Hancock defends catastrophic care home crisis

Matt Hancock defends catastrophic decision to empty infected patients into care homes, letting Covid run riot as shamed ex-Health Secretary says ‘every decision was a choice between difficult options’ in grilling over testing failures Care homes in England were forced to accept NHS patients who weren’t tested Mr Hancock said every decision was ‘a choice between difficult options’ Matt Hancock […]

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Does drinking coffee help prevent IBS? Study provides insights

Drinking coffee may help protect against the development of irritable bowel syndrome or relieve its symptoms for some people, according to a new meta-analysis. The meta-analysis included data from 432,022 participants across eight studies. In five of them, coffee was protective against the condition, while three suggested the opposite. Irritable bowel syndrome affects women more frequently than men. A recent […]

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Neural patterns unravel distinctions between traumatic and sad memories in individuals with PTSD

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience traumatic memories differently than other types of negative memories. A recent Nature Neuroscience study investigates the neural patterns of patients with PTSD while listening to narratives that depicted their own memories. Study: Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD. Image Credit: Cat Box / Shutterstock.com Background Although personal memory plays an important role […]

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How US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger lived to 100 years old

The surprising reason why Kissinger reached 100 – despite his diet of bratwurst and Wiener schnitzel and his lifelong aversion to exercise The former secretary’s son attributed Kissinger’s longevity to a sharp mind Despite a less-than-healthy lifestyle, Kissinger turned 100 years old in May READ MORE: The extraordinary legacy of Henry Kissinger, who fled the Nazis and became America’s most influential […]

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