Joshan Chana

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Ian Sample |Eli Block |Joshan Chana |Joel Cox |Ellie Bury

For a long time the appendix was considered disposable. After all, millions of people have theirs removed each year and go on to live healthy lives. But as Heather F Smith, a professor of anatomy at Midwestern University tells Ian Sample, researchers are increasingly understanding what this small worm-shaped organ may be bringing to the table in terms of our health.

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Giles Tremlett |Joshan Chana |Ellie Bury

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Jan 28, 2025 | theguardian.com | Ian Sample |Joshan Chana |Joel Cox |Ellie Bury |Madeleine Finlay

We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the scientifically proven ways to cut down on sugar, the truth behind the panic over seed oils, and why it is that some of us seem to have bullet proof immune systems, while others succumb to every bug they encounter

Dec 31, 2024 | theguardian.com | Joshan Chana

For the regular drinker, the studies that say a daily tipple is better for a longer life than avoiding alcohol completely are a source of great comfort. But a new analysis challenges that thinking and says it was based on flawed research that compares drinkers with people who are sick and sober.

Oct 15, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ian Sample |Joshan Chana

Ian Sample speaks to Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at nonprofit Climate Central, about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far, and what it tells us about how hurricanes will behave in futureThe Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work.