Health

Covid five years on: Banging pans with the neighbours and other stuff you prefer not to think about now

THE pandemic was a time of fear, uncertainty, and weird shit you did which you'd rather forget five years later. Such as these bizarre behaviours.

Shit jobs will cure you, benefits claimants told

THE government has promised disabled benefits claimants that toiling away in poorly-paid dead-end jobs is a miracle cure.

The life-threatening dangers of putting a cotton bud in your ear, by a doctor

I STAND over the body. ‘It’s a damn shame,’ I mutter, as police prepare to take another cotton bud fatality to the morgue. These are just a few of the ways they can kill you.

'The efficiency of its administrative layer played an admittedly minor part in saving my life': Your memories of NHS England

OVER the 13 years since it was formed, NHS England has indirectly and tangentially touched so many of our lives. Here are your memories.

Half of adults to be obese by 2050, unless a hero saves them with a depression and world war

MORE than 50 per cent of all adults will be obese by 2050, unless a visionary can engender a worldwide depression followed by global conflict.

Anti-vaxxer couldn't give a f**k about fat jabs

WEIGHT-loss injections are linked to 82 deaths, according to a headline completely ignored by a fanatical anti-vaccine campaigner because they are not his thing.

Assisted dying bill to include getting past GP's receptionist

THE assisted dying bill is be toughened by replacing a review by a judge with arguing your way past a GP’s receptionist.

'Have a wank': The five things men hear when they listen to their bodies

BEING in tune with your body means you hear and understand its needs. Which, as a man, usually fall into these five categories.