Image copyright Olana Tansley-Hancock Image caption Olana Tansley-Hancock has spent more than two decades with misophonia Why some people become enraged by sounds such as eating or breathing has been explained by brain scan studies. The condition, misophonia, is far more than simply disliking noises such as nails being scraped down a blackboard. “I feel […]
Image copyright University of Colorado Boulder Image caption The researchers dragged volunteers on to a camping trip in the midst of a Colorado winter Spending a weekend out camping resets the clock inside our bodies that influences sleeping habits, scientists at a US university have discovered. The team argue that time in the great outdoors […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption The products contain strong alkalines which result in chemical burns Parents are being urged to store liquid detergent tablets safely after US research found eye injuries in young children had gone up 30-fold in the past few years. When the liquid squirts into children’s eyes, or is rubbed […]
Image copyright andy boag Image caption Radio DJ Mark Goodier was fortunate that his wife acted quickly when he had a stroke One in four people does not call 999 at the first sign of a stroke, according to Public Health England. For the best chance of recovery, the advice is not to hesitate if […]
An estimated 620,000 people in the UK have a faulty gene that puts them at risk of developing coronary heart disease or sudden death, and most are unaware, a charity has warned. The British Heart Foundation said the figure was 100,000 more than had been thought and could be even higher. It said there was […]
Image caption Priscilla was taken ill on a flight from America to Nigeria and woke up in St Mary’s hospital A Nigerian woman has run up a £330,000 bill for NHS treatment after she gave birth prematurely to quadruplets in a London hospital. The woman was taken ill on a flight from the US to […]
Image copyright Thinkstock There are calls for more to be done to stop people smoking at hospitals and promote healthy living. Health boards say they are powerless to enforce smoking bans on their grounds as they are not yet backed up by law. BMA Cymru said a decision had to be made on whether hospitals […]
Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption The average wait for hip surgery in Wales is 226 days compared to 76 in England Hip replacement surgery waiting times at a Denbighshire hospital have been branded an “outrage” by an assembly member. Darren Millar wrote to Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board following a complaint from a constituent about her […]
Image copyright SPL Image caption Fines were introduced in 2011 for hospitals that place patients in mixed-sex wards The number of patients placed in mixed-sex wards in England has risen by almost 70% in the last year. Statistics from NHS England show 7,163 patients were put in the wards in 2016, up from 4,248 in […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer UK prices for generic cancer drugs have risen sharply in the past five years, restricting their use in treating NHS patients, research from the European Cancer Congress has found. Drugs such as tamoxifen and bulsufan are now 10 times more expensive […]
