{
  "id": 7352092,
  "title": "If looks could kill, I’d be in real trouble | Brief letters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/if-looks-could-kill-id-be-in-real-trouble-brief-letters",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-14T16:09:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/14/if-looks-could-kill-id-be-in-real-trouble"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Guardian Health reports on two separate topics, both related to personal health and appearance. The first article, \"Adrian Chiles is lucky that his face is merely “miserable,”\" discusses the author's default facial expression and how it affects his interactions with colleagues. The author, Trevor Lawson, shares that his natural expression is one of misery, and he has taken steps to alert new colleagues to this fact to avoid any misunderstandings. He credits his wife for this advice and expresses his desire for a change in his facial expression. The second article, \"Since Oxford University, no less, tells us that it is now vital to know the temperature of hot drinks,\" highlights a study published by Oxford University that suggests drinking very hot beverages could triple the risk of oesophageal cancer. The article goes on to mention the potential award of Ig Nobel prizes for such revelations, and the author, Anne Archer, looks forward to the delivery of an NHS coffee thermometer.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}