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Shop has started selling Christmas lights for BEARDS
Social media users have already started #Beardlights - which features dozens of hirsute men adorning their facial hair with glittery fairy lights.
MRI scans ‘predict which people will develop Alzheimer’s’
MRI scans of the brain using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which assess the condition of the brain's white matter, were found to be between 89 and 95 per cent accurate
Concerns raised over Google-fuelled hypochondria after serious health searches skyrocket
Concerns that the internet is fuelling hypochondria have been raised after research revealed searches for serious health conditions have increased by thousands of percentage points over the last three years. UK search volumes for terms such as ‘how to know chest pains are serious’ have risen by 8,781 per cent from 2015 to 2018, analysis of Google data has found. And searches for keywords such as ‘sciatica’, ‘acne’ and ‘IBS’ plus ‘treatment’ are now searched over 100,000 times on average...
Quiz: Can you spot the one in a million?
If you’ve ever been told you’re ‘one in a million’, this is the puzzle for you. Hidden away in this busy high street is one person who almost literally is one in a million – but you can only identify him due to the No1 written on his shirt. The brainteaser featuring adults through the ages was created by Skipton Building Society to celebrate reaching the million-member mark, having been in business since the 1850s. When it was established in...
My £20 CPR class saved my baby’s life
Isaac Hoey was just six weeks old when he "stopped breathing and started to turn blue".
Genetically modified virus that kills cancer cells developed by British scientists
The dual action virus targets cancer cells and healthy cells tricked into protecting the cancer from the immune system
Children allergic to peanuts that are fed increasing amounts of deadly allergen build up tolerance
The ground-breaking research saw allergists build up people's tolerance to peanuts by feeding them a small amount every day for over a year
People with autism ‘have stronger connections between brain cells – making it harder for them to switch off’
Their grey matter needs more time to 'hang up' on information, suggests the study, explaining the communication difficulties and repetitive behaviour
Transcendental meditation ‘could combat post traumatic stress disorder in war veterans’
Soldiers who tried meditation as part of a small scale study found it as effective as a mainstream therapy for the devastating mental condition