Get ready for the game-changer. The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for coronavirus, which was approved for use in the UK yesterday, is as close to a miracle as medicine ever gets. It’s highly effective with just a single shot, and production can be scaled up quickly. The Government’s ambition to distribute 100 million vials – enough … Read more
Releasing an album during the COVID-19 pandemic is definitely a risky proposition for any artist. But the process of releasing a new record actually helped Ricky Martin gain some semblance of normalcy amid such an uncertain time. The 49-year-old singer revealed that releasing his album Pausa back in May actually helped him find a balance. … Read more
Scientists are urging children and parents not to try recreating George’s Marvellous Medicine and other home remedies while stuck at home due to Covid-19. UK researchers investigated the effects of the famous potion from the 1981 children’s book by British author Roald Dahl, which protagonist George feeds to his grandma in an attempt to make her … Read more
Six years ago, Carly Barton was in such severe pain that she started Googling end-of-life clinics. Following a stroke at 24, the former ‘bubbly’ university lecturer from Brighton developed fibromyalgia — widespread pain and muscle stiffness that at times was so bad she needed a wheelchair. Her doctor prescribed strong opioid painkillers, but the pain … Read more
Drug companies ready to restart clinical trials of medicines for life-threatening conditions unrelated to coronavirus By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 British drug companies are ready to restart clinical trials of medicines for life-threatening conditions unrelated to coronavirus. Haseeb Ahmad – … Read more
The perks of being a wallflower: Plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved to become LESS visible to humans to avoid being picked Fritillaria delavayi is a perennial herb employed to treat ailments of the lungs It grows and is harvested amid the Hengduan mountains of southwest China Researchers from the UK and China studied its … Read more
A mother has revealed how a simple ear infection left her looking like a ‘monster’ and feeling like she’d been ‘bitten by thousands of red fire ants’ after she suffered a severe reaction to antibiotics she was prescribed. Rachel Carey, 38, from Dallas, was given amoxicillin, a drug used to treat bacterial infections that she’d … Read more
Dr Eric Rubin, the editor-in-chief of the medical journal said: ‘We don’t have the right leaders for this epidemic. I think we need better leadership’ The New England Journal of Medicine has slammed America’s ‘dangerously incompetent’ politicians for their failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for Trump to be voted out in the November 3 … Read more
Three scientists – including one Briton – who discovered the hepatitis C virus have won the 2020 Nobel Prize for medicine. The winners of the coveted award are Michael Houghton, a virologist at the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health in Cambridge, and Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice. The Nobel committee said the trio’s finds … Read more
‘Vaccine against trauma death’: Injecting a drug that promotes blood clotting at the scene of the injury could save thousands of accident victims’ lives Tranexamic acid is a drug currently used to stop bleeding in trauma patients At present it is administered via an intravenous line — which is fiddly to set up British and French experts … Read more