Nearly 350 Americans evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak were released from two separate quarantine stations in California on Tuesday. The first group had been in isolation at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the second was at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. All of the US citizens had been … Read more
Pregnant and breastfeeding women have been warned to avoid CBD by ‘concerned’ regulators. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) made the recommendations in light of animal research which shows CBD can be toxic to unborn babies. The CBD market has boomed in the past couple of years. But the FSA said there is still no human studies … Read more
Twelve-hour trolley waits in A&E have quadrupled in a single year, NHS England figures show. The number of patients waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors reached 2,846 in January 2020, compared with 627 in the previous year. This is the highest level recorded since data collection began in 2010 – even though this winter flu … Read more
A cancer survivor has become the world’s first woman to give birth to a baby after having her immature eggs harvested and frozen. The 34-year-old French woman was given the option just before she started chemotherapy for breast cancer five years ago. Doctors took seven eggs from her ovaries before artificially maturing them in the … Read more
Heading a football can trigger INSTANT vision changes ‘by disrupting part of the brain that controls what the eyes see’ Headers cause temporary damage to the circuit linking grey matter to the eyes Indiana University scientists made conclusion after studying 78 footballers The findings add to mounting evidence that blows to the skull can be … Read more
Young NHS doctors are cashing in on their credentials for financial gain and ‘bringing the medical profession into disrepute’ by accepting thousands of pounds to plug commercial products and give advice on social media. One of Britain’s most senior GPs has hit out at the ‘appalling’ practices of so-called medical influencers – social media stars … Read more
Homeopaths banned from practising quack autism ‘treatment’ by Government watchdog – but NHS director wants them struck off completely The Professional Standards Authority has banned autism ‘cures’ It issued a three-month deadline to the Society of Homeopaths today Last year, the PSA accredited The Society of Homeopaths for a fifth year running That is despite … Read more
A GP surgery in Islington, north London, closed abruptly today after a coronavirus scare – a day after the capital last night announced its first case of the killer disease. Cleaners wearing protective clothing were pictured scrubbing down the Ritchie Street Health Centre, near the Angel underground station. The surgery blamed the virus for its decision … Read more
The defining image of the coronavirus outbreak has been pictures of people with their faces covered by masks. And it’s not just in Wuhan, where the Chinese government has made it compulsory for residents to cover their noses and mouths in public. The rapid spread of the virus has prompted some in the UK to … Read more
There is hope for transplant patients, from technology which may keep a heart alive for 24 hours. At the moment, a donated heart can usually only last around four hours as it is rushed to the person who needs it. But by pumping fluid through its blood vessels, and using pulses of oxygen which mimic … Read more