A mum has spoken about the “heartbreak” she feels every time she looks at her son. Joanne Mawdsley-Duckworth’s eldest son, William, has a rare genetic disorder that has resulted in the nerves in his arms and legs dying. The 27-year-old’s health has been deteriorating over the last three years and Joanne, a mum-of-two from Ormskirk, […]
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Oli Constable/BBC By Chris Baynes & Oli Constable BBC News A pioneering laser treatment which could cut the risk of drug-resistant infections after operations is being trialled for the first time in the UK. A six-month NHS pilot will see 500 patients given nasal disinfection at Pontefract Hospital in West Yorkshire. The treatment involves a […]
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Paramore’s Hayley Williams continues to struggle with an ongoing lung infection that’s caused the band to cancel the remaining shows in its This Is Why Tour. Following Wednesday’s Seattle performance — which had been rescheduled from late July due to the singer’s illness — Williams shared on her Instagram stories that “After speaking with our team […]
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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Rock band Paramore has been forced to cancel the remaining stops on the US leg of their This Is Why tour after lead vocalist Hayley Williams said she […]
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Israel Police stopped the third criminal assassination squad in five days in the south on Thursday, in the backdrop of an ongoing blood feud between gangs. The police had started a campaign to prevent blood feud murders and received a tip about a squad of assassins. SWAT, local, and regional police worked together to track […]
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Long COVID can persist for at least a year after the acute illness has passed, or appear months later, according to the most comprehensive look yet at how symptoms play out over a year. The multicenter study, a collaboration between UC San Francisco, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and seven other sites, […]
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Testing of Vlad the Impaler’s letters show he may have had condition causing his tears to be mixed with blood
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<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/testing-of-vlad-the-im.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/testing-of-vlad-the-im.jpg" data-sub-html="(a) First letter (archive catalog number is II 365), dated August 4, 1475, here investigated, also showing the positions of the EVA strips (brownish rectangles) applied to its surface for capturing biological material; (b) mapping of the fluorescence of phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan under flash UV illumination. Credit: Analytical Chemistry (2023). DOI: […]
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When it comes to selecting the right blood pressure monitor for at-home use, keep these factors in mind: Accuracy: Most models available for sale are expected to be accurate when used properly (thanks to pre-market testing requirements). That being said, monitors with upper arm cuffs are the most reliable and accurate automatic monitors. Wrist monitors […]
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Biochemist: 4 Easy Hacks That Steady Blood Sugar for the 88% of Women Over 50 Whose Bodies Are ‘Metabolically Unstable’
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On any given week we might closely track the weather, our weight, the price of eggs or our favorite sports team. But our blood sugar? For those of us who don’t have diabetes, that’s hardly ever on our mind. French biochemist Jessie Inchauspé, who is lovingly known as the “Glucose Goddess,” wants to change that. […]
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A pop-up Covid-19 testing tent in Manhattan. Photo: Gabby Jones for The Wall Street Journal Don’t count Covid-19 out just yet. Covid-19 infections are rising in the U.S.—ahead of the autumn months when respiratory illnesses typically surge—as another offshoot of the Omicron variant gains momentum. The continued evolution of the virus is a reminder that […]