Health
People are paying salons to make their nails look untouched. Critics say that is the point
A London salon owner describes customers who want the full treatment and no polish. The trend is read as quiet luxury — and as a status…
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A children’s health survey is asking about AI and food security for the first time
Jersey’s 2026 survey of Year 4 to Year 12 students adds questions on social media apps, generative AI, caring responsibilities and whether…
Technology
Two thousand NHS staff have been sanctioned for reading records they had no reason to open. Now suspicion alone means suspension
England’s health service will suspend staff and cut their system access the moment they are suspected of looking up a record without a…
Health
A brain tumour diagnosis used to take up to eight weeks. A new NHS test does it in two hours, during surgery
The test reads the tumour’s genetic code while the operation is still under way, so surgeons know what they are dealing with before they…
Health
Young adults are swapping the treadmill for the weights rack, and Sport England’s numbers back it up
More young adults are using gyms, machines and weights than nine years ago. A Manchester trainer says her younger clients now ask about…
Technology
A mother typed her daughter’s symptoms into ChatGPT. The diagnosis it pointed to affects six people in the UK
Lily is 19 months old and has Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome, known in only about 70 people worldwide. Her family says AI…
Health
She thought it was IBS. It was a rare ovarian cancer, and within a month the cyst was the size of a football
Lisa Carroll was 47 and back from a family holiday when the pain started. A 12cm cyst was found and judged not particularly sinister. A…
Health
A £2,400-a-year fitness chain shut every studio by email, and instructors found out the same way
Common Bond, which runs Barrecore, Boom Cycle and Kobox, told customers all its London studios were closed "until further notice"…
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The Dutch word for labia translates as "shame lips". A dictionary has just added an alternative
Dikke van Dale will add a neutral word for the labia beside the traditional one. Campaigners say a word that carries shame ends up on…
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Eyes that cannot close: surgeons warn about cheap eyelid surgery bought abroad
Oculoplastic surgeons say a concerning number of patients are returning from cheap blepharoplasty abroad with open wounds and eyelids that…
Health
A sleep expert’s advice to new students: forget the early night, fix the morning
Late nights, noisy flatmates and a strange new bed. A psychotherapist who specialises in student sleep says forcing an early night does not…
Health
Children as young as 13 are losing bladder function to ketamine, and the first NHS clinic for it has had 100 referrals
Doctors at Alder Hey describe patients "peeing a jellyfish" — shedding the bladder’s protective lining. Prolonged damage can mean…