‘Divorce Day’ looms for warring couples tomorrow but experts predict lower numbers of inquiries than last year because more decided to split up while in lockdown Co-op Legal Services has said it recorded a 250% rise in inquiries through 2020 First working Monday in January has long held its grim nickname as ‘Divorce Day’ This … Read more
A new eye test that uses artificial intelligence AI to study retina scans can predict age-related macular degeneration (AMD) three years before symptoms start. The first part of the ‘pioneering’ test, developed by researchers at University College London, is called DARC. DARC involves injecting dye into a person’s bloodstream to illuminate ‘stressed’ endothelial cells in … Read more
Buying a classic car can be a sound investment – providing better long-term returns than art, property and even gold, in some cases. However, financial gain is dependent on picking the right model that’s packed with potential to rise in value. Fortunately, there’s now a new annual market report to help petrol-heads buy the cars … Read more
Lava crystals that erupted from volcanoes more than half a century ago can reveal secrets about when they may next erupt, a new study claims. US scientists analysed crystals formed inside a type of porous rock that burst from the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959. The crystals had an odd shape that, along with computer … Read more
Experts PREDICT future Covid-19 outbreaks: Hotspots can be identified using patient data and successfully identified Leicester and Manchester spikes which led to local lockdowns ZOE app from KCL accurately predicted Leicester and Manchester outbreaks Northwestern University’s global system predicts a spike in Wyoming Experts say the systems can be used to inform Covid-19 policy decisions By Joe … Read more
A new global surveillance system may be able to predict where the next coronavirus hotspots will be. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, it can track where the virus is, where it is going, how quickly it will arrive and whether or not it is accelerating. Its most recent report claims Wisconsin is on … Read more
A blood test to detect two molecules that act as indicators of a person’s likelihood to get Alzheimer’s disease later in life has been hailed as a ‘potential game-changer’ in a new study. The two molecules – P-tau181, a tau protein, and neurofilament light polypeptide (NfL) – are found in plasma, the light yellow liquid that makes … Read more
Test and Trace boss Baroness Dido Harding claims it is ‘not my job’ to predict when the system will get overloaded and claims she didn’t foresee new school year crippling the struggling regime By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 14:12 GMT, 10 November 2020 England’s … Read more
Scientists say the ‘dose’ of coronavirus a person is infected with may determine how ill they become. This means contracting a very low amount of the virus may result in being asymptomatic with no coughing, fever or shortness of breath. However, a modest dose may result in someone have a mild-to-moderate infection and a very … Read more
Artificial intelligence is being trained to predict whether someone is likely to develop oral cancer and may ‘revolutionise’ diagnosis, researchers claim Oral cancer risk is increased by factors including poor diet, tobacco and viruses Diagnoses of oral cancers have risen by nearly 60 per cent in the last decade However, the evaluation of a patients risk … Read more