On Monday Kate Middleton confirmed she was finally cancer-free three months after the shock news broke that she was receiving “preventative chemotherapy“ after doctors found cancer cells while she was having an abdominal surgery procedure. Following the announcement in June, the largely Princess withdrew from public appearances to focus onContinue Reading
A public inquiry into what happened when Lucy Letby murdered seven babies at a hospital starts this week amid a growing debate on the evidence used to convict the nurse. Letby was sentenced to 15 whole life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murderContinue Reading
PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Are you heading off to university for the first time this year? If so, congratulations on securing your place. First up comes freshers’ week, where your university should give you an amazing welcome. Hopefully you’ll meet and socialise with lots of new people, sign up forContinue Reading
Cabinet minister David Davis believes convicted baby killer Lucy Letby is innocent Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Lucy Letby’s newly-appointed barrister says anger from families overContinue Reading
Progress tackling cardiovascular diseases stalled under the Conservatives and is now in decline, a damning review into the NHS will find this week. A “warts and all” probe into the health service ordered by health secretary Wes Streeting is to say cardiovascular health has been going in the wrong direction,Continue Reading
elenavolf/Shutterstock Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and sacrifice. Many men (not all of us, though, it should beContinue Reading
Cereal grains such as wheat are a rich source of protein. Porawat Suepchaktip/Shutterstock As more people become aware of the environmental impact of making and consuming food and drink, there is renewed interest in many western countries in vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian diets, which come with lower carbon footprints. ButContinue Reading
British taxpayers were forced to pay millions of pounds for a life-saving drug after a pharmaceutical company deliberately inflated the cost, a court has ruled. Auden Mckenzie and Actavis UK, now known as Accord-UK, engaged in “cartel behaviour” by paying off competitors and raising the price of hydrocortisone tablets byContinue Reading
Researchers say thet hope a trial of a new drug for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy could help hundreds of women every year avoid emergency surgery. The £1.6 million trial, led by the University of Aberdeen, will investigate whether a drug called mifepristone is more effective at treating ectopic pregnancyContinue Reading
Anthrax might be more commonly thought of as a bioterrorist weapon, bringing to mind white envelopes and government buildings. But Wyoming officials warned residents on Wednesday that there’s an outbreak of the disease tied to animals in Carbon County, where anthrax was confirmed in a moose and dozens of cattleContinue Reading
