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Trump Administration Takes Steps To Fatten Up School Meals With Burgers And Fries
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Supreme Court To Hear Trump Appeal In Obamacare Contraception Fight
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Miscarriage Trauma Can Last Far Longer Than We Realized
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Susan Warby death: Whistleblower letter to husband ‘revealed blunders’
A former police officer whose wife died five weeks after bowel surgery said he was “knocked sideways completely” when he received an anonymous letter highlighting blunders in her treatment. Susan Warby, 57, died at the West Suffolk Hospital on 30 August, 2018. During an inquest into her death, it was heard she had been given […]
Utah Health Officials’ Jokey ‘SL, UT’ Condoms Don’t Go Over Super Swell With Governor
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Stroke consultant shortage ‘hurtling towards crisis’
Almost half of hospitals have a shortage of specialist stroke consultants, new figures suggest. One charity fears “thousands of lives” will be put at risk unless action is taken, with others facing the threat of a lifelong disability. In 2016, Alison Brown had what is believed to have been at least one minor stroke. But […]
Social media data needed for ‘harm’ research, say doctors
Leading UK psychiatrists say they will never understand the risks and benefits of social media use on children’s mental health unless companies hand over their data to researchers. Tech companies must be made to share data and pay a tax to fund important research, they say in a report. There is growing evidence internet use […]
‘My sister died after taking a line of cocaine’
Stacey Jordan still wonders whether she could have done more to save her sister. Lucy White was just 24 when she died in hospital in summer 2018 after a line of cocaine triggered a heart attack and then a coma. Lucy, a student from Bristol, had been introduced to cocaine by her mother, a long-term […]
The Best Products At Sephora For Dry Skin, According To A Sephora Expert
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‘Alarming’ one in five deaths due to sepsis
One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, shows the most comprehensive analysis of the condition. The report estimates 11 million people a year are dying from sepsis – more than are killed by cancer. The researchers at the University of Washington said the “alarming” figures were […]
Model Kenny Jones Is Here To Smash Stigma Around Transgender Men Who Menstruate
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What People With Invisible Illnesses Want You To Know
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South Dakota Considers Banning Affirming Treatment For Transgender Youth
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Why are opioids still given for chronic pain?
We all know what it is to feel pain. Acute pain, that is, such as slamming your finger in the door or grazing your knee. Chronic pain is different. It might be triggered by arthritis, an injury to your back or by an operation you never completely recover from. According to the British Pain Society, […]