FDA says ALL Zantac must be pulled from shelves over cancer fears

FDA says ALL Zantac must be pulled from shelves months after officials warned the popular heartburn drug is contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals The FDA told drugmakers on Wednesday to pull all Zantac and ranitidine – its generic version – from store shelves and online retailers in the US  Evidence of a cancer-linked chemical called NDMA […]

Home births will likely need to be cancelled because of coronavirus

The NHS is starting to suspend home births amid the coronavirus pandemic. With official guidance telling us to stay at home as much as possible in order to save lives, you might assume that giving birth at home would be the best option – but medics are warning that hospitals could be the safest place. […]

COVID-19 could be a game-changer, as scientists race to develop a vaccine

COVID-19 could and should be a game-changer, and may see improvements to global health regulations making vaccines faster to develop, test and introduce in the future, according to an expert in health policy and law from The University of Western Australia. Dr. Marco Rizzi from the UWA Law School said current health frameworks facilitated fast […]

In Africa, six nations seem so far to be spared coronavirus

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Six of Africa’s 54 nations are among the last in the world yet to report cases of the new coronavirus. The global pandemic has been confirmed in almost every country, but for a handful of far-flung tiny island states, war-torn Yemen and isolated North Korea. In Africa authorities claim they are […]

Antidote to pain and negativity? Let it be

Merely a brief introduction to mindfulness helps people deal with physical pain and negative emotions, a new study by researchers at Yale, Columbia, and Dartmouth shows. The effect of mindfulness was so pronounced, they found, that even when participants were subjected to high heat on their forearm, their brain responded as if it was experiencing […]

Tall lean girls may be less likely to conceive, scientists warn

Tall, slim girls are more likely to develop endometriosis – a common condition that can cause infertility, study warns Endometriosis, which affects 10% of women, makes it harder to get pregnant The study was based on research on more than 170,000 girls aged seven to 13 Researchers suspect the endometriosis is linked to higher levels […]

Childhood trauma changes your brain, but it doesn’t have to be permanent

In the early 1990s, more than 100,000 children in Romania were living in overcrowded, under-funded orphanages. They suffered from severe neglect, having little interaction with caretakers. This lack of nurturing altered the structure and function of their brains. These children developed a host of behavioral and emotional problems that many of them are still coping […]

Britons evacuated from Wuhan will be held in Milton Keynes

Britons on Sunday evacuation flight from coronavirus-hit Wuhan will be held in isolation at a Milton Keynes conference centre for 14 days – as government ‘plans China travel ban in a week’ Around 150 Britons being flown back from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday will be quarantined  South Central Ambulance Service said that […]

Mosquito-borne diseases could be prevented by skin cream

A skin cream used to treat warts and skin cancer could help protect people against viral diseases such as Zika and dengue, according to new research from the University of Leeds. Their findings have identified a new way we might prevent infection from a wide variety of dangerous viruses. The climate emergency, coupled with an […]