All news by author: Miriam Stoppard

Stress damages almost every organ in the body, especially those closely connected to each other, like our immune, nervous and hormone systems, researchers have found

Dr Miriam Stoppard says Black mums-to-be are three times more likely to die than white women. Those living in deprived areas are also more at risk, according to a new study

Miriam Stoppard investigates a new study which might show that an improved and intensive regimen of oral health can help guard against the onset of a disease that impacts one in 11 people over 65 in the UK

Dr Miriam Stoppard says we need to look at frailty, which is defined as a decline in a person’s mental and physical resilience to illness and injury – before any new austerity measures are introduced

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares research from Stockholm into serious complications that can stem from bacterial meningitis, such as lost vision and hearing

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares research from the University of California which could eventually help couples trying for a baby

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares exciting research coming out of Imperial College London into a clever device that can gather ECG data that can flag up an irregular heartbeat

Dr Miriam Stoppard explains how research has found making a simple swap can nudge people into drinking less alcohol

Dr Miriam Stoppard explains the news that patients are finding their online GP consultations quicker and more efficient than traditional face-to-face meetings at a doctors' surgery

Dr Miriam Stoppard says the number of lives shortened due to social circumstances around the country is roughly equivalent in size to the entire population of Birmingham

If symptoms are severe, surgery may be needed to repair or replace the diseased valve, and it can be done as open-heart surgery or there is minimally invasive heart surgery

The human tongue is a highly sophisticated and complex organ. Its surface is made up of hundreds of small buds – known as papillae – that assist with taste, talking and swallowing

The debilitating impact of tinnitus can be improved in just weeks via a life-changing smartphone app that could help patients to simply tune out the noises in their head

Dr Miriam Stoppard has told how the vomiting bug is back for 2024, and how it may be contagious for as long as two weeks after recovery, so it’s particularly important for people to follow some key steps

Dr Miriam Stoppard has told how a new device could help people with sleep apnoea get a quicker diagnosis of the serious condition that increases the risk of dying from heart disease and strokes

UCLA researchers have made a discovery by using music to manipulate the emotions of volunteers

With inactivity costing healthcare systems the world over billions every year, there's good news which shows the epidemic of childhood obesity can be fought with some light exercise every day

This pattern of eating means if you eat your first bite at 9am, you must eat your last bite by 7pm

The bacterium can easily be treated with antibiotics but, unless screened, women won’t know they’re carriers

The UCL study examined electro-encephalogram (EEG) scans from ­electrodes in the brains of 25 patients with “focal” epilepsy – where seizures arise from a specific part of the brain as they simultaneously perform a memory test

In some cases, patients may benefit from a stent, rather than chest pain medication, as the tiny tube-shaped device improves the ability to do exercise

Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at the universities of Bordeaux, France, and Lausanne, Switzerland, plus the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, have designed a device to help people with advanced Parkinson's disease walk

Living without contact with friends and family can be seriously damaging to our health and wellbeing, writes Dr Miriam Stoppard, so much so that it loneliness should have a government health warning

Oxford University has found taking daily blood pressure readings at home and personalising medication in the weeks after giving birth improves blood ­pressure control for the first year

Dr Miriam Stoppard says King Charles' willingness to go public with news of his upcoming prostate treatment will help other men come forward about their health issues