Hundreds 'pricked with needles' at nightclubs and concerts in France
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 300 people have now come forward to say they have been stabbed with injections on nights out in France. Read…
Procedure to remove HIV from semen pioneered decades ago, not in 2022 by South African medical intern
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Widely-shared social media posts claim that a young South African scientist recently made a medical breakthrough Read More
Finishing ALL meals by 3pm so you can fast for 14 hours a day helps people lose weight, review says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Finishing all meals before 3pm and not snacking in the evening boosts health and helps people lose weight,
Humans could be ‘gene edited’ to fix DNA problems behind illnesses like progeria that cause people to age so fast they die in their teens
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Humans DNA could be edited to cure genetic conditions such as progeria that causes sufferers to age so fast they die while…
NYC officials record second death in Bronx Legionnaires' outbreak: 24 cases tied to contamination from four cooling towers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two people in the Bronx borough of New York City have died from Legionnaires’ disease after two dozen cases Read More
Woman's organs are on wrong side of her body due to rare condition
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A woman has shared how a rare birth condition was left undiagnosed in her body for 13 years. Read More
Nose-bleed virus’ spread by ticks kills 18 and is spreading
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A viral ‘nose-bleed’ infection spread by ticks is on the rise and has already killed 18 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Screening for cervical cancer every five years 'could be as safe' as every three
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Screening woman for cervical cancer every five years instead of every three could still prevent as many cancer cases Read More
Togo 4th country in Africa to end eye disease trachoma as public health problem
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The West African country Togo has eliminated the eye disease trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa…
Covid-19 news: Record 2 million people in UK have long covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An estimated 2 million people in the UK have lingering covid-19 symptoms more than four weeks after their initial coronavirus infection. Read…