It is estimated that nearly one in five people in Europe do shift work – so a lot of people will be worried by research showing a link between it and a reduction in the ability to remember and think clearly. The research, from the Université de Toulouse and Swansea University, assessed 3,232 adults

Could a child’s dyslexia be the result of the mother’s diet? The idea that our health may be determined in part by decisions made before we were born is an uncomfortable and controversial one. Yet vast amounts of data in the field of epigenetics is showing just that. And while “we are what we eat”

If you’ve lost your memory, confidence, vaginal lubrication, and are flushed and sweaty 24/7, then welcome to the menopause. A survey of 3,275 women by Nuffield Health found that more than 60% of women between the ages of 40 and 65 had menopausal symptoms that were making them behave differently or

Neuroscience research got a huge boost last week with news ofProfessor John O’Keefe’s Nobel prize for work on the “brain’s internal GPS system”. It is an exciting new part of the giant jigsaw puzzle of our brain and how it functions. But how does cutting-edge neuroscience research translate into

A few weeks back, this blog ran a feature on running form and how to improve it. It included the oft-repeated advice about avoiding overstriding, which “causes the foot to land too far in front of the knee and encourages heel striking – and increases injury risk”. A reader commented that they’d