What do you think of when you hear the phrase “the modern workplace”? If you’re like a lot of people, it’s probably words like “ultra-connected,” “demanding,” “always on,” or “stressful.”…
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Parkinson’s Disease: ‘People think I’m drunk’
Ronan Coyle first noticed the symptoms at 24 but only found out what the problem was six years later. "People think I'm drunk when I walk down the street," he…
Cancer: Teenage patient promotes body image for #StillMe campaign
Seren Jenkins, 19, from Blackwood in Caerphilly, is in remission after treatment for Hodgkin Lymphoma and wants to raise awareness of the issue. The Teenage Cancer Trust says appearance is…
Inequalities in heart attack care ‘costing women’s lives’
Over 10 years, more than 8,000 women in England and Wales died unnecessarily after a heart attack, it found. Experts say there are inequalities in diagnosis, treatment and aftercare. "Unconscious…
Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles
They are probably one of the oldest, albeit fleeting, remnants of evolution seen in humans yet, biologists say, in the journal Development. They date them as 250 million years old…
Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungal disease
Researchers believe it then evolved to survive in the coasts and forest of the Pacific Northwest. More than 300 people have been infected with the pneumonia-like cryptococcosis since the first…
Babies exposed to a controversial chemical found in receipts, cosmetics and plastic bottles during pregnancy ‘may be more at risk of breathing difficulties in later life’
Babies who are exposed to a controversial chemical found in receipts may be more at risk of breathing difficulties in later life, research suggests. Scientists at the Barcelona Institute for…
As ‘heart attack gender gap’ revealed, what are the signs and symptoms of one?
A "heart attack gender gap" is thought to be leading to the needless deaths of two women per day as they do not receive equal treatment to men, a charity…