The Kenyan women being helped by Alnwick stoma swimmer
Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya.
Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya.
For those who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19, probiotics could offer a level of protection against the virus, a new study suggests. In a randomized, placebo-controlled study led by Duke Health in North Carolina, probiotics were shown to have a “significant ability to delay a COVID infection and reduce symptoms” among people who had not been…
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Moderna closed more than 13% higher on Tuesday after Oppenheimer upgraded the stock to “outperform,” saying the Covid vaccine maker could market five products by 2026. The upgrade follows a dismal 2023 for Moderna, whose only commercially available product is its Covid shot. The company’s stock…
A vibrating pill has shown promise in early studies as a possible obesity treatment. Developed by engineers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the capsule is intended to be swallowed prior to eating in order to “trick” the brain into thinking the body is full — thereby reducing the amount of calories consumed. The vibrations…
Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families and says the UK was poorly prepared for the pandemic.
Experts are not too concerned about a new variant of Covid but say monitoring should continue.
Making breast cancer screenings an annual event could save women’s lives, new research suggests. In a study led by Epic Research, a health analytics firm based in Verona, Wisconsin, women who were screened for breast cancer on a yearly basis were shown to have a 17% lower risk of death by any cause compared to…