Jamie Ducharme

Articles by Jamie Ducharme

'Confusion in the immune system': How allergies can develop later in life - BBC

Health September 20, 2026

In cases where later-in-life allergies have a likely cause, such as inflammation related to an illness or gut microbiome changes after a course of antibiotics, there are clues about how to potentiallοΏ½...

Your heart rate is more uneven than you think. This is what it says about your health - BBC

Health May 8, 2026

Artem Kirillov is not, by nature, the kind of person to take it easy. "I prefer to push myself further, even if I feel a bit off," says Kirillov, who is 40, lives in London and works in health tech. οΏ½...

'It's incredible, like science fiction': How a new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers - BBC

Health April 14, 2026

Immune checkpoint inhibitors, meanwhile, are drugs that disable a built-in "off" switch in the immune system. This safeguard has an important purpose it prevents overly aggressive immune responses thοΏ½...