This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/baby-born-after-womb-transplant-from-dead-donor-11571594 By Sky News Although uterus transplants are a growing area of medicine, they remain experimental and are very difficult surgeries to complete. A mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl after surgeons implanted a womb in her body from a deceased donor. The case study – published in…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46443379 By Hugh Pym Is the workplace more stressful than it was? Do employees feel more under pressure than before? Are staff feeling burdened by work emails around the clock? Recent data and surveys suggest there is an increasing problem. Now one business owner wants other employers to follow his lead…
This article was taken from: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/two-in-three-english-people-are-overweight-or-obese-nhs-says-in-bleak-study-a4008036.html By James Morris Nearly two in three English people are overweight or obese, a new study by the NHS has found. The NHS’s Health Survey for England, released today, found 64 per cent of adults are overweight or obese according to Body Mass Index (BMI) scores. This compares to 53 per cent recorded in last year’s…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46302780 By Dr Alexandra SantosKing’s College London at BBC Health news Around the world, children are far more likely than ever before to develop food allergies. Recent inquiries into the deaths of two British teenagers after eating sesame and peanut highlighted the sometimes tragic consequences. In August, a six-year-old girl in Western Australia died as the result…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/02/nhs-sees-spike-in-amount-of-older-people-admitted-to-hospital-with-drugs-side-effects By Arifa Khan at the Guardian News Number of over-45s in England admitted with drug-related mental problems rose 85% over decade Growing numbers of middle-aged and older people are ending up in hospital suffering serious mental health problems after taking drugs, new NHS statistics reveal. The number of people in England aged 45…