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Type 2 diabetes symptoms: The early signs your body gives you before diagnosis
Type 2 diabetes can develop slowly, with changes that are easy to explain away. Learn the common and lesser-known signs, who is most at risk, and what urine glucose can tell you before diagnosis.
Type 2 diabetes symptoms: The early signs your body gives you before diagnosis
Type 2 diabetes can develop slowly, with changes that are easy to explain away. Learn the common and lesser-known signs, who is most at risk, and what urine glucose can tell you before diagnosis.
What is antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea? Why supergonorrhoea matters
Most gonorrhoea still responds to treatment. A small, growing number of UK cases do not. Here’s what supergonorrhoea means, why resistance develops, and how follow-up testing catches treatment failure.
What is antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea? Why supergonorrhoea matters
Most gonorrhoea still responds to treatment. A small, growing number of UK cases do not. Here’s what supergonorrhoea means, why resistance develops, and how follow-up testing catches treatment failure.
Blood in urine with no pain: What could it mean?
Painless blood in urine can come from infection, stones, an enlarged prostate or cancer. Learn why one episode matters, how dipsticks find hidden blood and what your GP may do next under NHS guidance.
Blood in urine with no pain: What could it mean?
Painless blood in urine can come from infection, stones, an enlarged prostate or cancer. Learn why one episode matters, how dipsticks find hidden blood and what your GP may do next under NHS guidance.
Are stomach ulcers caused by stress? The real cause and symptoms
Stress gets blamed for stomach ulcers, but the usual causes are H. pylori infection and NSAID painkillers. Learn the symptoms, warning signs, home testing and UK treatments that address the cause.
Are stomach ulcers caused by stress? The real cause and symptoms
Stress gets blamed for stomach ulcers, but the usual causes are H. pylori infection and NSAID painkillers. Learn the symptoms, warning signs, home testing and UK treatments that address the cause.
Joint pain and inflammation: When should you test for CRP?
Joint pain doesn’t always reveal its cause. Learn how CRP fits into inflammatory arthritis, what a raised result can and can’t tell you, and when persistent swelling needs specialist review.
Joint pain and inflammation: When should you test for CRP?
Joint pain doesn’t always reveal its cause. Learn how CRP fits into inflammatory arthritis, what a raised result can and can’t tell you, and when persistent swelling needs specialist review.
Vitamin D and bone health: What women over 50 need to know about osteoporosis prevention
Bone loss after menopause is easy to miss because it rarely announces itself. Here’s how vitamin D, calcium, DEXA scans, strength work and testing fit into osteoporosis prevention for women over 50.
Vitamin D and bone health: What women over 50 need to know about osteoporosis prevention
Bone loss after menopause is easy to miss because it rarely announces itself. Here’s how vitamin D, calcium, DEXA scans, strength work and testing fit into osteoporosis prevention for women over 50.
Donating blood for the first time: What to expect and why your type matters
Your first blood donation is less dramatic than it sounds: a few checks, a short donation and a snack. Here’s what happens, who can donate and why your blood type can shape where your donation is used.
Donating blood for the first time: What to expect and why your type matters
Your first blood donation is less dramatic than it sounds: a few checks, a short donation and a snack. Here’s what happens, who can donate and why your blood type can shape where your donation is used.
How much water should you actually drink? Hydration, kidneys and the 2-litre myth
Eight glasses a day, two litres, a bottle with hour markers down the side. The advice is everywhere, and the evidence is thinner than you'd think. Here's what your kidneys and your urine say about it.
How much water should you actually drink? Hydration, kidneys and the 2-litre myth
Eight glasses a day, two litres, a bottle with hour markers down the side. The advice is everywhere, and the evidence is thinner than you'd think. Here's what your kidneys and your urine say about it.