Alcohol withdrawal rates have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers found a 34 percent increase in hospitalized patients experiencing symptoms such as headaches, nausea, tremors and seizures due to not using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking. What’s more, the rates from March to September in 2020 were consistently higher compared … Read more
Alcohol withdrawal rates have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers found a 34 percent increase in hospitalized patients experiencing symptoms such as headaches, nausea, tremors and seizures due to not using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking. What’s more, the rates from March to September in 2020 were consistently higher compared … Read more
More than 90 per cent of severely ill coronavirus patients in Germany have a ‘migrant background’, a leading doctor has said, prompting claims that the government is turning a blind eye to the issue to avoid igniting a race row. Thomas Voshaar, the head doctor at a German lung hospital, said a survey of leading … Read more
NHS hospitals in London are told to prepare for a ‘possible surge’ in Covid patients later this year as data shows how the virus has retreated across the capital Leaked guidance handed to NHS trusts in the city tells them to ‘begin to plan for a possible wave three’ It is not impossible for Covid … Read more
For years it troubled and perplexed Dr Ruth Tapsell that her type 2 diabetes patients made little or no progress despite the drugs she prescribed or the healthy eating advice given. ‘If anything, they put on more weight, were hungrier and needed more medication to control their condition,’ says the NHS GP who works in … Read more
Will a THIRD Covid jab boost protection? Rishi Sunak will give funding for trials into whether extra vaccine shot could benefit patients Rishi Sunak will provide vaccination programme with an additional £1.65billion Money includes £22million to fund UK trial of ‘mix and match’ vaccine strategy Trial will also examine whether there is any value in giving … Read more
Long Covid sufferers are making dramatic recoveries after being vaccinated against the virus, scientists have said. Officials estimate about one in ten Brits suffer from tiredness, headaches and fever months after beating the coronavirus. But a handful of sufferers given the jabs have told their doctors that they felt better after being inoculated against the … Read more
The number of critically-ill patients taking up intensive care beds in NHS hospitals in England has dropped by a quarter over the last month, official figures revealed today. But there are still nearly 4,500 people being treated in critical care units each day, according to figures that lay bare the huge amount of pressure Covid … Read more
Fatigue, loss of smell and chest pains are all some of the better known long-term effects that persist months after coronavirus infection. But according to a new scientific paper, almost a quarter of Covid-19 survivors may have to adjust to hair loss too. The study, published in The Lancet, reveals that 359 out of 1,655 … Read more
Two psychiatric patients are killed by fellow patient at German hospital who also attacks female nurses and a police officer 21-year-old psychiatric patient suspected of killing two patients aged 54 and 56 The man had admitted himself to psychiatric hospital in Lüneburg on Thursday He allegedly killed the two older male patients at 2am on … Read more