A “growing” summer wave of Covid-19 has hit the UK as experts suggest the European football tournament is fueling a rise in infections. Epidemiology expert Professor Mark Woolhouse said the UK will see fluctuations in Covid levels – and that this pattern will continue over the coming decades. The latestContinue Reading
Sea vegetables, such as Japanese seaweed, are packed full of nutrients. New Africa/ Shutterstock When it comes to staying healthy, diet is one of the best things you can do to look after your body. If you want to eat more nutritiously but don’t quite know how, here are aContinue Reading
Popular weight-loss jabs have been linked to an eye condition that can cause blindness. People with diabetes prescribed semaglutide (brand names Wegovy and Ozempic) were more than four times more likely to be diagnosed with a condition called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), according to a new study. Meanwhile,Continue Reading
The UK advertising watchdog has had to take down hundreds of adverts for cosmetic surgery clinics abroad and weight-loss jabs as dangerous ads target “mummy makeovers”, The Independent has been told. The Advertising Standards Agency is also taking down 100 unsafe or misleading adverts a day for prescription-only medicines, withContinue Reading
The NHS will face scrutiny over alleged failures to listen to whistleblowers’ warnings about baby killer Lucy Letby after the nurse was convicted of another attempted murder. Letby was convicted of trying to murder a “very premature” infant by dislodging her breathing tube in the early hours of February 17Continue Reading
The UK nursing regulator’s new interim chief executive has stepped down just four days into the job after facing widespread staff backlash over her links to a high-profile race discrimination case. Multiple staff working at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) raised concerns to its directors over the appointment ofContinue Reading
Millions of people are waiting for mental health support in the UK. Mindscape studio/ Shutterstock According to many experts, the UK is experiencing a mental health crisis. In England alone, an estimated 1.2 million people are awaiting mental health help. Around 270,000 of those waiting are children. The burden ofContinue Reading
Handing a child a mobile phone or tablet when they throw a tantrum may be damaging their ability to manage their emotions, new research suggests. According to the study, if parents regularly use digital devices to calm their children, that child could have issues with emotion regulation – which couldContinue Reading
Throughout the pandemic, one of the key questions on everyone’s mind was why some people avoided getting COVID, while others caught the virus multiple times. Through a collaboration between University College London, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Imperial College London in the UK, we set out to answer this questionContinue Reading
Halay Alex/Shutterstock Like making best friends with the strangers in the next tent, peeing in a cup because you can’t face the queues for the portaloos and using wet wipes as a shower substitute, being a bit messy is all part of the summer festival experience. But, while you mightContinue Reading
