While many will be enjoying the spring sunshine, experts have cautioned against wearing fake designer sunglasses, warning they could do more harm than good. As the College of Optometrists notes, sunglasses not only protect the eyes against glare on sunny days, but can also shield them from harmful ultraviolet (UV) light. That’s important because UV…
I’m about to get a Doberman puppy. The breeder gave me some recommendations on ear cropping, but I’m worried about the cost. Is this medically necessary? Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic. So my advice is to protect…
An artist’s impression of a star with two planets transiting across it NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Astronomers have identified more than 10,000 candidate planets in data from a NASA telescope, the most ever found in a single haul. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in 2018. It is tasked with looking…
Surprising news: three in 10 50- to 65-year-olds in a recent Age UK survey said school sports memories had put them off exercise “for life”. Only three in 10? When it comes to exercise, there are surely two kinds of people – the handful who enjoyed school PE lessons and everyone else. I’m guessing the…
DrAfter123/Digital Vision Vectors/Getty Images Like so many in her field, The Ohio State University oncologist Ning Jin is alarmed by the number of patients in their 30s and 40s with late-stage cancer in their lower digestive tract. It’s not just that these patients are decades younger than what had been typical for colorectal cancer; Jin…
The global comparison, based on World Health Organization data, compared the UK to other nations in western Europe, the Nordics, North America and Oceania. It is now ranked 20th out of 21 with only the US seeing its population live for fewer years in good health. Source: Read Full Article
This is a common misconception, says Prof Leigh Breen, a muscle physiology specialist at the University of Leicester, though it’s easy to see where it comes from. Men typically have a higher ratio of muscle to fat than women, largely because of differences established during puberty, when testosterone levels rise significantly in males. Women, by…
We were organising our wedding for this June when the happiest period of our lives became a nightmare. Our two-year-old daughter was diagnosed with an aggressive grade 4 brain tumour requiring immediate life-saving surgeries. The prognosis is devastating. Amid the grief, we have been consoled by the compassion from companies large and small. Every business…
Dear Miss Manners: My husband is the president of a local college alumni chapter, and I am the secretary. The chapter recently held an alumni meeting at the residence of the headmaster of a local private high school. Though the setting was a private home, the event was a formal gathering attended by the university…
Backyard poultry flocks are infecting people with antibiotic resistant Salmonella, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of April 13, there have been 34 confirmed patients infected with the outbreak strain on Salmonella Saintpaul. The patients are spread across 13 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Feb. 26 to March 31….
