Credit: CC0 Public Domain For more than a week, the rare resident of Shanghai who dared venture outside has encountered something unfamiliar: a surreal peace and quiet. The deadly coronavirus epidemic has brought much of China to a standstill, but perhaps nowhere has the change been more stark than in the country’s biggest and most vibrant city. Gone are the […]
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Claire King, 57, has been on television screens for decades. She joined the cast of Emmerdale way back in 1988 and has appeared in the gripping show Bad Girls playing a wing governor, Babes in the Wood, Doctors and Dalziel and Pascoe. She has entertained Britons for over thirty years, but during this time she has also suffered a debilitating […]
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Dr. David C. Rhew, global chief medical officer and vice president of healthcare at Microsoft and an adjunct professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, is steeped in the healthcare industry. When he speaks, people pay heed. Healthcare IT News interviewed him ahead of the big HIMSS20 conference and exhibition, asking him to put his finger to the wind and […]
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‘Not a day goes by when I don’t think about her’: She was a much-loved BBC presenter who died just 10 days after she was told she had cancer… now, one year on, her husband shares her story in the hope it will save others Dianne Oxberry died aged 51 ten days after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer The pain […]
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Coronavirus fears have gripped much of the world over the last month, as a little known “novel” strain of the disease appeared in one of China’s most populous cities. Since then, doctors have scrambled to halt its spread around Asia and the rest of the world, but with limited success. Where has the coronavirus spread? Coronavirus, otherwise know has 2019-CoV, […]
Continue reading » Sleep loss can seem like an immutable aspect of modern day living, with entrenched habits hampering your body clock. The condition is exasperating at best, life-threatening at worst, kickstarting mechanisms that can lead to chronic complications such as heart disease. It is obviously important to identify the underlying cause of sleep loss, but expert opinion suggests the condition can be […]
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Libby Clegg, 29, has represented both Scotland and Great Britain at international sporting events. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and won gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Clearly up for any challenge, the sprinter is now competing in ITV’s Dancing On Ice. READ MORE Lucy Fallon health: Coronation Street star’s condition can be deadly But […]
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Actress Janelle Monáe just revealed she’s recovering from mercury poisoning. She says she got sick due to her pescatarian diet. While mercury poisoning from food is rare, you should vary the type of fish you’re eating. Janelle Monáe is on the mend after developing mercury poisoning from eating too much fish, she says. The singer shared the news in a […]
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A heart attack is a medical emergency. Potentially life-threatening, it takes place when blood flow is restricted to the heart. As the heart becomes starved of oxygen and nutrients, part of the heart muscle begins to die. There may be a sign you’re at a higher risk of this occurrence. Coronary heart disease, sometimes called ischaemic heart disease, can lead […]
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This story is part of Pain in America, a nine-part series looking at some of the underlying causes of the opioid addiction crisis and how we treat pain. When I had my first fibromyalgia “flare” in 2011, the succession of symptoms —pain in most of my body, along with cognitive and digestive issues — indicated there was a larger problem […]
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