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Will ice cream or chilli cool you down?/in /by
Is it better to eat spicy or cold foods during a heatwave?
Woman’s Hour/in /by
The writer who spent her life documenting being a woman in Iran.
Why heatwaves hit women harder/in /by
Experts are calling for better awareness of the heat-related risks to women and more targeted efforts to protect them.
Why heatwaves hit women harder/in /by
Experts are calling for better awareness of the heat-related risks to women and more targeted efforts to protect them.
Disability benefit not fit for purpose, minister leading review says/in /by
Sir Stephen Timms says personal independence payments (Pip) in England and Wales need changing.
Feeding tigers and flying planes during end-of-life care/in /by
Sally Sarl says it's important to talk about what you want at the end of your life.
Children keep dying in a country that made huge progress on measles/in /by
More than 120,000 suspected and confirmed measles cases have been reported in Bangladesh, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
MenB vaccine offers men no protection from gonorrhoea, claims major study/in /by
The Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhoea infections despite being offered to at-risk men, scientists say.
What heat actually does to the body/in /by
The BBC's health and science correspondent, James Gallagher, does some tests to show you.
Online marketplaces still selling dozens of unsafe baby products, Which? finds/in /by
Pillows, sleeping bags and feeders subject to safety notices were found on sites including Amazon and TikTok.