Inside Health

We investigate the safety of melatonin as a sleep aid, and should you eat your placenta?

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How do heat health alerts work?

The weather alert service warns the public when high or low temperatures could damage their health.

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What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke

Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.

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What does hot weather do to the body?

Hot weather during the summer can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm.

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Hot weather: How to sleep in the heat

Simple tips to help you get a good night’s sleep during hot weather.

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Drinks that make you chill – do they really do what it says on the tin?

The wellness drinks industry is booming – but the big benefits they promise might be too good to be true.

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How a ‘seated salsa’ can help your lower back

It’s hard to tone your lower back muscles, but this handy exercise can help.

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Support network helped us to breastfeed, say mums

Two mums who struggled to breastfed their babies say a peer support group helped them.

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A walk-in fishermen’s clinic saved Tom from sepsis – and could transform the NHS

Tom Parker was treated in one of 70 harbour health clinics after breaking his fibula fishing at sea.

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Could RFK Jr’s move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation?

The US is withdrawing $500m for vaccines for diseases like flu and Covid. Health correspondent James Gallagher asks if it’s the right call.

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