Insomnia has been an unwelcome part of my life for a decade. An unbroken night’s sleep is a luxury I rarely enjoy. As a musician, my sleep patterns are regularly disrupted by my working schedule. At weekends, that can mean working odd hours – sometimes starting at 11pm, and finishing at 6am. Then I have … Read more
A doctor spearheading the search for a coronavirus vaccine has today said it is the most frightening thing he has ever encountered – as a second Briton is confirmed dead and number of UK cases rises to 163. Dr Richard Hatchett, the boss of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, said we need to be … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 98,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Dr Jeremy Samuel Faust, emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, said people should not be anxious about the outbreak A leading Harvard doctor has claimed that coronavirus isn’t anywhere near as fatal as people fear, saying the real death rate is less than 1 … Read more
Dr Jeremy Samuel Faust, emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, said people should not be anxious about the outbreak A leading Harvard doctor has claimed that coronavirus isn’t anywhere near as fatal as people fear, saying the real death rate is less than 1 … Read more
An American doctor wants to dispel the myth that waking up late means a person is lazy. Syed Moin Hassan, M.D., a sleep specialist and fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is working to destigmatize being a ‘night person’ — someone who prefers to stay up late and sleep in until noon. And his … Read more
Like all medics, Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive – so what made her decide to specialise in end-of-life care? She tells Eimear O’Hagan how the death of her father changed everything she thought she knew Rachel with her father mark in November 2017, just weeks before he died Waking in the darkness … Read more
Finishing on a nail-biting cliffhanger, Doctor Who’s eagerly-awaited return will be for a festive special, it has been announced. With the fate of the Doctor hanging in the balance amid the Great CyberWar and return of The Master at the end of Series 12, fans will have to wait until December to see how the … Read more
China has slaughtered thousands of its citizens to harvest organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, eyes and even skin for sale and to transplant into sick patients in hundreds of hospitals across the country. A landmark international investigation, published in full today, will accuse the Beijing government of covering up ‘crimes against humanity’ that have been … Read more
Chinese doctor is hailed as a hero after giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a collapsed stranger during coronavirus outbreak Dr Luo was nearby when a man had a sudden heart attack in a shop in China He took off his face mask to give first aid despite the coronavirus epidemic The man’s heartbeats resumed after minutes … Read more