Are these the new statins? Cholesterol drugs with fewer side effects get approval from health chiefs Bempedoic acid could be given to NHS patients who can’t be prescribed statins It is the first new cholesterol lowering tably drug to be authorised in 10 years The new drug costs around £600 a year and could help … Read more
Spending watchdog blasts ministers over ‘long-term adverse effects’ of children having lessons online during Covid lockdown Government ministers blasted by National Audit Office over poor online learning Report from the Office claims some children were left without laptop for months The authors said Government lacked ‘contingency plan’ when closing schools By Education Editor For The … Read more
What we’ve all been waiting for! Zoom Escaper tool lets you self-sabotage meetings with different effects like ‘urination’ and ‘man weeping’ so your presence becomes unbearable to others in the chat room Zoom Escaper is a free online widget that aims to help you leave Zoom meetings It includes eight different effects that can stream … Read more
Severe allergies should be added to the list of possible side effects of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccination, the EU’s drug regulator said. The development comes after 41 reports of possible anaphylaxis were detected in the UK, with likely links to the vaccination. Severe allergic reaction is listed as ‘not known’ under possible side effects of the AstraZeneca jab … Read more
A rare heart condition that leaves the sufferer feeling dizzy or causing them to faint ‘could be a long-term effect of Covid-19’, scientists have warned. Doctors from Lund University examined patients diagnosed with Covid-19 that developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) months later. POTS is a condition most commonly known for causing dizziness upon standing, … Read more
Covid vaccines have not caused ANY serious side effects in teenagers in Israel, officials say amid world-first child vaccination programme Israel has vaccinated 600 teenagers with none suffering severe side effects Country will roll out jabs to children once adults have had both doses in April Pfizer is currently conducting its own vaccine study on … Read more
‘Don’t be fooled!’ Love Island’s Malin Andersson reminds her fans of the effects of filters and posing as she flaunts her curves in candid snap By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 12:53 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 12:58 GMT, 18 February 2021 She’s long been an advocate of body confidence. But Malin Andersson has … Read more
The impact of lockdown goes far beyond merely controlling the virus, with the negative effects seeping into almost every area of life. Here we examine the toll it’s continuing to take every day… DAMAGE TO EDUCATION Children in England will have lost 850million hours of in-person teaching by the time schools are due to reopen on … Read more
A sore arm, headache, fatigue, nausea, dizzy spells, aching joints and sore muscles. These are the common side-effects reported by some of the 15 million NHS patients to get their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, as well as the 500,000 or so who have had their scheduled second dose. But rather than being something … Read more
Regularly using marijuana has long-term harmful effects regardless of how old the person was when they began smoking, a new study suggests Researchers looked at people who began smoking or vaping cannabis routinely in high school or in their early 20s in comparison with non-users. They found that, by age 35, pot users who began … Read more