by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
Donald Hammen, 80, and his longtime next-door neighbor in south Minneapolis, Julie McMahon, have an understanding. Every morning, she checks to see whether he’s raised the blinds in his dining room window. If not, she’ll call Hammen or let herself into his house to...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 11, 2024 | Health
The NHS will start offering an “improved” stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as effective as vapes and more effective than nicotine replacement...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 11, 2024 | Health
Covid inquiryBoris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said.Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 11, 2024 | Health
Getty ImagesHomeworkers are using the time saved by not commuting to stay longer in bed, new figures suggest.They got an average of 24 minutes extra “sleep and rest” and spent an additional 15 minutes on things such as exercise, compared with people who...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 11, 2024 | Health
People in clinically at-risk groups are being urged to get their free Covid-19 and flu vaccinations this winter.NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough said only 27% of those eligible for the Covid vaccine, and 35% of those eligible for a flu vaccine in the two areas...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 8, 2024 | Health
Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House. It’s a conundrum...
