by Research Team | Nov 19, 2014 | Health News
The Queen has expressed concern that malaria is not getting enough attention due to the Ebola outbreak, a medical professor has said. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen was visiting foreign affairs think tank Chatham House in central London last night to...
by Research Team | Nov 19, 2014 | Health News
A dead cow, a severed finger, prosthetic limbs and a moped are just some of the things found in sewers this year Prosthetic limbs, a moped and false teeth were among the stranger items fished out of sewers over the last year. The Consumer Council for Water has urged...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
Millions of people with stents that prop open clogged heart arteries may need anti-clotting drugs much longer than the one year doctors recommend now. A large study found that continuing for another 18 months lowers the risk of heart attacks, clots and other...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
Dutch authorities said on Sunday that they had found a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands and set about destroying 150 000 chickens. The strain, H5N8, has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said it has confirmed at least one case of the virus at the farm in Yorkshire. But they insisted the risk to public health is “very low”, and said they are embarking on a cull of all poultry at the...