What are beta blockers and how do they work?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Beta blockers are a group of prescription-only medicines used to treat a variety of medical conditions including heart failure, angina, high blood pressure, …
Time to ditch the burgers? Eating red and processed meat increases your risk of heart disease – including smaller ventricles, poorer cardiac function and stiffer arteries, study warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minute UK scientists have linked the consumption of any form of red meat – such as beef, lamb and pork – with a…
Covid-19 denier dies from the virus after hosting illegal gatherings in Norway
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A prominent Norwegian coronavirus denier has died from Covid-19 after hosting two events at his property. Read More
Covid eight times more likely to cause rare brain clot than AstraZeneca vaccine, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The risk of developing a rare brain clot from Covid-19 is about eight times greater than vaccination with the AstraZeneca–Oxford jab, according to a new…
Canada faces third wave as variants leave young people in intensive
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada is facing a devastating third wave of Covid-19 driven by new variants, it has been reported. Read More
Just 175 Covid patients are now being admitted to hospital every day
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Just 175 Covid patients are now being admitted to hospital in England every day, according to official figures that will pile more…
Covid treatment: Chlorinated pool water helps inactivate COVID-19 in under 30 seconds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Indoor swimming pools in England have been given the green light to reopen to the public and with studies indicating swimming pools…
Quarter of Covid deaths not caused by virus, new figures show
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost a quarter of registered Covid deaths are people who are not dying from the disease, new official figures show Read More
As the UK inches towards normality, those with long Covid must not be forgotten
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Reading Time: < 1 minute From the vaccine rollout to the reopening of pubs, this stage of the pandemic could be characterised as the hope of a…
Mix and match vaccine study extended to include Moderna and Novavax jabs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Com-Cov study, led by the University of Oxford, has been investigating the immune responses of volunteers given a dose of the…