Scientists are developing a new wave of impotence treatments based on the gas associated with schoolboy stink bombs. Researchers have discovered that a liquified form of hydrogen sulphide, the gas with the smell of rotten eggs, could help men with erectile dysfunction it might even prove an alternative to the popular impotence drug Viagra. Studies [...]
Last week, researchers revealed spicing up meal-times with red chilli peppers could provide a natural appetite suppressant and help you lose weight. Here, LAURA STOTT explains why and gives some other fascinating tips on how to curb your appetite the natural way… APPLES All fruit and vegetables are high satiety (or filling) foods that contain [...]
One of the secrets of the MRSA superbug’s resistance has been cracked by scientists, paving the way for new drugs to fight infections. Despite medical advances and numerous hygiene campaigns, the bug still kills hundreds of hospital patients a year. But the problem is not limited to the wards, with a more deadly strain on [...]
Their inspections were a source of shame and embarrassment for generations of schoolchildren. But having been gradually phased out because their efforts were considered intrusive, nit nurses could make a comeback. Hundreds of parents have signed a petition calling for the nurses to be reinstated and claiming that head lice is now a nationwide health [...]
A 26-year-old mother who lost her right hand in a traffic accident several years ago has reunited with her doctors to show off her new donated hand. Emily Fennell from Yuba City, California received the donor limb in a marathon operation after her hand was damaged in a car crash. ‘It has been surreal to [...]
A family-of-four have lost 44-stone between them after undergoing gastric bypass surgery on the NHS. Craig and Denise Watson and their two daughters Rebecca, 24, and Rachel, 21, all had their free surgeries within a six-month period. News of their expensive operations, which could have cost taxpayers up to 40,000 for the Watson family, comes [...]