FTSE CLOSE: Retail sales slide again; Ladbrokes owner hails ‘excellent’ year; Gym Group posts healthy revenue growth By This Is Money Published: 08:13 GMT, 17 January 2020 | Updated: 17:10 GMT, 17 January 2020 The FTSE 100 closed up 64.75 points at 7674.56 and the pound was at $1.30 against the dollar. In the … Read more
We know our bones stop us from flopping about like jellyfish, and that breaking them hurts. But now investigators are discovering how bones do far more than hold us up. Emerging studies show that our skeletons play key roles in producing a hormone that drives our fight-or-flight instincts, helps control our appetite, determines our risk … Read more
An Ohio teenager fell ill with flu on Christmas Eve. She died on New Year’s Eve. In the last several weeks, nearly 40 children have died of the flu as the virus spreads across the US early. Kaylee Roberts is among the latest children to succumb to the virus. The 16-year-old had been otherwise healthy … Read more
Beware the perils at 35,000ft! How everything from eating to using the loo on a plane can put your health at risk Learn the cabin crew ABC of what to eat at altitude – ‘Anything But Chicken’ Fizzy drinks fill your system with gas and chewing gum makes you inhale stale air Don’t ignore the … Read more