Health Check FAQ: Tips, advice and intriguing facts
Health experts advise on topics such as exercise, long Covid in kids and why the 'twisties' stopped Simone Biles performing
What can you do to help overcome post-Covid smell loss?
Has coronavirus killed your sense of smell? You may be able to train it to come back
How much exercise should you be doing every week?
The World Health Organization has published new recommendations
Do weird dreams help train us for the unexpected?
The ‘overfitted brain hypothesis' may help explain the bizarre content of our dreams
What can be done to help children with long Covid?
Early studies suggest one to five per cent of children experience long Covid symptoms
How can you help develop your kid's mathematical skills?
Children can struggle to understand concepts of numbers but these simple tasks can help
Could the pandemic be making our kids' eyesight worse?
A decrease in time outdoors could be having a serious effect on our eyesight says report
Simone Biles: Why do the 'twisties' stop an athlete performing?
If an athlete loses a sense of their spatial awareness, this can result in serious injury
Is BMI an accurate measure of health?
Is using a 'one size fits all' BMI value putting people from some ethnic groups at risk?
Why identical twins aren’t really identical
A new study shows differences can appear when the twins are embryos
How did a woman's body rid itself of HIV?
A woman from Argentina appears to have rid herself of HIV without drugs or treatment
High-risk Covid gene means some people get sicker than others
Study finds high-risk Covid gene that's more common in South Asian communities
How do Covid antiviral pills work?
Two new antiviral drugs have been developed specifically for Covid. How will they be used?
