The woman who’s ‘allergic to GRAVITY’: Bed-bound 28-year-old faints up to 10 times a day and can only stand up for three minutes before passing out due to rare condition Lyndsi Johnson, 28, has described her odd condition as being ‘allergic to gravity’ She suffers severe nausea and faints when she stands for more than 3 minutes This because her heart […]

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It might look like all you’re doing is having a cheeky snooze, but ‘corpse pose’ requires more focus than other parts of your yoga practice. Here’s how to get the most out of it. Savasana, or ‘corpse pose’, is the final rest at the end of every yoga session. It’s the bit we all look forward to, especially if you’ve […]

BBC Breakfast: Roger says he 'struggled to sleep' in the heat We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The study in question found a poor night’s sleep […]

Fiona Williams, 46, first learned she had fertility problems 20 years ago. Fiona, from Wishaw, Scotland, first got herself checked out by doctors in 2002, after suffering what she thought were very heavy periods – that were sometimes so intense her clothes would end up soaked. She was crushed to learn that these ‘periods’ were actually a series of miscarriages […]

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and biotechnology innovation, announces a partnership with Flownamics to create an automated, on-line solution for bioprocess culture monitoring and control. This delivers a critical and practical update to the significant unmet need for automated, real-time cell analysis in the current bioprocessing environment. Image Credit: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences The agreement unites the company’s Vi-CELL BLU […]

New CT technology paired with artificial intelligence (AI)-based noise reduction offers superior detection of bone disease associated with multiple myeloma at lower radiation doses than conventional CT, according to a new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The new technology, known as photon-counting detector CT, debuted in the clinic in 2021 after […]

Many medical groups are opposing the cuts to physician fees proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with each group setting out its specific arguments. Among them, the Community Oncology Alliance has submitted a formal letter to the CMS, which warns that the cuts proposed in the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule will have devastating effects on community […]

Weekends are practically made for sweet brunch-worthy treats, like syrupy pancakes, chocolate pastries, and fluffy French Toast (the latter is especially delightful — the melt-in-your-mouth bread! The fruit toppings! The powdered sugar dusting!) — but sometimes we crave a little something savory, too. Enter Rachael Ray with the perfect solution: French toast that has a surprising, savory twist. The Rachael […]

In a bid to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, public health experts have been pushing for a fast and effective vaccine rollout. However, some members of the public have been hesitant to take up vaccines. What happened, and is there something that science communicators keep getting wrong about vaccine hesitancy? Millions of people around the […]