CDC warns of extreme heat dangers amid ‘record-breaking high temperatures’
by Many regions across the U.S. experienced “record-breaking high temperatures” in 2023 due to extreme heat, according to the CDC. Experts share risk factors and safety …
Month: April 2024
We’ll give you a sick note because we’re too scared to say no! GPs admit they dole out letters to patients they haven’t even SEEN over fears they’ll get negative reviews online
GPs are routinely writing sick notes for patients they have not seen. Doctors admit ’95 per cent’ of requests are waved through without assessing the …
Get a sick note for £25 – by just filling out a FORM: Anger over online firms offering same-day letters ‘with NO appointments necessary’
The letters, allowing customers to be signed off work by UK-regulated medics, were promised with ‘no appointments necessary’.The letters, allowing customers to be signed off …
The ‘Oopzempic’ baby boom: Rise in unplanned pregnancies in women taking slimming jabs sparks warnings from top fertility experts
Dubbed ‘Oopzempic babies’, the phenomenon has even led some US physicians to prescribe the jabs off-label to treat polycystic ovary syndrome.Dubbed ‘Oopzempic babies’, the phenomenon …
Experts reveal the one workout class proven to make you sleep better – and it doesn’t involve ANY cardio
Lifting weights could cause your body to release more hormones that make you sleep longer, deeper and better, than doing cardio, physiologists say.Lifting weights could …
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid
Among those with substance use disorders who have been referred to child welfare, less than half received medication or counseling.Among those with substance use disorders …
H5N1 strain of bird flu is found in MILK for first time in ‘very high concentrations,’ World Health Organization warns
Bird flu has been detected in ‘very high concentrations’ in raw milk, the World Health Organization announced Friday. However, the pasteurized milk supply remains safe.Bird …
I’m a neurologist – this is what it REALLY means when you have a sex dream about your boss, a friend’s partner or someone who you don’t find attractive
About eight in 10 people at some point dream about having sex with people who they don’t even find attractive – often friends and colleagues. It …
Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.Mammography …
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The truth about what saunas do to your body… and why it might just save your life
Are you on Instagram ? If so you may have noticed that having a sauna, or at least filming yourself having one, seems to be …