Category: Health
Beer belly raises the risk of early death from illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease
Every 4in on your belly 'raises risk of early death': Swollen waistline is a dire threat to health... even if the rest of your body is [...]
CDC director says more than 90% of US susceptible to COVID-19 but vaccine predicted by spring 2021
The majority of Americans are vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]
Smoking marijuana during pregnancy increases risk of psychotic-like behaviors in children
Using marijuana while pregnant increases the risk of psychotic-like behaviors and sleep problems in children, a new study suggests.Researchers foun [...]
Britain hasn't learnt from March and is about to make another 'mistake', SAGE members warn
Britain hasn't learnt its lesson from the first wave of coronavirus and is on the brink of making another 'mistake', one of the Government's scient [...]
Covid-19 restrictions could mean elderly in care homes have no visitors for a YEAR, Age UK warns
FEBRUARY - SAGE scientists warned Government 'very early on' about the risk to care homesBritain's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, [...]
Coronavirus UK: 27 fatalities in preliminary daily death toll
England, Wales and Scotland today announced 27 more Covid-19 deaths between them, while Northern Ireland recorded none in the preliminary toll. Gov [...]
Do tougher rules REALLY work? Glasgow's coronavirus outbreak has slowed dramatically
Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official data showing Glasgow's spike in coronavirus cases was controlled within days of being hit by f [...]
Government's warning of 50,000 cases a day in October is based on few hundred positive cases
The Government's claim Britain could face 50,000 coronavirus infections a day was based on studies involving just hundreds of positive cases, it ha [...]
Plastic face shields DON'T work
Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected patients to escape through visors, a stud [...]
Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty faced backlash over 'herd immunity', emails show
Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty asked for help to 'calm down' angry academics after facing backlash over the controversial 'herd im [...]