For many of us, Christmas is a time of fun and celebration, but it can also bring stress and anxiety. Whether you live with mental illness or not, the festive period can intensify feelings of loneliness, increase financial worries and put pressure on people to have the “perfect” Christmas. One in 10 people feel unable …

If you sometimes struggle to remember things, then a simple trick could help: all you have to do is read it out aloud… Yep, it’s the sort of tip you might not have tried since trying to recall your times tables at primary school, but scientists have found that speaking and reading out aloud helps …

It is something anyone who has enjoyed a cheeky celebratory drink in the office at this time of year will already suspect. According to scientists, drinking champagne out of a disposable cup really does make it taste different. Researchers found that sparkling wine served in plastic or polystyrene cups behaves very differently than it does …

Obese people who follow a low-fat weight-loss plan could tack extra years onto their life, a new review of medical evidence suggests. Such diets appear to help decrease overall risk of early death by 18 percent in people with obesity, amounting to six fewer deaths for every 1,000 people, researchers concluded. “Weight loss by cutting …

Losing weight through a balanced diet and exercise or diet alone can help keep your knees healthy in the long run, reveals a recent study. As The Deccan Chronicle reports, lead author Alexandra Gersing from the University of California, San Francisco, said that once cartilage is lost in osteoarthritis, the disease cannot be reversed. Since cartilage loss …