What can I do about my burning mouth that I’ve had for years? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions I’ve suffered from burning mouth syndrome for about 25 to 30 years. No one seems to be able to help. I am 78 years old. Can you suggest anything? Margaret Wheddon, via email. Burning mouth syndrome is a poorly understood […]
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Kicking back with a cool glass of red sangria is pretty much the perfect way to spend a summer evening. And, if you’ve never made it yourself, it’s time to change that (don’t worry if you’re not usually the bartender in your friend group—there’s really not a set “recipe,” and you can customize it and add whatever fruit and spices […]
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A “cluster” of patients experiencing hallucinations and memory loss has doctors in northeast Canada concerned that they’re seeing a new kind of brain disease. The Guardian reports that for over the course of more than a year, public health officials in New Brunswick have encountered 43 cases of suspected neurological disorders with no known cause. Officials have told the public […]
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Lorraine: Elizabeth Hurley discusses breast cancer awareness When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. The majority of breast cancer cases affect women over […]
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McDonald’s fries are awesome. But, like all fast food fries, they do tend to go a bit soggy if you’re not careful. Like, if you’ve promised yourself you wouldn’t eat every single one on your way home from the McDonald’s drive-thru, there’s a good chance that, by the time you get home, they’ll have lost their crunch. So, what can […]
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Jenny Lawson was willing to try anything. Plagued by unrelenting depression for most of her life, the Texas writer, 47, had her first round of transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, in 2018 — and it was life changing. Known to her online following as The Bloggess, the best-selling author uses her latest memoir, Broken (in the best possible way), to demystify the […]
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The human body is an incredibly designed machine, and mechanical processes such as those in the lymphatic system play major roles in maintaining healthy tissue and organs. Donny Hanjaya-Putra is an assistant professor whose work lies at the intersection of engineering and medicine. He studies the lymphatic system—the part of the immune system that rids the body of toxins and […]
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Cycling at home doesn’t mean you have to break the bank with an expensive Peloton – our writer bought a turbo trainer in lockdown and hit the virtual road with Zwift. I bought my first road bike a couple of years ago, after I was peer pressured into entering the Blenheim Palace Triathlon by a close friend. “If anyone can […]
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Could a decades-old antidepressant be a secret weapon against covid? A few scientists think so, after two small studies showed that fluvoxamine, typically prescribed for obsessive-compulsive disorder, prevented serious illness in all participants who took the pills soon after developing symptoms. It’s an exciting notion: A $10, two-week course of this drug could reduce death and hospitalizations. The drug could […]
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A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a diagnostic test that can detect the virus that causes COVID-19 even after it has gone through mutations. Called the VaNGuard (Variant Nucleotide Guard) test, it makes use of a gene-editing tool known as CRISPR, which is used widely in scientific research to alter DNA sequences […]
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