Poppy Koronka

London

Health Correspondent at The Times

Health Correspondent @thetimes. Email for tips + stories: [email protected] Now on bluesky @poppykoronka.bsky.social

Articles

Breast cancer DNA blood test and new drug could extend patients’ lives

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka

A new drug can help stop breast cancer tumours before they grow, experts have said. A trial called Serena-6, found that a new treatment prevented cancer cells from using hormones to grow, which can help patients delay the need for chemotherapy. It is the first worldwide study to show the use of blood tests to find early signs of cancer resistance to treatment.
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop colon cancer returning

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka

Exercise can be “better than a drug” for reducing the risk of cancer returning, a study has found. Patients with advanced colon cancer who received an “exercise prescription” after finishing their cancer treatment were found to be a third less likely to die from the disease. Experts have said that the discovery could transform how cancer recovery is approached globally. About 31,800 cases of colon cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year, with 9,500 people dying from the disease.
Treatment could ‘change the world’ for head and neck cancers

4 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka

Head and neck cancer patients lived twice as long cancer-free after a immunotherapy treatment regime, a clinical trial has found. Patients in the trial had a “dramatically” decreased chance of their cancer returning, living for an average of five years cancer-free when the immunotherapy was added to their treatment.
NHS offers 'revolutionary' blood test for cancer in world first

4 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka
Teen health at 'tipping point' as obesity and mental illness soar

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka

Almost half a billion teenagers around the world will be overweight or obese by 2030, experts have predicted. A review of health and wellbeing in adolescents found that the biggest health concerns for teenagers internationally had
TikTokers are using McDonald's and Coke to cure migraines

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka
Infant sleep patterns may offer early clue to autism risk

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka
Infant sleep patterns may offer early clue to autism risk

1 month ago | autism.einnews.com | Poppy Koronka

Poor sleep in infancy could be an early indicator of childhood autism, research has suggested. Scientists found that each extra hour of sleep that a baby got at six months old was associated with fewer characteristics of autism at two years old. Babies who slept for an hour longer were also 22 per cent less likely to be diagnosed with autism aged 11 and a half.
I won't roll over to Wes Streeting

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Eleanor Hayward |Poppy Koronka
Contraceptive ‘mini pill’ linked to asthma attacks in younger women

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Poppy Koronka

The progesterone-only contraceptive pill may be linked to a higher risk of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks in younger women, research has suggested. Researchers from Imperial College London have found that women taking the so-called “mini pill” had a 39 per cent increased risk of asthma attacks compared with women who had never taken the contraceptive. The mini-pill is a once-daily contraceptive pill taken by approximately 3.1 million women in Britain each year.