SPA DOCTOR: Smiling again in the city of the blues By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:18 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 09:39 GMT, 16 April 2019 At about this time of year, I become anxious, grumpy and chronically exhausted. While everyone else is filled with the joys of spring, all I want to … Read more
Dr Zhu Heping (pictured) was pronounced dead today by a hospital in Wuhan, according to Chinese state newspaper People’s Daily A fourth co-worker of China’s coronavirus whistle-blower has reportedly died of the deadly disease at the age of 66. Dr Zhu Heping, a colleague of late Dr Li Wenliang, was pronounced dead by a hospital … Read more
BritBox sparks ‘yellowface’ row after BBC and ITV streaming service runs Doctor Who episode with racist slurs and white actors wearing make-up to play Asian characters £5.99-a-month streaming service failed to put a content warning on the episode TV bosses had promised its shows would ‘comply’ with a 2019 audience BBC’s Death Us Do Part … Read more
Sherry and port will get you drunk more quickly than most other alcoholic drinks… and they also cause the worst hangovers, doctor warns Sherry and port provide the ‘optimum way of getting very drunk very fast’ Dr Hal Sosabowski of Brighton University analysed the effects of the tipple They contain relatively high volume of alcohol … Read more
Insomnia has been an unwelcome part of my life for a decade. An unbroken night’s sleep is a luxury I rarely enjoy. As a musician, my sleep patterns are regularly disrupted by my working schedule. At weekends, that can mean working odd hours – sometimes starting at 11pm, and finishing at 6am. Then I have … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 98,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Dr Jeremy Samuel Faust, emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, said people should not be anxious about the outbreak A leading Harvard doctor has claimed that coronavirus isn’t anywhere near as fatal as people fear, saying the real death rate is less than 1 … Read more
An American doctor wants to dispel the myth that waking up late means a person is lazy. Syed Moin Hassan, M.D., a sleep specialist and fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is working to destigmatize being a ‘night person’ — someone who prefers to stay up late and sleep in until noon. And his … Read more
Like all medics, Rachel Clarke was trained to keep people alive – so what made her decide to specialise in end-of-life care? She tells Eimear O’Hagan how the death of her father changed everything she thought she knew Rachel with her father mark in November 2017, just weeks before he died Waking in the darkness … Read more
Bradley Walsh will reportedly quit Doctor Who following this year’s Christmas special. The TV star, 59, will say goodbye to his role as the Time Lord’s assistant Graham O’Brien after two series. Alongside Bradley, actor Tosin Cole, 27, who plays Ryan Sinclair has also announced he is leaving his role. Saying goodbye: Bradley Walsh will reportedly … Read more