Pinterest users who search for help and advice about vaccines will be directed to public health bodies as part of Pinterest’s attempts to tack the spread of false information. Pinterest is a social media site which allows users to share images associated with a range of topics and can pin them to a digital personal…
According to analysis carried out by Cancer Research UK, the number of cigarettes smoked each year in England continues to fall by more than a billion a year. On average monthly cigarette consumption fell by a quarter between 2011 and 2018, equating to roughly 118 million fewer cigarettes smoked each month. The latest available data…
According to a recent report published by the CDC, over 250 people across 32 states fell sick with a strain of Salmonella that’s resistant to multiple antibiotics between June 2018 and March 2019. At least two people died from the infection, and a further 60 cases were so severe that they required hospitalisation. The outbreak…
A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. The 74 year old patient was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease when she died in 2016, and prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify consent. It is the first case of its kind since the Netherlands…
An individual who used a vape and was later hospitalised with severe respiratory illness, has died. Making them the first person known to die from an illness causes by vaping. It comes after the CDC launched an investigation earlier this month following reports of a mysterious lung disease affecting almost 100 people this summer across…
A study shows that a daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third. The polypill contains blood-thinning aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure. The researchers said the pill had a huge impact but cost just pennies a day. They suggest giving…
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