Around 40,000 people in Europe die early every year because they don’t live in towns with enough green space, analysis claims (and BLACKPOOL is one of the continent’s worst offenders) Researchers name and shame Europe’s worst cities in terms of green space Study says more than 7,000 UK deaths could be stopped with more wild areas […]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the principal cause of vision loss in industrialized countries, with nearly 20 million people affected in Europe in 2020. Although identified as a risk factor, until now it was impossible to evaluate retinal omega-3 fatty acid deficits. A research team involving scientists from INRAE, INSERM, Université Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne, Université de […]
An estimated 1 in 10 people worldwide have chronic kidney disease, but most of them don’t know it. That lack of awareness is especially concerning because people with chronic kidney disease who are infected with COVID-19 are at higher risk for serious illness. It is important that people understand their risk for developing chronic kidney […]
A mum has spoken about her terrifying experience of postpartum psychosis. Just after giving birth, Jocelyn Ellams hallucinated that her baby was the devil and that cameras were recording her every move. The 37-year-old, who was living in Brazil when she fell pregnant, was already nervous about the unfamiliar healthcare system. She was then forced […]
Health authorities in Spain say they are running out of COVID-19 vaccines and will have to postpone giving shots to health workers and nursing home residents due to delays in deliveries by pharmaceutical companies. Catalonia’s public health chief Josep Argimon said Wednesday that the northeast region that is home to Barcelona will have used up […]
The usual broken bones and other trauma are being treated this winter at the emergency department of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. But one category of medical complaints has all but disappeared: infectious disease. Take influenza, for example. Typically between December and April, nurses and doctors at the Philadelphia hospital see hundreds of children with […]
Female surgeons at a large academic medical center perform less complex surgical procedures than their male counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This study, published in Annals of Surgery, is one of the first to measure the problem of underemployment among female surgeons in the United States, which […]
In view of the substantial increase in Coronavirus Infection in Germany, the Medical Alarm have failed. For a second pandemic wave of the health departments " be;just besetzt", the Chairman of the Federal Association of the Physicians of the Public health service (BVÖGD), Ute Teichert said, the Newspapers of the Funke media group. "With the […]
Health hazard: fish product is recalled because of contaminants As the Federal office for consumer protection and food safety (BVL) reported, was started due to a possible health risk, a recall for “Neubauer’s Original Brunswick herring salad”. The fish product may contain metallic foreign body. According to the BVL, the product “Neubauer’s Original Brunswick herring […]
The New South Wales government has passed emergency legislation providing the Corrections Commissioner with powers to release some of the state’s 14,034 prisoners. This legislation was introduced in the wake of the global release of prisoners to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the United States has begun to release thousands of prisoners across […]
