Jo Georgiou was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in 2021, five years after finding a lump on her leg. She now has to have it amputated in order to get rid of the cancer. The 31-year-old from north London wants her story to inspire others to trust their instincts and push for care. She said: “I … Read more
Nov. 4, 2021 — Loads of people have trouble sleeping, and for a host of reasons: stress, too much caffeine, too much screen time before bed, and trouble shutting down at the end of the day are just a few. But perhaps the toughest sleep-related problem to handle is a body clock that’s off its … Read more
What Lizzo (and others) teach us about loving our bodies is that body positivity and self-care are not just for your Sunday afternoon to-do list—especially while on your breast cancer journey. Learning to love your body today and throughout the changes during treatments are vital for your mental and physical health, quality of life, and … Read more
Dogs don’t communicate through speech as humans do. Instead, they have an advanced set of non-verbal cues that they use to communicate with each other and with us. They use their entire body to do this — eyes, ears, mouth, tail, overall body movement, and more. While dogs do use their voices for noises such … Read more
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Thursday, July 22, 2021 (Kaiser News) — As a deadly heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest last month, overwhelming hospital emergency rooms in a region unaccustomed to triple-digit temperatures, doctors resorted to a grim but practical tool to save lives: human body bags filled with ice and water. Officials … Read more
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News image copyrightGetty Images What impact does heat have on the body? Our body will strive to keep a core temperature of about 37.5C whether we’re in a snowstorm or a heatwave. It is the temperature our bodies have evolved to work at. But as the mercury rises, … Read more
Joni Kazantzis was 15 years old when she woke up one morning covered with red, scaly spots that looked a lot like chickenpox. It happened overnight, so her mother thought it may have been an allergic reaction. But within the same week, she got a diagnosis: guttate psoriasis. That’s a type of psoriasis that shows … Read more
Gabby Bachner, a pharmacy student at the University of Georgia in Athens, found out she had eczema soon after she went to college. The specific type she has, called contact dermatitis, happens when her body touches something that causes an allergic reaction. Bachner, who works in a pharmacy, found that her scrubs and certain lotions … Read more
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee says the AstraZeneca vaccine should be limited to over-60s. Source link
Speaking at the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Public Health annual conference, he said there needed to be a body whose “total focus” was on the prevention and response to pandemics, infectious diseases and external threats, such as bioterrorism. Source link