Given the record-breaking temperatures at the London Marathon last year, those participating in the event in 2019 will be forgiven for treating the Easter weekend’s splendid weather with as much trepidation as joy. Fortunately, the hot weather won’t last until next weekend. Temperatures in London are forecast to cool over the course of the week, […]
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can read people’s minds and turn their thoughts to speech. The team at the University of California, San Francisco says the technology is “exhilarating”. They add that their findings, published in the journal Nature, could help people when disease robs them of their ability to talk. Experts said […]
More than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by charity Unicef reveals. It comes as NHS chief Simon Stevens warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in just one year and urged families to get the vaccine. He said people rejecting vaccines […]
The original Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% was a hard act to follow, so Nike played it safe with the first update of the shoe by simply swapping the upper for one made from its Flyknit material. That shoe attained legendary status by adorning the feet of Eliud Kipchoge when he smashed the world record for […]
A man who almost died from meningitis has revealed how he began to look forward to having his limbs amputated. Mike Davies, 60, from Brighton, spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia. During this time, he said he knew his hands and feet were “dead” and he would recover better without […]
A large-scale pilot of what has been called the world’s first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in Malawi. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. Earlier, smaller trials showed that nearly 40% of the 5-to-17-month-olds who received it were […]
A campaign to tackle “botched” cosmetic procedures is to be launched shortly by the government in England. It follows a rise in people seeking surgeries such as a “Brazilian butt lift” abroad, which has led to deaths. There have also been warnings about the rise in the use of self-injected dermal and lip fillers, with […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device A treatment that has restored the movement of patients with chronic Parkinson’s disease has been developed by Canadian researchers. Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. A quarter of patients have difficulty walking as the disease […]
Seven-year-old Leia Armitage lived in total silence for the first two years of her life, but thanks to pioneering brain surgery and years of therapy she has found her voice and can finally tell her parents she loves them. “We were told you could put a bomb behind her and she wouldn’t hear it at […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his allies talk a lot about how “Medicare for All” would take back money from insurers and drug companies, and use those savings to help make sure every American has generous health insurance. That is accurate. But Sanders and his allies rarely mention that Medicare for All would also restrict the […]
Nearly one-in-10 heart attacks and strokes in England and Wales could be prevented if routine check-ups were better targeted, say researchers. Currently, people aged 40 and over are eligible to have their heart health assessed every five years. But UCL scientists say people at low risk are being checked too often while those considered at […]
A little bone in the knee scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts from Imperial College London. The fabella is found in some people buried in the tendon just behind their knee. Doctors think it is entirely pointless, and you can happily live without it – many […]
A mother who lost her son to cot death says she wants a change in how such cases are reported after misleading headlines left her feeling “suicidal”. Holly Eastall, 23, from Kingston, south-west London, was grieving her baby when it was reported “child abuse officers” were investigating the case. All unexplained infant deaths are probed […]
An NHS target to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities being treated in long-stay hospitals has been missed, resulting in more than 2,200 remaining in-patients in England. Charities say they are at risk of abuse and neglect in hospital units and should be cared for in homes in the community, close to their […]
The Priory healthcare group has been fined £300,000 over the death of a child at one of its hospitals. Amy El-Keria, 14, was found hanged in her room at the Priory in Ticehurst, East Sussex, in November 2012. The private company, which runs mental health services as part of an NHS contract, was sentenced at […]