Boy, 15, suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries as speeding car he was in smashes into a house in Birmingham – with two other youths sprinting from the scene leaving him lying in the wreckage Car crashed into a house on College Road, Birmingham at 2.30pm on Sunday Teen was left severely injured on the roadside and as two others … Read more
Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter flavors are at higher risk for being hospitalized Researchers had people who previously tested positive for coronavirus perform taste tests with slips of paper Non-tasters, who couldn’t detect certain bitter flavors, were at highest risk for developing more … Read more
Nick Knowles has paid tribute to a severely disabled teenager, who appeared on DIY SOS, after he passed away earlier this week. Last year, a moving episode of the home renovation show told the story of widower Darren and his sons Ollie, Mike and Harvey from Hull. Ollie was born with Hydrocephalus, known as water on … Read more
Mom-of-three suffers horrific burns all over her body after hand sanitizer caught fire and exploded as she was trying to light a candle WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Katie Wise was lighting a candle last Sunday when she burned her hand, which she had sanitized earlier Bottle of sanitizer made contact with the flame and exploded, engulfing … Read more
An Australian dad has abducted his son from a children’s home and fled across Europe with the boy’s mum after their autistic seven-year-old was placed into care. Martin den Hertog’s non-verbal autism was mistaken as the result of psychological abuse, his parents Conrad and Katya have claimed. Martin was five years old when he was … Read more
A steroid found to help severely ill coronavirus patients does nothing to help people with milder cases, a new study suggests. Last week, British researchers published preliminary findings showing that dexamethasone reduced death rates among patients on ventilators and those on supplemental oxygen without ventilation. But, in the full report released this week, results showed … Read more
High Court judge says doctors can stop life-support treatment for severely ill eight-week-old boy against his parents’ wishes Mr Justice Hayden ruled that specialists can lawfully stop providing life support The eight-week-old baby had been diagnosed with necrotising enterocolitis Doctors have said that the baby would die in pain if he be allowed to die naturally … Read more
Recent studies have revealed that having a certain blood type, specifically O, may offer protective benefits against the novel coronavirus – but millions of Americans are unsure of what type they have. There are four major blood groups: A, B, O, and AB. Just like your hair color or eye color, your blood type is … Read more
A blood cancer drug may help improve the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Acalabrutinib, sold under the brandname Calquence by AstraZeneca, is a medication with anti-inflammatory properties that scientists believe can control the immune system’s overreaction to the virus. The majority of patients given the drugs came off supplemental … Read more
Convalescent plasma therapy did not significantly improve the conditions of patients with life-threatening coronavirus, a new study suggests. Among patients with ‘life-threatening’ cases, meaning in organ failure or needing to be placed on ventilators, more patients recovered who didn’t receive the treatment than those who did. Researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and … Read more