Cuddling a newborn DOES soothe them: Skin-to-skin contact between parents and infants reduces a baby’s pain, study finds Researchers monitored the brain activity of babies undergoing a blood test They had some held skin-to-skin, some with clothes and others in an incubator Those held skin-to-skin experienced a dampened reaction to the painful jab Experts say … Read more
Trees with faster growth rates die younger across multiple countries and species, which reduces overall carbon storage capacity, a new study claims. Researchers analysed tree-ring data of more than 200,000 records of 82 species across Europe, Asia and the Americas. They found tree faster growth is being offset by earlier mortality and release of the … Read more
Inequality in the workplace reduces employees’ motivation — even among those who stand to benefit from unfair advantages Researchers in the UK asked 810 participants to complete a task for money Each subject was told that the other people were being paid more or less The greater this disparity, the more unhappy and unmotivated the … Read more
Lindy Klim spends $75-a-week on designer VAGINA MASKS that she claims ‘reduces vulva wrinkles’ – as she urges her fans to do the same By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:28 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 04:28 BST, 6 August 2020 Lindy Rama-Ellis (formerly Klim) has urged fans to add ‘vagina hydration’ … Read more
Vitamin D will not protect you from depression: Large study debunks myth that the ‘sunshine supplement’ reduces the risk of mood disorders Previous studies have linked low blood levels of vitamin D with higher risk for depression in middle-age and old age Researchers gave half of a group of 18,000 men and women vitamin D3 … Read more
Gilead study says remdesivir reduces the risk of death in severely ill coronavirus patients by 62% Gilead compared 312 severely ill coronavirus patients receiving remdesivir compared to 818 patients receiving standard of care Nearly 75% of those treated with remdesivir recovered compared to 59% not given the drug Only 7.6% of remdesivir-treated patients died compared to … Read more
Katie Price‘s son Harvey suffered a health scare on Monday, and MailOnline can reveal that the model ‘feared the worst’. The 18-year-old was rushed to hospital during his sister Princess’s 13th birthday on Monday at Katie’s Surrey mansion. Harvey – who suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, has autism, an underactive thyroid and diabetes – had contracted … Read more
Sunrise host Samantha Armytage reduces on-air duties for Seven just weeks after facing international backlash for a resurfaced ‘racist’ segment from 2015 By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:53 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 02:59 BST, 21 June 2020 From June 22, Samantha Armytage will no longer host Seven’s popular breakfast program, … Read more
A £5 steroid reduces the risk of dying from coronavirus by a third in patients on ventilators, a major British trial has found. In the biggest coronavirus breakthrough to date, dexamethasone was also shown to save the lives of a fifth of Covid-19 sufferers with moderate illness receiving oxygen. The results from the RECOVERY trial suggest the … Read more
A rapid coronavirus testing machine could halve the time it takes to diagnose patients and help to free up space on wards, an NHS hospital has found. Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has been trialling portable machines called Samba II after being the first NHS hospital to receive them in April. They can diagnose Covid-19 in less … Read more