A cholesterol-lowering pill is a new type of drug, bempedoic acid, could offer another weapon in the fight against bad cholesterol. An international study suggests the pill lowers cholesterol in people who continue to have high levels despite taking other drugs such as statins. Scientists suggest that the pill may also work as an alternative…
Thousands of homeless patients have been discharged from NHS hospitals directly back to the streets in the last five years. Despite some being in recovery from major surgery and mental health crisis. Experts have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis in England after patients leave the hospital with no where to go, it has rose…
“No vaccine, no school” Italian children have been told not turn up to school unless they can prove they have been vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination. Parents risk being fined up to €500 (£425) if they sent their unvaccinated children to school. Children under six can be turned away….
According to figures obtained by children’s rights campaigners, half of the children shot by police with stun guns and a third of those restrained using spit hood in England are black or from other minority ethnic groups. In the first of nine months of last year police in England used electronic stun guns 839 times…
Singapore and Australia’s aviation authorities have temporarily banned Boeing 737 Max aircraft from flying into and out of their countries. This decision comes after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Max 8 crashed on Sunday killing everyone on board. This is the second fatal accident involving that model in less than five months. Singapore’s Changi Airport is…
The four-hour A&E target may be dropped under plans announced by NHS England. NHS bosses have revealed their plans to drop the A&E target alongside changes to waiting times for cancer, mental health and planned operations. It said the targets were becoming outdated, this comes after many of the targets have been missed over the…
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