Ultra-processed foods (or UPFs) make up a shocking 60 per cent of the average diet in the UK – and increasing evidence links their high consumption with the rise in obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diseases.
Here, in the second part of our serialisation of his bestselling book Ultra-Processed People, TV doctor Chris van Tulleken warns of the hidden dangers behind food which we find so tasty.
On a freakishly warm autumn day, I headed with my family to
Elon Musk’s Neuralink hit the headlines this morning, after the entrepreneur announced that his firm had implanted a chip in the brain of a human for the first time.
Having gained FDA approval, Musk announced that a device called ‘Telepathy’ had been implanted and that the unnamed patient was recovering well.
But after Neuralink’s early trials saw 1,500 animals killed during rushed experiments, experts have raised serious concerns about the implant’s safety.
Speaking to MailOnline, Dr Dean Burnett, honorary research
The last words Sara Platt’s doctor said to her before her life-changing procedure now haunt her. ‘He told me he would get his knife ready,’ she recalls. ‘His exact words were: “I’ll sharpen it tonight.” I’ll never forget it.’
For what happened in theatre was indeed life-changing, just not in the way Sara had hoped. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that she was butchered by him, if indeed he was a qualified surgeon.
The 33-year-old from South
The N.B.A. players’ union criticized the Orlando Magic on Thursday for its $50,000 donation to a super PAC supportive of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican who is vying for the party’s presidential nomination for the 2024 election.
“A political contribution from the Orlando Magic is alarming given recent comments and policies of its beneficiary,” the union, the National Basketball Players Association, said in a statement.
The $50,000 check, which was made public this week through financial disclosures, was
Some of today’s most popular musical artists have left their concerts with bruises and stitches this year due to unruly fans who have been hurling objects at them or rushing the stage while they’re trying to perform.
Country artist Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the face by a bracelet and left the stage for several minutes at her recent concert in Boise, Idaho. Harry Styles clutched his eye and walked offstage after being hit in the face with an object
Kosovo’s government on Friday (28 July) suspended the license of the country’s biggest private television broadcaster over a registration error, alarming journalists who accused the ruling party of an open war against free media.
The issue began last month when the government said it identified problems with the registration certificate of TV station Klan Kosova. The station later said it had already fixed those problems, as requested.
Kosovo’s Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Friday: “In the registration documents
Women who choose to stay at home to care for their families and households are hardly unique to American society over the years, but social media users today appear fascinated with “tradwives” (short for traditional wives) and the lifestyle content they’re creating for others.
That fascination has revealed itself through a great deal of negative commentary.
“Many [people have] questioned the tradwife philosophy and why any sentient being would adhere to it,” said Deborah Etienne, a content specialist from Boston.
Once a month, GP Lisa Silver updates a spreadsheet on her computer, recording how many patients are registered at her village practice at the top of the Chilterns. ‘In 2015 we had 3,454 patients,’ she says. ‘We now have 4,430.’
But although they’ve gained close to an extra 1,000 patients, what she and her GP partner, Julie Barton, haven’t been able to get for years is another GP to share the mounting workload. After five years of looking, they have
