A Swedish professor who had been researching the effects of Covid-19 on children has quit after being bombarded with abuse online. Jonas F Ludvigsson, a paediatrician at Örebro University Hospital and professor of clinical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, published data showing few children in Sweden became ill from Covid-19 during the first wave. However, … Read more
Shoppers are paying up to 180% more for vegan food than for the equivalent meat-based product, research finds A study found that four in five vegan goods cost more than meat counterparts M&S’ vegan sausage rolls were £1.45 more expensive than meat alternative Meanwhile, Waitrose’s 400g vegan chilli cost £1 more than 450g meat version … Read more
Drug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests New study suggests ivermectin cuts Covid infections by around 75 per cent More than 30 trials globally found the drug caused improvements in treatment The study is set to be published in the US journal Frontiers of Pharmacology … Read more
Patients are warned not to shun statins after new research shows they are wrongly blamed for the aches and pains of old age New study suggests statins wrongly blamed for aches and pains in old age London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found the drugs had no effects They believe symptoms could be result … Read more
Night owls may be twice as likely to underperform at work than morning larks, research suggests Night owls are also at greater risk of falling into early retirement due to disability Evening chronotype almost twice as likely to underperform than morning larks Genes are the biggest factor in determining a person’s chronotype By Jack Elsom … Read more
A nasal spray made from chillies could help millions of Britons with a persistent blocked nose. The spray is designed for people whose nasal stuffiness is not caused by allergies such as hay fever, but rather by non-allergic rhinitis, a condition that affects up to six million people in the UK. It occurs as a result … Read more
More than 700 holders of investing Isas that rank at more than a million pounds have one clear thing in common – a hefty weighting towards investment trusts, according to a leading Isa platform. Interactive investors has revealed that among the 731 pots of a million pounds or more that are held with it, closed-ended … Read more
Babies conceived via IVF are born smaller than others… but catch up on height and weight by the age of 17, research shows By age of 17, IVF children were same average size as those conceived naturally Babies were initially smaller but research found a difference in growth patterns Previous research linked rapid weight to higher … Read more
Mice learned how to be sneaky from living alongside humans, new research suggests Researchers in Germany looked at three populations of house mice for the study Mice which have been with humans longest were best at problem-solving tasks Tasks included opening lid or window of a Lego house to get a tasty mealworm By Victoria … Read more
Hard partying in your 20s raises your risk of heart problems later in life by NINE times, research suggests Study of more than million people fired warning of the dangers of hard partying Young adults up to nine times more likely to develop premature heart disease Found higher number of substances used recreationally the greater … Read more