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Skin disease causes woman to feel like her body is on fire

A 29-year-old has described the agony of her rare skin disease which makes her feel like she is being burned alive.Kayla Hansen, who lives in [...]

Expert reveals tips for preparing your body for IVF

Celebrity couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen recently revealed that they plan to try to conceive a second child via IVF treatments.The couple's first child, [...]

Less than 1 percent of US preschoolers get enough exercise

Fewer than one percent of preschoolers get the recommended amount of exercise that will help them avoid obesity in later years, a study has found.The [...]

Doctors could PREDICT premature births

Doctors may be able to predict premature births after research found women have an 'immune clock' during pregnancy.These immune system changes are precisely timed, and [...]

Video captures Bath amputee toddler taking first steps

This heartwarming video captures a mother's ecstatic reaction as her quadruple-amputee daughter takes her first steps on prosthetic legs.Harmonie-Rose Allen, from Bath, was just 11 [...]

Chugging water to rehydrate your body isn’t necessary

It's hard to keep track of advice telling us how much water to drink. Some say we need eight glasses a day, but recently the Mayo [...]

Olympic rower posts jaw-dropping picture of wrinkly hands

Olympic Gold medallist Alex Gregory has shared a post showing the harsh conditions on his Arctic challengeMost of us have marvelled at some point at [...]

Baby got lead poisoning due to a homeopathic bracelet

A baby developed life-threatening lead poisoning after chewing on a homeopathic bracelet her parents gave her to ease her teething pain. The unnamed nine-month-old's blood lead [...]

Legal cannabis oil has Scott Disick and Snoop Dogg as fans

A legal cannabis oil with a host of celebrity fans is relieving multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers of their agonising pain.Founded by billionaire Coca-Cola heir Alki [...]

Breastfeeding reduces endometriosis’ risk by up to 40%

Breastfeeding reduces the risk of endometriosis by up to 40 percent, new research reveals.Naturally feeding for a total of three or more years across a [...]

Gateshead doctor tells mother to put her baby on a diet

A mother says she was left shocked after a doctor told her to put her six-month-old baby on a diet.Danielle Parker says she was instructed [...]

Asthma inhalers may protect against Parkinson’s disease

Asthma inhalers may protect patients from Parkinson's disease, a major new study suggests.Full of salbutamol, researchers found the medication halves the risk of developing the [...]

Dating apps fuelling rise in cancer-causing STI HPV

Michael Douglas made the revelation that his cancer may have been caused by performing oral sexDating apps such as Tinder are increasing people's risk of [...]

Magnesium cream could combat high blood pressure

Magnesium cream could be used as an alternative or in addition to medication to combat high blood pressure, a study has found.It could be promising [...]

Skin cancer starts as marks in two-thirds of cases

Deadly skin cancer starts as new spots on the skin, not moles, in more than two-thirds of cases, new research reveals.In 71 per cent of [...]

Orkney man in coma gestures ‘I love you’ to wife

This is the incredible moment that a husband gestured 'I love you' to his wife as he languished in a coma on the brink of [...]

PHE: Flu vaccines work in children but NOT the elderly

Last winter's flu vaccine reduced the risk of infection among youngsters by 66% This made it eight per cent more effective than the previous year's jabIt [...]

Mother has a rare condition that is making her feet shrink

A mother suffers from a disorder that is causing her feet to shrink.Sophie Earl-Park, 29, has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which is defined as a group [...]

Climate change caused a rise in traffic collision deaths

Warmer temperatures caused by climate change are likely responsible for more deaths on the road, a study claims.Researchers from Yale University found that temperatures in [...]

Drug company ‘fraudulently gave drug to wrong patients’

Prescription opioids and illicit drugs have become incredibly pervasive throughout the US, and things are only getting worse. In the early 2000s, the FDA and CDC [...]

Study claims anxiety may HELP with academic success

Anxious students are more likely to graduate high school on time than their peers, a new study claims.The Canadian study claimed that students with high [...]

Walking a dog does wonders for your MENTAL health

Walking a dog is as good for the owner as it is for their pet, according to the most in-depth study on the activity to [...]

LA health worker is fighting the spread of syphilis

Roberto Rocha, a supervising health investigator, will go as far as staking out a donut shop, talking with gang members or even banging on grandma's [...]

Neuroscientists decode Rafael Nadal’s superhuman reflexes

Tennis fans around the world are gathering this week in Queens, New York to watch the world's best players gracefully execute impossible-looking shots.Rafael Nadal, who [...]

Most physical therapists face sexual assault from patients

Most physical therapists in America suffer sexual harassment from their patients, according to a new study.More than 80 percent of nearly 900 physical therapists surveyed [...]

Woman got meningitis from a tick bite in New York City

A woman has contracted spinal meningitis from a tick bite in New York City.Dee Vandenburg, of Staten Island, was at her home near a deer [...]

Don’t bother trying to stifle that yawn!

Yawning is so contagious that one sleepy person in a room can easily set off the rest.But anyone trying to stifle their yawns at a [...]

We can’t live longer than 115 years old, scientists say

Researchers claim to have discovered the maximum age 'ceiling' for human lifespan.Despite growing life expectancy because of better nutrition, living conditions and medical care, Dutch [...]

Kabul man’s toe replaces thumb after losing it in bomb

A student who lost his thumb in a terrorist attack is finally able to do simple tasks again after having his toe transplanted onto his [...]

NHS no longer uses post-it notes for heart transplants

The NHS no longer uses post-it notes and whiteboards to arrange life-saving heart transplants for patients, it has emerged.Instead of relying on the traditional methods, it [...]

Half a million pacemaker patients are at risk of hack

More than 465,000 patients with St Jude pacemakers are at risk of potentially fatal hacks - and need to undergo an incredibly risky 'software update', [...]

Children of insomniacs fall asleep later researchers say

Children of mothers with insomnia fall asleep later, get less shut eye and spend less time in deep sleep, new research reveals.This is not true [...]

NHS botched up a removal of the contraceptive implant

A woman claims she is 'unable to do the simplest of things' after NHS staff botched up a simple procedure to remove a contraceptive implant [...]

Narcissists actually DON’T like looking at themselves

Narcissists may think they're better looking than the people around them. But new myth-busting research suggests that they don't actually like admiring their own beauty in [...]

Falkirk son inherits Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease like dad

A father has told of his heartbreak after his son inherited the same rare degenerative neuromuscular disease as him and is now struggling with his [...]

Psoriasis sufferers are TWICE as likely to die early

Psoriasis sufferers are up to twice as likely to die early, new research reveals.Patients with a severe form of the condition, defined as affected skin [...]

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