Summary: On average, women who self-harm have a higher tolerance to pain than those who do not self-injure. Brain scans revealed greater connectivity between brain areas involved in pain perception a… [+5564 chars]
PARENTS have been warned to be on the lookout for signs of Victorian diseases - as cases hit a five-year high. Illnesses such as scarlet fever, tuberculosis, measles and mumps have all risen dramati… [+2794 chars]
A large team of researchers from Denali Therapeutics, working with colleagues from multiple entities in the U.S. and one in Canada, has found that a LRRK2 inhibitor called DNL201 showed no ill effect… [+2940 chars]
A shattered father-of-two has opened up about his wife's death, who tragically lost her life after doctors took a year to diagnose her cervical cancer. Lucy Dolbel, 42, from Queensland's Sunshine Co… [+3442 chars]
Children are turning up in doctors' clinics infected with as many as three different types of viruses, in what experts believe is the result of their immune systems being weakened from two years of C… [+4353 chars]
British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease. Pox virus, illustration. Pox viru… [+1488 chars]
New research has revealed that humans moderate the size of energy-rich meals they eat, suggesting people are smarter eaters than previously thought. The findings, led by the University of Bristol, r… [+4606 chars]
Enlarge/ British troops moving to the trenches east of Ypres in October 1917. A new book by historian Lindsey Fitzharris explores the stories of those soldiers who suffered severe facial injuries, an… [+5727 chars]
On June 7, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Hepatitis Alliance, at their World Hepatitis Summit 2022, released a joint news statement in which they also briefly addressed the c… [+7764 chars]
<ul><li>A new observational study suggests that intravenous administration of the anesthetic agent lidocaine could help alleviate pain in individuals hospitalized with hard-to-treat chronic migraines… [+6687 chars]
Summary: On average, women who self-harm have a higher tolerance to pain than those who do not self-injure. Brain scans revealed greater connectivity between brain areas involved in pain perception a… [+5564 chars]
By Jennifer HarbyBBC News A woman who was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer and given three months to live has been told she is in remission. Caroline Guy, 56, was diagnosed in January 2020, a… [+2176 chars]