New hope has been ignited in the fight against coronavirus today as scientists in the UK reveal they have made a “major breakthrough” with a drugs treatment. The common steroid drug dexamethasone was shown to reduce death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen. The results […]
High blood pressure (also referred to as HBP, or hypertension) is when your blood pressure, the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels, is consistently too high. Your blood vessels respond to this pressure by hardening, which, over time, restricts the amount of blood flowing through them. This process can eventually trigger a heart […]
Pollen count is based on the number of pollen grains there are in a cubic metre of the air. When the pollen count is high or very high, this means there are more grains of pollen per cubic metre. When the pollen count is high, hay fever sufferers may suffer worse symptoms. The majority of […]
Peter Crouch, 39, will be featuring alongside Maya Jama and Alex Horne on BBC One’s Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer, on Saturday night (9.15pm). The former England striker has spoken out on his body confidence issues growing up, owing to his height. Crouch retired from football at the end of last season, after 19 years […]
Coronavirus has had an effect on former footballer and Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers. The 47-year-old admitted “you lose your strength” during the illness. Having tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in April, Brendan recalled his three-week ordeal with the disease. “Initially, at the beginning, it was strange,” he said. “I wasn’t well and it was later […]
Heart attacks are a devastating event caused by a sudden loss of blood to the heart muscle. This happens when the coronary arteries – the main channel that conveys blood to the heart – is blocked. Most people assume you are only alerted to the condition when you experience chest pain but the telltale signs […]
Dementia mainly affects people over the age of 65, but how can you spot the condition early enough to seek appropriate care? There are seven common warning signs. People suffering from dementia experience cognitive decline that is beyond what may be expected from normal ageing. Increasing difficulties in memory emerge in someone suffering from the […]
Vitamin B12 deficiency occurs when the autoimmune system attacks cells in the stomach – named pernicious anaemia. There’s a sign in your vision that you could be lacking the nutrient. Inside the stomach there’s a protein called intrinsic factor. Someone suffering from pernicious anaemia has an immune system that attacks cells in the stomach. Specifically, […]
Hepatitis E is a deadly viral infection that causes almost 50,000 deaths every year. Now, scientists have revealed that the virus is being spread to humans from rats, with many people not even aware that they have the disease. On April 30, a 61-year-old man was hospitalised for abnormal liver function in Hong Kong. Scientists […]
Paul Sinha routinely wins intellectual sparring matches against the general public on The Chase. As a further testament to his unmatched acuity, Paul also gained the honorary title of the British Quizzing Champion last September. It is his brain power that makes the diagnosis he received last June all the more tragic. READ MORE Simon […]
