Clare Wilson

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. In the past few months, I have been lucky enough – or unlucky, depending on how you view it – to get letters from my GP inviting me to have a screening test for firstly cervical cancer and then breast cancer.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

It’s a hot day and you want a soft drink that’s cold and fizzy. Should you go for a Coke or a Diet Coke? A growing number of us are choosing drinks with artificial sweeteners, either for health reasons, or because the diet version is a little cheaper, thanks to the 2018 drinks “sugar tax”. That legislation also led to sweeteners replacing sugar in many products that aren’t even marketed as diet drinks.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

People using Mounjaro weight-loss jabs have been warned against extracting an unauthorised extra dose out of the prefilled injection pens to save money. The devices are supposed to contain four doses of the weight-loss drug – enough for four weeks – but some users are reporting they can get a fifth dose out of the pens. People buying Mounjaro from online pharmacies typically pay from £100 to £250 for four weeks’ supply. So, getting an extra dose out of the pens could save up to £50 a month.

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. I was at the Royal Horticultural Society’s spring press conference this week to hear about the latest gardening trends. Whether or not you care about horticultural fashions, one development is in progress that will affect nearly all gardeners.

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Clare Wilson

Several medical conditions affect women more than men, and may even be seen entirely as a “women’s health condition” – but they can still affect men. HPV is best known for causing cervical cancer in women but it is also behind rising rates of throat cancer in men. Another example is breast cancer. Many people don’t even know the condition can affect males – never mind that men should, according to the NHS, check over their chests every so often to look out for lumps or any other changes.