Health
Concerns have been raised as mums buy & sell breast milk online – calling it ‘liquid gold’
The black market baby milk is being advertised on Facebook buy and sell pages and websites for an average of £1 an ounce, prompting health bosses to brand the practice 'horrendous'.
Nearly 6,000 strangers tested to see if they were match to help boy fighting rare cancer
1,090 potential donors were swabbed in Guild Hall, Worcester on Saturday (9/3) to help brave Oscar Saxelby-Lee.
Routine eye test can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease – in seconds
It offers hope of patients being given drugs decades before symptoms develop when they are most likely to work.
Parents of baby who died despite their warnings of sepsis urge parents to recognise signs
Little Jack Sands was in hospital for surgery to reshape his head in July 2018 before contracting the deadly blood infection.
Trendy hookha water pipes are deadlier than cigarettes
Trendy hookah smokers are breathing in toxic chemicals at levels far higher than cigarette smoke harming their heart and blood vessels
Asthma could be prevented by giving women a simple jab during pregnancy
Bronchiolitis affects up to half of babies and can increase their risk of developing the chronic condition five-fold
Home births ‘three times more dangerous than hospital deliveries’
A study of almost 250,000 women found out of every 1,000 infants born in non-hospital settings 15 died - compared to five in hospitals
Sleep allows nerve cells to perform vital “maintenance” tasks, suggests study
The discovery may explain how sleep and sleep disturbances affect brain performance, ageing and various brain disorders
‘Sperm Olympics’ developed to help choose healthiest ones for IVF treatment
American researchers say their method for selecting "only the creme de la creme sperm" may help to improve IVF success rates