Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund research and offer support

Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund scientific research into the disease and offer support Head For Change has enlisted the family of Nobby Stiles to be ambassadors  Three women who have watched relatives live with the illness are behind charity  Fundamental aim is to deliver support to families through … Read more

Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund research and offer support

Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund scientific research into the disease and offer support Head For Change has enlisted the family of Nobby Stiles to be ambassadors  Three women who have watched relatives live with the illness are behind charity  Fundamental aim is to deliver support to families through … Read more

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s, research suggests 

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s: Wives’ finances plunge by a third after marriage ends, research suggests The Legal & General pension group released the research findings yesterday  It said many women earn less than men and do not insist on taking a share of their former partner’s pension  This decision often … Read more

Man builds a bionic hand using AI after three years of research 

A Texan man has built his own bionic hand using artificial intelligence (AI) after three years of research.  After finding most bionic hands can cost up to $150,000, Ryan Saavedra, 27, set out to create one at a fraction of the cost.  The prosthetic he created, called the Globally Available Robotic Arm (GARA), measures electrical … Read more

Alcohol-soaked Christmas desserts could impair ability to drive, research suggests

Can boozy puddings push you over the drink limit? Alcohol-soaked Christmas desserts could impair ability to drive Researchers found the alcohol-soaked dessert could push motorists over limit Harrods 12-Months Matured Decadent Christmas Pudding at 30 per cent alcohol Pudding with 30 per cent alcohol is ‘dangerous dessert’ for children and drivers By Kumail Jaffer For … Read more

Patients feel less pain when they SMILE during an injection, research suggests

Is this the answer to needle phobia? Patients feel less pain when they SMILE during an injection, research suggests Participants were injected while either smiling, grimacing or straight-faced  Smilers reported 40 per cent less pain than those with a blank facial expression Smiling may trick people’s brains into believing they are happy   By Victoria Allen … Read more

Cannabis research firm worth just £6,000 handed Government contracts worth £33MILLION

Cannabis research firm worth just £6,000 handed Government contracts worth £33MILLION to provide PPE masks for health and care workers By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:07 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 17:11 GMT, 19 November 2020 A tiny cannabis research firm has been handed government contracts worth £33milllion to produce personal … Read more

Half of shoppers who bought goods online during pandemic had problems with delivery, research shows

Half of shoppers who bought goods online during coronavirus pandemic had problems with parcel delivery, research shows Online purchases are now making up more than £1 in every £4 spent in the UK  Citizens Advice received over 8,200 calls about deliveries from March to August  Late delivery was the most common affecting a third of … Read more

Women face long delays before they can conceive after stopping contraception, research suggests

Eight-month wait for fertility to return: Women face long delays before they can conceive after stopping contraception, research suggests Speed at which a woman became pregnant depended on type of contraception   Those who came off injectable contraceptives waited from five to eight months Women who stopped using implants reported getting pregnant two months later Boston … Read more

Charity donations soared by £800million in the first months of Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests 

Charity donations soared by £800million in the first months of coronavirus pandemic, research suggests The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found a rise in donations despite uncertainty The public donated a total of £5.4billion between January and June this year  CAF said some causes suffered huge losses as donors shifted to support NHS By Daily Mail … Read more