Health
Brain scan ‘could detect potentially fatal heart disease’
Patients who had an abnormal scan but did not have a history of heart disease and were at low-risk of developing it were 3.4 times more likely to die compared to patients who had normal results
A daily handful of walnuts can slash depression particularly among women
Eating 24 grams or just under an ounce of walnuts per day lowered the prevalence of depression symptoms
Revolutionary ‘Trojan horse’ drug has successfully treated British patients with six different forms of cancer
It is hoped the jab may help cure, or at least prolong the lives, of people with some of the most common and lethal tumours - within five years.
Yoga reduces pain and stiffness of rheumatoid arthritis
Just two hours a day over five days of regularly practising yoga “significantly” reduced the physical and psychological symptoms in just eight weeks.
Over 800,000 people committed suicide worldwide in 2016 – a 6.7% rise since 1990
A study, published in The BMJ, shows that men had generally higher mortality rates from suicide than women
Moderate cannabis use ‘can BOOST sperm count and testosterone levels’
Previous studies had shown that smoking cannabis joints negatively affects sperm counts and testosterone levels.
Scientists have come up with an eye-watering new treatment to shrink enlarged prostates
Researchers at Imperial Collge London said the treatment ‘could improve the lives of thousands of men’ by significantly shrinking the uncomfortable ailment.
Alien metal brought to Earth on meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs could cure cancer
Blasting it with a laser beam produces a poisonous form of oxygen that is deadly for tumour cells and harmless for healthy ones.
London Ambulance Service said last December was its busiest month on record
London Ambulance Service (LAS) treated nearly 101,000 patients during the month - 4,000 than during December 2017 and 2,000 more than the previous record in 2016 - more than the total population of Hartlepool, Woking or Lincoln.