Exposure to a type of man-made chemicals may cause menopause to occur two years earlier in women, a new study warns. US researchers found that high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in blood samples contributed to an earlier menopause in women. PFAS, which are used as oil and water repellents and coatings for … Read more
Nearly half of Britons have admitted they are drinking earlier in the day, twice as high as nations at the other end of the spectrum. A survey of 40,000 people across the world revealed Britain tops the table among 12 countries on a number of drinking parameters. Nearly 47 per cent of people who drink … Read more
Sir Ian Boyd, a member of Number 10’s SAGE panel, admitted ‘it would have made quite a big difference’ if ministers acted sooner to fight the outbreak Thousands of lives could have been saved from Covid-19 if Britain’s lockdown was imposed just one week earlier, a government scientific adviser has claimed. Sir Ian Boyd, a … Read more
Triggering lockdown a week earlier could have saved the lives of more than 30,000 people in the UK, according to a shock study. The staggering claim was made by a mathematical sciences expert who predicted how different scenarios could have affected the progress of the outbreak in Britain. He suggests that starting the lockdown, which … Read more