Express Digest is a giant collection of the best News
and interesting links on the web!

All posts in: Health

Rebel Wilson leaves animal rights activists outraged after performing squats with wombat

Rebel Wilson leaves animal rights activists outraged after she holds a wombat and performs squats during a recent visit to Sydney Zoo By Demeter Stamell and Mar... read more

Antibody tests are back on the market in Superdrug

Britons can now buy coronavirus antibody tests on the high street to find out if they have had Covid-19 in the past.  Superdrug has today relaunched its blood ... read more

Coronavirus UK: 6 new fatalities in preliminary daily death toll

Britain today recorded just six coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll — taking the official number of victims to 45,306. Department of Health chiefs have... read more

Government’s test and trace programme broke data protection law, rights group says

Government admits its test and trace programme broke data protection law as privacy campaigners call the scheme ‘reckless’ and ‘rushed-outR... read more

How losing weight can stop your snoring

Do you or your partner snore like a vacuum cleaner? Here, Dr Michael Mosley explains the problem could be down to carrying some extra pounds.  The doctor, cre... read more

Jacqueline Jossa celebrates her size 14 figure in candid home video

Jacqueline Jossa celebrates her size 14 figure in candid Instagram video but doesn’t rule out going to the gym to lose weight in future By Natasha Hooper ... read more

30,000 kidney dialysis patients to benefit from no-scar operation…thanks to micro magnets in veins

Britain’s 30,000 kidney dialysis patients could soon benefit from a new operation that allows them to undergo the lifesaving treatment but spares them th... read more

Will every person over 50 get a flu jab on the NHS this winter?

Every Briton over 50 could be offered a free flu jab this winter as Ministers ‘consider all options’ to avoid a double-whammy scenario of a bad flu ... read more

Mysteries of the senses: The boy who broke almost every bone in his body – but didn’t feel any pain

Most young siblings spend their summer holidays building dens together, or imaginary castles out of cardboard boxes. But playtime for Paul Walters and his sist... read more

You CAN have a good death in hospital, insists top surgeon

If you’re anything like me, you probably spend a fair bit of time wondering where to go on holiday, where to have lunch or where to go for a nice walk. B... read more

BONNIE ESTRIDGE on life with Alzheimer’s: A new test for my illness… sniffing peanut butter!

Have you heard of the peanut butter test for Alzheimer’s? If you can’t smell it, it could be an early-warning sign of the disease. I know, it sound... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: Not being able to see patients in person is good for them, me and the NHS

It’s strange to think back to life before the pandemic – just seven months ago a world with Covid-19 didn’t even exist. Family and friends could be g... read more

Fad dieting risks ruining your chance of being a mum, fertility experts warn

Last month, a picture of my friend, journalist Emma Woolf, appeared on my Twitter feed. It made my heart swell. Looking beamingly happy and relaxed, she was cra... read more

HEALTH NOTES: Trial for motor neurone drug and why cycling could risk men’s sex life

HEALTH NOTES: Trial for motor neurone drug and why cycling could risk men’s sex life By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updat... read more

Working from home, masks in shops and sport: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions on coronavirus

Is it safer to stay working from home, or should we be going back to work? The short answer is both are safe – but some think staying at home would be prefera... read more

Bachelor In Paradise star Jessica Brody’s extreme weight loss secrets revealed

Bachelor In Paradise star Jessica Brody’s extreme weight loss secrets revealed… after she was ‘body shamed’ for slimming down By J. Pete... read more

Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause ‘cuts risk of common infections’ 

Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause ‘cuts risk of common infections’ New evidence from the University of Texas found women... read more

It could take ‘a year or MORE’ to know if young people’s lasting covid symptoms are chronic

Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned that young coronavirus survivors with long-lasting symptoms could be suffering from a chronic illne... read more

Where to buy a face mask in the UK: 15 in-stock face coverings

The government have announced face coverings and masks will be mandatory for people visiting shops and supermarkets in England from July 24. If you do not comp... read more

Hopes for long-lasting Covid-19 immunity as scientists believe T cells ‘could last for many years’

Hopes that Covid-19 survivors have long-lasting immunity is growing as scientists now believe crucial disease-fighting stay in the body for many years. Leading ... read more

SAGE told Boris Johnson ‘pre-Covid normality’ impossible

SAGE scientists told the Government a month ago it would not be possible to return to a ‘pre-Covid normality’ without a vaccine or a far better cont... read more

Kerry Katona flaunts her toned frame in tiny pink string bikini with beau Ryan Mahoney

She joined X-rated site OnlyFans back in May and has been wowing fans with her sizzling snaps. And Kerry Katona displayed her eye-popping frame as she stripped ... read more

Coronavirus UK: Urgent review into way PHE counts deaths

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today ordered Public Health England to review the way it counts deaths because of a ‘statistical flaw’ that means of... read more

Coronavirus UK: Scientific advisers absent from briefing

Signs of a rift between Boris Johnson and his top scientific advisers deepened today after they failed to attend the PM’s latest announcement on lockdown ... read more