Routine CT scans may catch 70% of lung tumours early: New research could save thousands of lives Health experts are demanding the Government brings in routine CT scanning Scanning smokers and ex-smokers ‘extremely effective’ in catching cancer It comes following research that CT scans catch 70 per cent of cancers early By Elliot Mulligan For … Read more
Covid lockdown ‘WON’T lead to a soaring divorce rate’ across the UK, shows new research Pro-marriage campaigners claim official commitment helps couples in distress The Marriage Foundation claims 1pc of mothers and fathers want to divorce They claim the past 11 months of lockdown have seen relationships strengthen However, the foundation claims cohabiting couples are … Read more
Listening to soothing music and words while you’re unconscious on the operating table could mean you wake up in less pain. That’s the finding from new research, published in The BMJ, which looked at whether playing relaxing music and recordings of positive comments, such as ‘You are safe now and in good care’, to patients under … Read more
Two Pfizer doses ‘are 99.96% effective’: Double jab weeks apart prevents almost ALL cases of Covid-19, research in Israel suggests Israeli research has found that just 0.04 per cent of those vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine went on to develop coronavirus Of the 700,000 people vaccinated, just 300 later contracted Covid-19, with … Read more
A team of North Korean computer hackers used a fake website to hack other hackers, Google has revealed. Google said the Pyongyang-backed hackers lured computer security researchers to a blog site about hacking using fake social media profiles and then used clandestine methods to infect their computers in order to extract information. The search engine … Read more
Gesturing with your hands can make your words more memorable, new research suggests Slicing air and waving gestures can make what we’re saying more memorable May explain why politicians often make chopping motions during speeches Gestures can affect the sounds we hear, such as making vowels seem longer By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent For The … Read more
Daily swabs could replace self-isolation: Lateral flow screening could end the need to isolate if you have been in contact with a Covid-infected person, research suggests Currently anyone in contact with someone with Covid is required to self-isolate But a study has found the scheme could be scrapped and replaced with tests Negative rapid lateral … Read more
Families of football and rugby players set up dementia charity to fund scientific research into the disease and offer support Head For Change has enlisted the family of Nobby Stiles to be ambassadors Three women who have watched relatives live with the illness are behind charity Fundamental aim is to deliver support to families through … Read more
Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s: Wives’ finances plunge by a third after marriage ends, research suggests The Legal & General pension group released the research findings yesterday It said many women earn less than men and do not insist on taking a share of their former partner’s pension This decision often … Read more
All the monkeys at a NASA research center were put to death on the same day last year, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. In all, 27 primates at the Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, were euthanized on February 2, 2019, The Guardian reported. The animals were older, … Read more