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New research has discovered that sufferers have experienced over 60 symptoms after contracting coronavirus, with distressing effects including alopecia and sexual dysfunction. The study looked at symptoms reported by more than two million people 12...

An Oxford University expert is encouraging people to go against table manners by snacking with their mouths open to enhance the flavour of the meal. Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the university, explained that compounds...

Neuroscientists have found that too much fried food and sweet treats have a devastating impact on intelligence. A 30-week study revealed that fatty diets impair cognitive function and lead to excessive weight gain due to poor metabolism caused by...

Giant African land snails that can carry killer parasites were dumped at a bus stop in a lettuce-filled cardboard box but escaped and were spotted gliding along the pavement. Jamie-Lee McEvoy, who saw the creatures near London Bridge railway...

Humans wake up more than 100 times during the night without actually realising. The stress hormone noradrenaline is repeatedly released into the brain during sleep so its activity reaches the same level as when people are awake. The process is...

Research involving more than 500,000 people discovered that those who always add salt to their food at the table have a 28 per cent increased risk of dying prematurely from any cause, compared with those who never or rarely add it. The study was...

Officers from West Yorkshire Police posted an audio clip of the 999 call as the frightened woman made a desperate attempt to get rid of the critter. She said: "Hiya, you're probably gonna go mad at me, right - but I've literally tried...

A 72-year-old man received an emergency operation on his scrotum. He suffered from a rare condition known as pneumoscrotum – which was caused by an excess of air building up in his body – and doctors spent three days steadily releasing...

French diners are fuelling a wipe-out of frogs. It has been claimed that their "voracious appetite" for the amphibian delicacy is leading to a dwindling number of species in Indonesia, Turkey and Albania. Up to 200 million wild frogs are...

Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana, 24, were caught carrying a host of animals – including 50 chameleons and 35 turtles – on to a flight from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Sathon Konggoen, the chief of the wildlife...

A new study has found that those in power live an average of 4.5 years longer than those who they represent. Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed health data from 11 countries and more than 57,000 politicians dating back to the early...