Cough medicine link to lethal allergic reaction during surgery

Experts suspect that when pholcodine, a cough suppressant that is found in popular products such as Day Nurse and some Covonia syrups, is combined with certain anaesthesia drugs, it sets off a life-threatening anaphylactic shock

A cough medicine taken by millions of Britons could trigger a lethal allergic reaction in those undergoing operations.Experts suspect that ...

Millie Mackintosh marked five months of sobriety in an Instagram post earlier this month.

The celebrities who have ditched alcohol for good as Dry January draws to a close

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January 28, 2023

If you are one of the millions who took part in Dry January, it is only a matter of days ...

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson revealed this month that he was taking Ozempic in a bid to lose weight

A ‘miracle’ obesity cure, or dangerous TikTok trend adored by Hollywood?

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January 25, 2023

Overhauling diet and adopting an intensive exercise routine used to be the go-to approach for anyone looking to shift the ...

A report by the Women and Equalities Committee had called for urgent action to prevent vast numbers of talented menopausal women quitting their jobs. But ministers have sparked fury by rejecting five of its recommendations outright in a response that was received three and a half months late

Women are being let down by ‘glacial’ progress on making workplaces menopause-friendly

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January 24, 2023

Women are being let down by the Government's 'glacial' progress on making workplaces menopause-friendly, MPs warnA report called for urgent ...

Getting up to seven ultrasound scans in pregnancy could avoid unnecessary trauma and the need for emergency C-sections, according to private sonographer Kate Richardson. But Some midwives are against having unnecessary serial scans because they could just make parents stressed

Women should get up to SEVEN ultrasounds in pregnancy, expert claims

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January 22, 2023

Pregnant women should be offered more than two ultrasounds during pregnancy, experts say. Currently, mothers-to-be are only routinely offered scans on ...

Gleice Kelly Gomes Silva, 24, (shown above), had to have her left hand and wrist amputated after they developed necrosis. She believes this was due to a medical error

Mom, 24, developed flesh-eating disease while GIVING BIRTH after being fitted with IV drip

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January 20, 2023

A 24-year-old woman had her left hand amputated after developing a flesh-eating infection in hospital after giving birth.Gleice Kelly Gomes Silva ...

Connecticut is considering allowing children as young as 12 years old to get vaccinated without parental consent (stock image)

Connecticut considers allowing children as young as 12 to get vaccinated without parental consent

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January 19, 2023

Children as young as 12 in Connecticut could soon get vaccinated without their parents' permission.The Democrat state's legislature is considering ...

Researchers found that calorie counting is a key to weight loss, no matter the timing between meals - going against claims made by intermittent fasting proponents (file photo)

Counting calories IS king when it comes to losing weight – NOT fasting, study finds

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January 18, 2023

Counting calories IS king when it comes to losing weight - NOT fasting, study findsCounting calories is the only thing ...

Maps, taken from the Sanger Institute, which tracks Covid variants in England using data from genomic testing, show Omicron spin-off Orthrus has spread up and down the nation as of January 7, the latest available data. It now accounts of 23.3 per cent of all Covid test analysed up from 1 per cent on November 12 when it was first spotted in Blaby in the south west of Leicestershire

Is ‘Orthrus’ in YOUR area? Time-lapse maps show the rise of the new Covid variant

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January 17, 2023

Covid variant Orthrus now accounts for one fifth of Covid cases in England, figures show.Surveillance data shows how the strain, ...

A seller on Fiverr claimed they can use Ayurvedic medicine, a traditional form of healing in India, to cure cancer, but British experts of the disease said there was 'no evidence' for this

The witches selling ‘healing spells’ for cancer and obesity

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January 15, 2023

Self-proclaimed witches, voodoo practitioners and healers are conning 'desperate' people out of hundreds of pounds by promising to cure problems ...