As I caught the eye of my wife, Sheila, we both grimaced slightly when a heavily-inked woman and man began to etch our tattoo designs onto our arms. It was close to our 80th birthdays – four years ago – and we were at a tattoo parlour in Lowestoft, Suffolk. With a mixture of apprehension […]
As negotiations towards a new pandemic treaty pick up pace, observers warn of watered-down efforts to ensure equitable access to the medical products needed to battle future COVID-like threats. Shaken by the pandemic, the World Health Organization’s 194 member states are negotiating an international accord aimed at ensuring countries are better equipped to deal with […]
In a recent study published in European Heart Journal Open, researchers evaluate the impacts of population-level cardiovascular disease (CVD) screening on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The effects of receiving an invitation for screening, positive test results, prophylactic treatment initiation, enrollment in surveillance schemes at surgical departments, and preventive surgical repair on HRQoL were assessed. […]
Steam, boil, bake, fry (or even barbecue): Gut Health Guru DR MEGAN ROSSI reveals which is the healthiest If you’re one of those people who always steams their vegetables in the belief that it’s the healthiest way to cook, I’m afraid I’m going to have to disappoint you. For steaming is not always the best […]
Your achy joints may suggest that you take it easy. Don’t listen to them, experts say. If it hurts when you get up from a chair or climb stairs, you might have osteoarthritis. If so, it’s best to keep moving. “While the pain from osteoarthritis worsens with activity and improves with rest, exercise is still […]
For Jason Kelce, there’s no bigger joy than being a girl dad — not even competing for Super Bowl championships compares to being a father, according to the Philadelphia Eagles center. Related story WWE Star Becky Lynch’s Super-Rare & Heartwarming Photos of Daughter Roux Show She’s Truly a Daddy’s Girl During a May 2023 interview […]
A woman who lost her limbs to meningitis as a toddler doesn’t let her disability hold her back from searching for love – even after a recent break-up. Jessica Haldin, 32, who says her dark humour keeps her going, contracted the deadly meningococcal septicaemia bug was she was two years old. Doctors initially thought Jess had a […]
NHS bosses could be set for a summer of chaos as doctors’ union hints that even a 50% pay hike won’t stop the strikes Officials say that a 50 per cent hike in consultant’s is a ‘drop in the ocean’ NHS bosses are braced for a summer of chaos after union leaders suggested a 50 […]
Revealed: 28 NHS patients have died after bungling hospital staff wrongly looped patients’ feeding tubes into their lungs EXCLUSIVE: 145 incidents recorded over the last five years – with 28 fatal NHS classifies such accidents as ‘never events’, which should be avoidable Nearly 30 patients have died after blundering NHS staff misplaced feeding tubes into […]
Families kept in the dark over keto diet’s power to cut seizures in children with epilepsy as NHS refuse to back it 17,000 UK children suffer severe epilepsy but are being denied treatment Keto diets can work where drugs fail but the NHS won’t back using it Up to 17,000 children in the UK with […]
