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AS summer gets into full swing, there’s no better time to focus on your health.Whether you’re embracing the sunshine (and the vitamin D that comes with it), planning holidays (a boost to wellbeing), or exercising outdoors, I find this season filled with energy and opportunity.3Sun columnist Dr Zoe answers your health concernsCredit: Olivia WestThis column is YOUR space to ask questions, so I can help you live as healthy a life as possible.Whether it’s understanding a new treatment, managing a long-term condition, or simply wondering about the best way to stay fit while living with a chronic condition.Perhaps you or…

IN just a few weeks, Apple will almost certainly lift the lid on a treasure trove of new gadgets. This tech haul should land just in time for Christmas – but what Apple devices will actually go be …

JORDAN Micu first tried laughing gas as a university student aged 21.  Almost a decade later, she was left battling petrifying seizures and was forced to relearn to walk after losing control o…

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to researchers. The mysterious cosmic object was discovered last week, and is believed to have travelled from interstellar space. 6ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of the comet and its path, shown as a dotted lineCredit: ESO/O. Hainaut6An artist’s impression of an interstellar cometCredit: ESA6The interstellar comet is seen inside the red boxCredit: David Rankin / Saguaro ObservatoryNow researchers say the comet could be older than our solar system by more than three billion years.That would make the…

OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice.Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who is worried about random bruises appearing on their skin.2Dr Zoe Williams helps Sun readers with their health concerns2This week’s reader sent in pictures of their bruisesQ) SHOULD I be worried about random bruises? I am 68 and have no other symptoms.I can attribute some of them to something but the others were random. Is this just normal ageing?A) Thank you for sending the images which show many bruises of a variety of ages on your limbs.When bruises appear without known injury or trauma…

EA is shutting down a hugely popular racing game after 13 years, leaving longtime fans heartbroken.Rivals, part of the iconic Need for Speed franchise, will have its servers shut down in October 2025 — meaning some online features and achievements will soon be lost forever.2The shutdown of Need for Speed Rivals is a reminder that online features, no matter how beloved, don’t last foreverCredit: Microsoft / XboxThe game’s servers will be shut down in October 2025, meaning some features and achievements will soon be out of reach for good.Gamers in the UK and around the world have until 7 October…

BRITS have been warned as a deadly bacteria that kills one in 10 sufferers has spiked in the UK.Cases of the “worst diarrhoea ever” are rising – here are three symptoms to watch out for. 2The infection stems from a highly contagious bacterium, which lives in people’s bowelCredit: GettyClostridioides difficile, otherwise known as C. diff, has killed more than one in 10 cases from 2023 to 2024.Concerned doctors are warning the death toll could continue to soar if action isn’t taken.The infection stems from a highly contagious bacterium, which lives in people’s bowel.Dr Kerrie Davies of the C. Diff Trust…

SKY is dishing out free pizzas to customers and giving away new treats every week as part its perks programme.The company’s latest Sky VIP offering has almost two million freebies up for grabs.1Find the new rewards in the MySky app nowCredit: Jamie Harris / SkyFree weekly treats including pizzas, ice lollies, as well as snacks from brands like LOVE CORN and Whitworths will be available.And the first is a free pizza from Sainsbury’s available starting today.You can claim a pizza from the supermarket’s Taste the Difference range.The offer is only valid at Sainsbury’s superstores – not Sainsbury’s Local, petrol stations…

NHS waiting lists have fallen to the lowest for two years but progress is at risk from doctors’ strikes.The backlog was down to 7.36million in May, from a peak of 7.77m in 2023.2’Our NHS is finally moving in the right direction but this recovery is only just beginning and it is fragile’, said Health Secretary Wes StreetingCredit: AlamyHospitals had their busiest May on record with 75,000 treatments, 80,000 scans and 78,000 A&E visits every day.Health chiefs warn staff’s efforts could go to waste if the British Medical Association’s five-day strike goes ahead at the end of the month.Waiting lists were…

HUMANS have been searching for aliens for decades – but all this time intelligent extraterrestrial life could have found us, according to a new study.Heathrow Airport has been acting as a sort of homing beacon to find us, experts at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2025) in Durham revealed.6This artist’s impression shows the rocky planet Proxima Centauri b – Earth’s closest potentially habitable planet6This artist’s impression shows the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri6But it’s not just Heathrow – the largest and busiest airport in the UK, but Gatwick and New York’s JFK…