would need to put in an Olympic-performance sprint requiring maximal energy delivery. On the o

1 40% vegetables (unprocessed) with ample healthy fats 2 10% fruits (unprocessed) 3 10% grains (gluten-free whole grains and pseudo-grains) e.g. amaranth, buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, teff, rice, sorghum 4 10% high ‘healthy fat’ foods e.g. avo

The evolutionarily correct diet is the paleo-ketogenic (PK) diet. It’s a non-negotiable part of my treatment plan. Paleo means no dairy and no gluten grains; ketogenic means that the body is powered by fat and fiber, not sugar and starch. All our ene

For millenia, humans have sought to enhance creativity, stimulate motivation and improve brain function. Herbs such as Bacopa monnier i, tulsi and gotu kola (known as “the student herb”in ancient Balinese culture) have been used for thousands of year

A double-blind placebo trial: the words send a shiver of orgasmic excitation down the spine of the drug researcher. It’s heralded as the ‘gold standard’ of drug trials, and it’s designed to uncover the true effectiveness of a chemical compound compar

In 1959, the English scientist and writer C. P. Snow famously delineated the disparate worlds of the arts and sciences as “the two cultures.” Each had its own language and reference points, and the world was the poorer for their separation. Medicine,

Migraine is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and in the UK alone, some 86 million workdays are lost to the condition every year.1 Besides severe headaches, symptoms also include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and increased sensitivity to l

Although there’s a lack of consensus on what to call it—long Covid, chronic Covid syndrome, post-Covid-19 syndrome or long-hauler Covid-19—it’s now widely accepted that some people are experiencing lingering post-viral symptoms after being infected w

“We are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever,”wrote clinical psychologist and stress expert Dr Elke Van Hoof in April 2020, when 2.6 billion people around the world were plunged into some form of lockdown or quarantine due to