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Sperm TEAM up to reach the egg, study finds

Sperm TEAM up to reach the egg! Doing so helps them swim in a straight line – like a school fish heading upstream Researchers at Cornell University and No... read more

Watching TV with your child can boost their cognitive development, study finds 

Screen time CAN be good for a young brain! Watching TV with your child can boost their cognitive development, study finds Parents can make watching TV a benefic... read more

Foot massage could help menopausal women kick fatigue by aiding restful sleep, study suggests 

Foot massage could help menopausal women kick fatigue by aiding restful sleep, study suggests Foot massages can increase sleep and reduce fatigue in menopausal ... read more

Migraine and epilepsy drugs are being promoted to under-18s as weight-loss aids on TikTok

Dangerous prescription-only drugs are being marketed to teenagers as weight-loss solutions on TikTok, a probe has revealed.  One medication being floated under... read more

Revealed: How SHIVERING could help combat type 2 diabetes

Revealed: How SHIVERING could help combat type 2 diabetes Dutch researchers found shivering reduced blood sugar levels in participants  15 overweight and obese... read more

Eat a handful of walnuts a day to lower your blood pressure, study suggests

Eating a handful of walnuts a day could reduce your blood pressure, lower weight gain and in turn cut the risk of diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds.... read more

Celebrities are spending $1,500 a month on diabetes drug for incredible weight loss

Celebrities and wealthy social elites are spending $1,500 a month on a pre-diabetes drug with miraculous weight loss effects – so much so that those who a... read more

ALS: Motor neurone disease breakthrough as drug helps wheelchair-bound sufferer walk again

A new drug for motor neurone disease allowed one wheelchair-bound man to walk again, researchers declared today. Tofersen slowed the progress of the debilitatin... read more

Eating wild blueberries each day can reverse cognitive decline in elderly people, study finds 

Eating wild blueberries each day could reverse cognitive decline in elderly people, a new study highlighting the oft-dubbed superfood’s potential finds. R... read more

Girl, 5, with eczema saw it clear up ten days after getting an injection

A five-year-old girl whose severe eczema left her unable to sleep at night and itching so much that she bled saw it clear up in just 10 days after getting a new... read more

Early and longer sleep linked to increased dementia risk, study finds 

Staying up late and getting LESS than eight hours of sleep decreases dementia risk, scientists say: Going to bed earlier and sleeping for longer can be bad for ... read more

Health Secretary Therese Coffey ‘will end 8am Glastonbury-esque scramble for GP appointments’

Therese Coffey will vow to end the ‘8am scramble’ for GP appointments tomorrow when she unveils her blueprint to fix the NHS, it was claimed today.Â... read more

School uniforms are abundant in toxic ‘forever’ chemicals linked to cancer, infertility and dementia

Beware of… school uniforms! Study discovers they are abundant in toxic ‘forever’ chemicals which are linked to cancer and infertility Experts ... read more

Nightmares in your 40s or 50s may be a dementia warning sign, study claims

Nightmares in your 40s or 50s may be a dementia warning sign, study claims The University of Birmingham researchers said their findings were ‘important... read more

Top NHS hospital pocketed £38m doing private surgery for Kuwait patients 

Top NHS hospital pocketed £38m doing private surgery for Kuwait patients Hospital earned almost a tenth of its total income doing private work for Kuwait  Thi... read more

That’s a big problem! Eight out of ten Britons will be overweight or OBESE by 2060, report warns 

That’s a big problem! Eight out of ten Britons will be overweight or OBESE by 2060, report warns More than 8 in 10 Britons will be overweight or obese by ... read more

Software solutions for telemedicine: scope and development

In one of our previous articles, we already wrote about the importance of digital transformation and how it is changing the global economy, optimizing business ... read more

Scientists identify ‘microprotein’ in the brain that puts a person at risk of Alzheimer’s

Scientists identify ‘microprotein’ in the brain that puts a person at a ‘substantial’ risk of developing Alzheimer’s later in life... read more

20% of Britons resort to DIY dentistry like pulling their own teeth out with pliers amid NHS crisis

One in five Britons are resorting to ‘DIY dentistry’ due to a drought of NHS dental appointments, a shocking poll suggests.  Some of the methods de... read more

Brain ‘pacemakers’ could help patients with OCD

Brain ‘pacemakers’ could help patients with OCD: Parkinson’s-style zapping treatment stifles symptoms of the mental health condition, review s... read more

ALL American adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety, experts say

All Americans adults under the age of 65 should be regularly screened for anxiety, a leading panel of U.S. doctors said Tuesday. The U.S. Preventative Service T... read more

Teen girl, 14, develops allergy to WATER that makes getting wet feel like ‘being set on fire’

A teenager who is allergic to water says she can’t get wet without her skin breaking out in painful red hives that feel like ‘being doused with gaso... read more

More intensive activity is not always better for a person’s memory

Intense exercise isn’t always better! More rigorous trainers have a harder time recalling specific events than those who do more moderate exercise, study ... read more

Woman, now 29, needs 16 joint replacements after catching Lyme disease

A woman suffering from ‘Lyme arthritis’ was left with such severe pain in her knees when walking that she needed a wheelchair and hands that had to ... read more