Health Articles

Fasting: Health trend or dangerous relic of the past?
Matilda Leonard investigates the dangers associated with fasting as a form of dieting.

Fermented foods are more than a fad
Milo Diduca goes beyond kimchi and sauerkraut to discover a whole world of fermented food that’s both healthy and delicious

NHS data has potential beyond health care – but who should have access?
Experts at The University of Manchester have explored public perceptiveness towards data held in NHS records that private companies are now being drawn to, creating controversy and distrust in the general population

New student mental health service in Greater Manchester in motion
New Greater Manchester service to rescue students ‘falling through the cracks’ of university and NHS services

Nourished – Willy Wonka-ing the health industry
Discover the newest development in the health industry relating to personalised, 3D printed vitamins

Tea bags contain micro-plastics which are contributing to the climate crisis and bad health
A recent study by the McGill University in Canada suggested that micro-plastics found in tea bags could be dangerous once ingested

The mysterious vaping illness: an epidemic?
A new vaping-related illness has afftected at least 530 people, the CDC said last week, bringing the latest fatality to nine

Predicting obesity in children
Is measuring children at age two the answer to solving the UK’s obesity problem?

Universities left struggling to cope with mental health epidemic
An FOI by The Mancunion reveals the amount spent on mental health at the University of Manchester

UoM study says at-risk women should be screened for breast cancer earlier
The long-term trial found that annual breast screening in women aged 35-39 who were identified to be at ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ risk of breast cancer detected tumours when they were significantly smaller in size and less likely to spread









