Let’s come together once again to strike a blow against coronavirus
We are at a tipping point in our response to this deadly virus. Like many countries across Europe, we are...
Day: September 22, 2020
Covid restrictions ‘could mean elderly in care homes have no visitors for a year’
Under the social care winter plan, which came out last week, local directors of public health have the power to...
One in five Britons now living under local Covid-19 restrictions
After new restrictions were announced for swathes of northern England over the last week , one in five of the country's...
Elderly people walk nearly 1mph faster than they did 30 years ago, study finds
Elderly people walk 1mph faster than they did 30 years ago due to better nutrition, hygiene and improved health care,...
NHS to provide 100,000 in-house tests a day to combat staff shortages
Under the ramped-up "Pillar One" system, 96 NHS labs working as part of 26 regional networks will offer the 100,000...
Unexplained excess deaths at home almost nine times higher than those from Covid
Recent studies have shown that many people did not seek help for serious conditions, such as heart attacks, in recent...
James Cracknell is running for five days without food to prove we don’t need carbs
“Your immune system is also being compromised due to the lack of sustenance, vitamins and minerals. Some would argue that it’s...
Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci shine in a drama that cuts you to emotional shreds
Cert tbc, 93 min. Dir: Harry Macqueen; Starring: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter Macqueen, James Dreyfus Science...
‘Obesity is a disgusting word… it’s just used to scare people’
In 2007, when she started her first blog, Nerd About Town, she wrote extensively on body confidence and mental health....
