BBC Tracey Meechan Tracey Meechan’s pain from an ovarian cyst is so severe she can’t bend over – she relies on her children to help her put her shoes and socks on. Every day the 41-year-old wakes up and wonders if any new symptoms are going to appear. She has been on an “urgent” NHS … Read more
BBC handout When her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdose Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are … Read more
“Except on Sundays and holidays, there are hardly any visitors to this historic fort,” says Prema, an elderly woman who runs a tea stall right in front of the main gate of Bidanur fort at Nagara in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district. On weekdays, few travellers stop at the fort for a peek inside before … Read more
Thiru. Vi. Kalyanasundaram | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES While Pa. Ranjith’s Sarpatta Paramabari shed light on the boxers of north Chennai, the wrestlers of Royapettah failed to get adequate attention and urbanisation probably erased the sport from the area completely, even as this specific kind of wrestling went out of fashion. Gotha, as it … Read more
In 1989, a flu epidemic took hold in Scotland, causing disruption to the education of young people and the hospital care of others as many teachers and nurses were off sick. More people in Scotland died at the height of the ’89 epidemic than at the peak of the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020. … Read more
“Millions spent months shielding, having to battle for basic support like healthcare, supermarket deliveries, financial support and social care,” said James Taylor, executive director at disability equality charity Scope. “Horrifying reports of DNRs [do-not-resuscitate orders] being placed on people without their consent left many fearing they’d not get treatment if they caught the virus. Source … Read more
By David ShukmanScience editor For one GP, the very thought of people keeping windows tight shut “makes his head explode with anger”. And a leading engineer says he embarrasses his family in restaurants “by going around trying to bring in fresh air”. They are part of a growing band of medics and experts worried about … Read more
Heart-disease deaths among younger adults have risen – Sarah Fisher fears she could be next. Source link
Jeremy Howard, researcher in residence, University of San Francisco, California. Christos Lynteris, PhD, medical anthropologist, senior lecturer, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland. Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, the University of Vermont, Burlington. Don Milton, MD, professor of applied environmental health, University of Maryland. Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, PhD, post-doctoral … Read more