Human biology
June 2024
- Life with long Covid‘A 30-second walk would exhaust me beyond reason’: Natacha’s life with long CovidNatacha Gray had an active life, diving, climbing and playing music, before illness left her so tired she would collapse on the way to the couch. She discusses two and a half devastating years – and how she stays optimistic
May 2024
April 2024
- Science WeeklyHypermobility: a blessing or a curse?Being more flexible than the average person can have its advantages, from being great at games such as Limbo to feeling smug in yoga class. But researchers are coming to understand that being hypermobile can also be linked to pain in later life, anxiety, and even long Covid. Madeleine Finlay hears from the science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience of hypermobility, and finds out what might be behind its link to mental and physical health