Alice Fuller

2 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Lucy Gornall |Alice Fuller

WHETHER we need a 3pm pick-me-up or we’re gearing up for a tough workout, many of us reach for an energy drink. But before you crack open your next can, you should know they come with several serious health risks. Scientists have linked the caffeinated beverages to headaches, sleep problems and anxiety, as well as high blood pressure and kidney damage. Research has also found them to make heart issues and strokes more likely.

3 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Alice Fuller

WHEN Sean Scullion and his wife Tijanna found out they were pregnant last year, they were cautiously optimistic. The couple had endured the heartache of a stillbirth in 2023 and were terrified history would repeat itself. “We were quite nervous about things not going well after losing our daughter Sienna, but we were trying to stay positive,” Sean, 37, tells Sun Health. And things appeared to be on track.

3 weeks ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Lucy Laing |Alice Fuller

WHEN Dena Allam and her husband David began their married life, they never imagined a world where they didn’t share a bed. But just a few months after tying the knot, Dave had already started sleeping in the spare room. There were no crossed words or fallings-out to blame. Rather Dena was so overweight, tipping the scales at 20st, that she suffered from sleep apnoea. The condition stopped her breathing and meant her snoring was so bad, Dave was driven out of the marital bed.

4 weeks ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Alice Fuller |Eliza Loukou

SCIENTISTS have shared the ideal walking pace to slash the risk of dangerous heart rhythm problems, while slimming down your waist and boosting weight loss. Arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm that causes the organ to beat too quickly or too slowly,A new study walking at a brisk pace "may be a safe and effective exercise to reduce arrhythmia”. Academics from the University of Glasgow analysed data from 420,925 people from the UK Biobank who'd revealed their walking speed in questionnaires.

1 month ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Katrina Turrill |Alice Fuller

A SURGE in deaths blamed on booze is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action, experts warn. Death rates linked solely to alcohol increased by a fifth in England in 2020, rising by a further 13.5 per cent between 2020 and 2022. Around 3,911 more people died because of booze in that two-year period than would have been the case if pre-pandemic trends had continued, scientists at University College London and the University of Sheffield estimate.