As a child, my unattainable object of desire was a giant Derwent pencil set. I knew that if I could just get my hands on one of those big boxes, my whole life would be more colourful. It took four decades, but last Christmas I finally scratched that itch and bought myself a set of 36 Derwents. I pored over […]
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This flu season has been extreme. It’s been the worst in over a decade, with 37 pediatric deaths reported according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So, although medical professionals and the CDC are urging people to get their flu shots, it’s understandable that people are looking for any and everything they can do and use to prevent […]
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YouTube star Jake Paul tweeted Monday that anxiety is "created by you" and encouraged people who struggle with it like him to take simple steps like talking to a friend to manage it. The now-deleted tweet faced backlash from followers who said it undermined the debilitating experience of having an anxiety disorder. Paul defended the tweet, saying it helped raise […]
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Simon Rimmer is the wise-cracking chef and co-host of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, a show he’s hosted with Tim Lovejoy since 2012. During a live broadcast of the show back in January, Tim teased his co-host by asking: “Can we have a voice update? When are we going to get your voice back?” Tim was alluding to Simon’s croaky voice, […]
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Jumpy Britain on red alert for coronavirus: Bath university confirms suspected case is in self-isolation waiting for test results as nervous resident spots hazmat-suit wearing visitor in London A person at the University of Bath is suspected of having the coronavirus Image shows a person in protective gear on a street in south London A care home in Brighton is […]
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In celebration of International Women's Day on Sunday, Ashley Graham, a body positive model, shared a photo of herself giving birth to her son, Isaac. Graham described giving birth as the "greatest pain I've ever known and the greatest accomplishment that I've ever achieved." Graham has been praised for her refreshingly honest posts about pregnancy and motherhood, as she's shared images of […]
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The people who could benefit most from the newest antidepressant therapies—those at risk for suicide—are most often excluded from the clinical trials that test those drugs for safety and efficacy, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. This group also stands to suffer the most harm from being prescribed medications that have not been tested on […]
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(HealthDay)—In a new clinical guideline from the American Gastroenterological Association, recently published in Gastroenterology, treatment recommendations are presented for patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Joseph D. Feuerstein, M.D., from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues developed guidelines for medical management of adult outpatients with moderate-to-severe UC. The authors recommend using infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, vedolizumab, tofacitinib, […]
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Artificial heart valve that GROWS inside the body ‘could stop children with deadly defects needing multiple risky surgeries’ The prosthetic has been hailed as a huge step forward in medical care Tested in young lambs, the valve expanded with the growth of their own hearts Human trials are expected to go ahead within two years, US researchers said It could […]
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China’s efforts to control the deadly outbreak of a new coronavirus “are working”, Beijing’s top diplomat said Thursday, attributing an easing in new cases to his country’s “forceful action” against the illness. Speaking in Laos after talks with peers from the 10 Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries, Wang Yi said the outbreak was “controllable and curable” despite the global panic it […]
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