Coronavirus’s three traditional trademark symptoms (sore throat, fever and loss of taste / smell) which were first posited in spring 2020 are increasingly forming a minority of cases as new…
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This quiz can reveal if you have a brain tumour
A simple language test – which asks people to name as many animals as they can in 60 seconds – could help identify whether people with persistent headaches have a…
Why the timing of your breakfast can help you lose weight
Breakfast should only be eaten after 11am, an expert has said. Waiting a few hours before eating anything after waking up is better for staying healthy and shedding excess pounds,…
New vaccine could cure cancer – thanks to team behind Covid jab
Scientists have made a cancer vaccine breakthrough after manufacturers behind the Pfizer Covid jab used the same technology to stop the disease returning. The vaccine, custom-made for each patient, can…
Love drugs could be the cure for failing marriages
“Love drugs” could soon be used to help save failing marriages, according to an Oxford University academic. Love is something humans do uniquely well as a species, underpinned by a…
Girl nearly died on flight after man ‘ignored requests’ to stop eating nuts
A teenager had an allergic reaction on a flight from Antigua to London after a passenger 10 rows away ate peanuts. Poppy Jones, 14, blacked out and required oxygen and…
An egg a day keeps the doctor away by boosting ‘good cholesterol’
Eating an egg every day can boost “good cholesterol”, a study has found. It leads to more “good” HDL – high-density lipoprotein – cholesterol, which strips “bad” low-density lipoprotein (LDL)…
New drug that battles cancer’s ‘Death Star’ gives extra life to patients
Lung cancer patients can live three months longer after scientists discovered a new drug combination that targets the condition’s “Death Star” protein. The Death Star protein can be found in…
Trouble losing weight? Avoid eating after this time
It has long been said that the secret of good health is to breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper. Now, scientists have gone…
AstraZeneca vaccine may increase risk of serious neurological condition
The AstraZeneca vaccine may increase the risk of the serious neurological condition Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with the jab’s Trojan horse delivery system possibly to blame, scientists believe, in a discovery…