There is no benefit to doing more than five hours of high intensity exercise a week, a Harvard study has found, as it does not help to stave off an untimely death. However, pushing your body as har… [+2323 chars]
IT might not be something you think much about, especially as the average person does it up to 20 times a day, but passing wind could reveal a multitude of things about your health. So much of our h… [+6255 chars]
The immuno-infrared sensor was able to identify the 68 test subjects who later developed Alzheimer's disease with a high degree of test accuracy. For comparison, the researchers examined other bioma… [+724 chars]
Judging by the volume of antidepressants prescribed by its GPs, Sunderland must be the most depressing place in England. In May this year, doctors in the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group … [+11016 chars]
We published an article earlier this month that contained incorrect estimates for the basic reproduction number (R0) for COVID subvariants BA.4/BA.5 and BA.2. We have now corrected the error, but I w… [+1501 chars]
Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a blistery rash that lasts two to four weeks, but … [+6048 chars]
The 11-year-old Luke Pembroke who stood on the sidelines at football, watching his brother race around the pitch, never imagined a life in which haemophilia B didnt affect his every decision. A physi… [+2968 chars]
The immuno-infrared sensor was able to identify the 68 test subjects who later developed Alzheimer's disease with a high degree of test accuracy. For comparison, the researchers examined other bioma… [+724 chars]
A man who works as a waiter at Cheshire Oaks said he realised he had monkeypox after he had to sit down to take food orders. Wesley Williams said he went into work the day after returning from a trip… [+2191 chars]
A woman who suffered a suspected heart attack was diagnosed with cancer after a doctor ordered extra scans. The Reverend Rosie Bouch visited hospital last December after chest pains, and was cleared… [+1715 chars]
EATING a slightly green banana each day could help prevent cancer in those with a family history of the disease, scientists have found. The team at Newcastle and Leeds Universities examined 1,000 pe… [+1513 chars]
Thousands of seabirds have died in an outbreak of avian flu on the Farne Islands in the worst "disaster" to hit the colonies in nearly 100 years. The National Trust, which cares for the islands, has… [+4091 chars]
