Big tobacco is having a ‘devastating’ impact on the environment, WHO report reveals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs well as killing eight million people every year, the tobacco industry has a far bigger impact on the planet than many…
'The future of medicine': Damaged liver treated and kept on ice before transplant in world-first
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA damaged human liver was treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient Read…
UK monkeypox cases jump 70% in just three days to 179 as health chiefs say anyone who develops a new rash should abstain from SEX
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother 71 cases of monkeypox have been spotted among Britons, as health chiefs urge anyone who develops a new rash to abstain…
More than a fifth of care home beds in England are now unfilled after public confidence in the sector was shattered during pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly one in four care home beds in England are now empty as people seek out home care instead, official figures show. …
What you eat could be stopping your medicines working: Some artificial sweeteners can affect the way the body metabolises drugs, research reveals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome medicines should be taken on an empty stomach, others must be swallowed with food — these are the kinds of basic…
Drinking coffee slashes risk of dying by up to 30%, even with sugar
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCoffee drinkers are up to a third less likely to suffer an early death — even if they take sugar. Read More
3 children get HIV due to wrong blood transfusion, 1 died
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA shocking case of gross disregard for human rights has come to light in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra. Read More
Covid lockdown blamed for deaths of more than 3,000 diabetics
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lack of diabetes checks following the first Covid lockdown may have killed more than 3,000 people, a major NHS study suggests. Read…
Mum who fell pregnant while already pregnant gives birth to twins
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCara Winhold never stopped holding out for a ‘miracle.’ Read More
A bacteria found in showerheads can cause 'potentially fatal' pneumonia - are you at risk?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBacteria are microscopic infectious agents that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Read More