Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent and Adam Eley,BBC News Family handout Greg Marshall’s Medtronic heart pump malfunctioned and he died three years later aged 26 Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK’s leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device – despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than … Read more
Jennifer MeierhansBusiness reporter Getty Images Adverts for LED masks that are not registered with the medicines regulator have been banned (stock photo) A number of adverts for LED face masks have been banned for making unauthorised claims they can improve acne and rosacea. The popularity of at-home beauty devices has surged in recent years with … Read more
Aileen Moynagh BBC News NI health reporter BBC Jennifer Cousins said she “never felt settled” before her diagnosis A woman who was privately diagnosed with ADHD said the first time she took medication for it was “life-changing”. Jennifer Cousins said it was “unfair” that there are no commissioned services for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) … Read more
Family handout Louise Gleadell died aged 38 from cervical cancer after being wrongly told her tests were negative in both 2008 and 2012 The family of a mother who died from cervical cancer after twice being wrongly told she had negative results have been awarded undisclosed damages. The misreporting of Louise Gleadell’s cervical screening results … Read more
Street lights on many arterial roads and highways in Kochi are dysfunctional. A scene from the Palarivattom-Edappally stretch on Thursday (March 20, 2025). | Photo Credit: John L. Paul Innumerable road corridors in Kochi continue to have dysfunctional street lights or remain without provision for such lights, despite efforts to replace 40,400 of them with LED … Read more
Annabel Rackham Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images LED face mask manufacturers claim their products can treat acne scars and fine lines LED technology has been used to address a number of skin issues, such as eczema, mild to moderate acne, psoriasis and sun damage in a medical setting. But the at-home LED market is … Read more
Family Handout Jessica Powell died after staff did not adequately supervise and secure her therapy room An inquest has found a woman, who died while trying to abscond from a psychiatric ward, did not intend to take her own life. Jessica Powell, from Yeovil, Somerset, became trapped in a therapy room window in an apparent … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a news conference on the investigative efforts related to violent criminal activity occurring in Canada with connections to India, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on October 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats and consular officials in relation to an investigation of … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images A 35-year-old man was shot dead by some persons suspected of poll rivalry in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur on Wednesday (October 09, 2024), police said. “The incident took place in Asarakhpur village in the Baldisarai area when Icchanath Yadav went to the fields this … Read more
Police personnel lathi charge on agitators who blocked the railway tracks to protest against the alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a school, at Badlapur railway station, in Thane district, Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Police has arrested more than 40 people and registered FIR against 300 people following the … Read more