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Experts have warned that people should not make health decisions based on genetic tests they do at home. Scientists at the University of Southampton team warn results can be unreliable. The geneticists said the tests could be wrongly reassuring, or lead to unnecessary worry. 23andMe is one of the companies offering such tests, and said…
Health officials have launched an investigation after three babies were born with rare hand deformations in the last four months in Germany. “Between June 2019 and the beginning of September 2019, a total of three children with isolated one-sided malformations were born in the Obstetric Department of St. Mary’s Hospital Buer,” wrote the hospital in…
Oregon health officials are investigating the death of another person who suffered from a mysterious respiratory illness after vaping. This comes after the State of Illinois launched an investigation last week into the death of an individual who had used an e-cigarette product and was later hospitalised with a severe respiratory illness. Oregon Health Authority…
An elderly woman has died after being attacked by her pet rooster in Australia. The 76 year old woman was reportedly collecting eggs when a domestic rooster that lived on her rural land, pecked her lower left leg, causing “significant haemorrhage with collapse and death”. An autopsy of her left leg showed that it was…
Experts are warning about the dangers of “fussy eating” after a 17 year old was declared legally blind after living on a diet of chips and crisps. Eye doctors in Bristol cared for the young man after his vision had deteriorated to the point of blindness. Since leaving primary school, the teen had been eating…
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…
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