Health
SAS Who Dares Wins just taught us how not to help somebody suffering a panic attack
A scene from Channel 4’s 'SAS Who Dares Wins', which aired last night, showed us exactly how not to react when someone is having a panic attack. SAS Who Dares Wins, for anyone unfamiliar, is a reality show that sees normal men from across the UK take on SAS-style training led by former SAS servicemen. Recruits endure physical and mental challenges that push them to their limits. The scene that troubled me, followed a task where recruits had clambered across...
Investigation launched as patient dies waiting to be treated at Midlands hospital
An investigation has been launched after a man died in a waiting room for Accident and Emergency in a hospital in Dudley in the Midlands. The person died in Russells Hall Hospital's emergency waiting room in November, the NHS trust confirmed today. BBC Midlands reported that the man was a suspected cardiac patient with chest pains. News of the investigation into the death of the patient waiting to be treated comes as new figures revealed that last week a third of...
Fertility treatment could soon become more effective after scientists developed an ‘assault course’… for sperm
Fertility treatment could soon become more effective after scientists developed an 'assault course'... for sperm. It uses an obstacle course to separate the 'men from the boys' - identifying the strongest and fastest swimmers. Appropriately dubbed SPARTAN, after one of the most feared military forces in Ancient Greece, it uses obstacles to select the fastest and healthiest sperm. Already available for use in the clinic, it is hoped it will be helping women to become pregnant with fewer cycles of...
“It is a crisis. One which will lead to a breaking point” – A&E consultant’s viral plea
Theresa May was at pains yesterday to insist that a national A&E meltdown and 55 cancelled ops is NOT an NHS crisis. Even though Jeremy Hunt apologised for it, then appeared on TV again, insisting actually it wasn't a crisis as at least it’s not like last winter when loads of operations were cancelled 24 hours before. The Prime Minister and Health Secretary’s insistence that the current debacle across hospitals all over the UK is an unforeseeable consequence of winter...
Apparently cancelling 55K ops isn’t a crisis- it’s better than last year when patients told day before- Jeremy Hunt’s carcrash interview
As the scale of the winter crisis facing the NHS - a crisis the Government was repeatedly warned about - became increasingly apparent today, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary veered from one car crash interview to another. On Wednesday Theresa May flatly denied there was any "crisis", insisting “the NHS has been better prepared for this winter than ever before, we have put extra funding in. ''There are more beds available across the system, we've reduced the number of delayed...
10 Truths about Life you need to Remember
It's incredibly easy to lose sight of the important things in life. We all forget the simple truths about life. Accepting these truths could help you on the path to happiness. If you've got the January blues after returning to work, get a grip and count your blessings. These simple truths will help you put life into perspective. You don't need to be a millionaire to be happy (there's more than one way of being rich) and you don't necessarily...
Poorly four-year-old seeks bone marrow transplant for million-to-one condition
A pair of desperate parents are urging people to sign the bone marrow register after their adorable daughter was struck down with a one-in-a-million rare condition. Myla Mae Hatcher, four, was suffering with large bruising and dots on her legs - but her parents thought it was just 'kids being kids'. However, when her dad John Hatcher, 28, casually showed his three-month-old son's doctor pictures of Myla Mae's rash he was told she needed to be seen to immediately. It...
Fighting cancer with nanobots
The advances of technology have managed to change the world and the way we live today. Studies and research in the field of medicine and technology with the use of nanobots represents a new field that opens the future to the treatments that can extend life expectancy by far. Scientists and researchers from the University of Cambridge work to take medicine to a new stage, that is, to bring closer to the patient all the benefits of technological advancement in...
Man Flu…is real after all, claims academic study
Like most men, any slight illness is immediately called man flu and gives us males the opportunity to act like we are inches away form death for a few days. Most of the time, I speak for myself, I might just be a combination of lazy and tired However, there is growing evidence that man flu is real. In a special Christmas issue of the BMJ, a Canadian academic set out to discover whether males really experience worse flu symptoms...