How world champion athlete Nicola Barke beat narcolepsy that left her fast asleep face down in her birthday cake At her birthday party, the then four-year-old Nicola Barke leaned forward to blow out the candles on her cake. What happened next did not follow the usual script. ‘Everyone was singing Happy Birthday and I fell asleep, with my face in […]

Ongoing use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment is associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published in the June issue of CHEST. Jean-Louis Pépin, M.D., from University Grenoble Alpes in France, and colleagues assessed the effects of CPAP therapy termination in the first year on all-cause mortality in patients […]

Bowel cancer: Dr Philippa Kaye lists the symptoms We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the […]

Food safety is important for everybody, but it is especially important if you’re expecting. Hormonal changes during pregnancy can change a pregnant person’s immune system, making her more susceptible to contracting foodborne illness. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases expert, discusses the risks associated with listeria and what summertime foods should be […]

Although breast cancer occurs less frequently in Black women compared to White women, they have a much higher risk of dying from the disease. In the United States, age-adjusted breast cancer mortality between 2014 and 2018 was approximately 40% higher among Black women than among non-Hispanic White women. This mortality gap likely reflects the fact that Black women face substantial barriers to […]

Another week of misery for hay fever sufferers: Met Office warns pollen levels will be very high across England all week Pollen levels are set to be very high across England, Wales and Northern Ireland   Head of clinical at Allergy UK Margaret Kelman it ‘will mean continued misery’ Current high levels are being caused by last week’s soaring temperatures Millions […]

A woman has described how her hair that was once her "crowning glory" started falling out in clumps and obliterated her self-confidence. In a recent column for YOU Magazine writer Liz Jones spoke openly about how her hair suddenly started falling out in what seemed like a traumatic overnight experience. She described it as being like "something out of a […]

Want to be Emma Raducanu but never held a tennis racket before? These expert tips for beginners will have you serving in no time.  Tennis season is well and truly upon us, with Wimbledon, one of the biggest tennis events in the world, just getting started. And if you’re anything like us, watching players like Emma Raducanu and Serena Williams […]

Youth hockey players with more years of bodychecking experience were at significantly higher risk of concussion than their peers with less bodychecking experience, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “We found that among ice hockey players aged 15–17 years in elite leagues that allow bodychecking, the rates of injury and concussion were more than double for […]

In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers at King's College London and ZOE Limited assessed the risk of long coronavirus disease (COVID) associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta and Omicron variants in the United Kingdom (UK). Studies have reported that Omicron causes acute SARS-CoV-2 infections of lesser severity compared to those by previously circulating […]