Health
Cocaine addicts could soon receive simple treatment
The injection introduces a protein into the bloodstream that reduces the effect of the drug
Woman who wanted to chop her leg off finally diagnosed with Lyme disease after paintball game
Samantha Frost was bitten by a tick while paintballing with her son last February but claimed she was fobbed off by docs
Soot particles from London air pollution could endanger babies in the womb
For the first time scientists have found the harmful tiny particles of carbon, typically created from burning fossil fuel, in placentas
You will never guess how many times you will walk around the earth in your lifetime
Research revealed the average adult clocks a whopping 478.3 million steps over a lifetime which tallies up to around 239,148 miles, and with the world’s equator reaching 24,901 miles it’s more than nine and a half laps of the Earth.
Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom, here’s why
The evolutionary development enabled our ancestors to come out of the forests and survive the arid savannahs of Africa, say scientists.
Legislation on increasing flexible working ‘has failed’
Researchers found no significant overall increase in the number of employees working flexibly since the changes came into effect four years ago
New way of smoothing over visible facial scars developed
Researchers say the novel cosmetic product, designed to fill small to moderate facial scars, has shown promise in covering such deformities
Heart failure patients in Britain ‘twice as likely to die within six months than in Japan’
Inferior care following discharge from hospital could be behind the phenomenon, according to researchers
The North is feeling more pain than the South…literally
Researchers say better guidance for doctors on how to manage chronic pain is essential, if an ‘opioid epidemic’ - similar to the one in the United States- is to be avoided