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EVER wondered what your risk of a deadly heart problem is? Well now you can face the truth with an online quiz that gives your heart health a score out of 100. Seeing your heart health scored on paper could be the kick you need to make lifestyle changes. Many heart and vessel conditions - such as heart disease and stroke - can be prevented with healthy habits . That includes stopping smoking, eating a healthy diet and exercising. There are eight factors the American Heart Association (AHA) considers crucial for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health, called “Life’s Essential 8”. Read more on heart health GREEN FINGERS Urgent warning to gardeners as soil ‘increases risk of killer heart disease’ PUT A SOCK IN IT How your SOCKS can help you spot symptom of silent killer Since 2010, there were only seven components. However, last week it was revealed sleep would be added as the eighth key … [Read more...] about Take online quiz to work out YOUR risk of deadly heart problem

IF you're single, you might look at people in relationships longingly. Alternatively you might rejoice in evenings to yourself and not having to spend time with annoying in-laws. But experts have now found that while we all have preferences as to what sort of relationship we would like to be in, your status could also speak volumes when it comes to your health . Medics in China found that the single life could mean you have a higher risk of dying from stomach cancer . In the UK each year there are around 6,500 new cases of the illness. That accounts for around 18 cases each day, with it being the 17th most common cancer in the country. Read more on stomach cancer RED FLAGS The 5 early signs of stomach cancer to know as Kelis' husband dies of illness TOBY'S PAIN Inside Toby Keith's secret stomach cancer battle as tour could be canceled While medics found being single is dangerous, they also claimed that … [Read more...] about What your relationship status says about your HEALTH – and your risk of dying from cancer

Some experts are warning that gaps in testing and vaccine coverage for monkeypox will leave the United States vulnerable to losing control of its tropical virus outbreak. Public health leaders from the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and George Washington University (GW) warn that a fractured and lacking response to the outbreak so far can have severe consequences. Previous experts have warned that the virus has likely been spreading undetected in the U.S. for some time, and fear it could become endemic in the nation is not curbed soon. As if Friday - the most recently available data - the U.S. has logged 460 cases across 31 states and the District of Columbia. Iowa is believed to have recorded its first case over the weekend as well, though Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) figures have not yet reflected it. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next New York City orders another 6,000 doses of monkeypox... US … [Read more...] about Experts warn that the US could soon lose control of monkeypox due to lack of testing and limited access to vaccines

Department of Conservation This supplied video outlines DOC's efforts to measure the long-term effects of 1080 in New Zealand. It claims bird numbers have doubled in one West Coast valley. (Video first published in January 2019) The Department of Conservation (DOC) is planning its largest predator control programme in response to a 'mega mast' event – exceptionally heavy seeding – in New Zealand forests. The $38 million programme will cover about 1 million hectares of conservation land across the country (the previous largest was 840,000ha in 2016). Aerial 1080 operations will cover more than 900,000ha, and trapping will take place across more than 66,000ha. Priority sites include Kahurangi, Abel Tasman, Arthur's Pass, Westland, Mt Aspiring and Fiordland national parks, the Caitlins and Whirinaki. The predator control effort aims to suppress rat, stoat and possum populations to protect native species. Monitoring by DOC had confirmed a predicted mega mast, or heavy … [Read more...] about DOC to launch huge predator control programme in response to ‘mega mast’

Sunak and Javid resignations slammed by Keir Starmer Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info But now the Labour Party is at risk of its own civil war after Remainers hit back at Sir Keir Starmer for rejecting the EU. It was widely thought that Labour’s stance on Brexit was one of the reasons why swathes of Red Wall seats turned blue in the 2019 general election. Related articles Chris Pincher by-election: Who would win if Tory MP resigns? Keir Starmer beergate: When we will know if Labour leader was fined Richard Hewison, leader of the Rejoin EU Party, slammed Labour and called its policy nothing more than empty wordplay. He said: … [Read more...] about ‘We’ve had enough’ – Labour risks civil war as Remainers attack new EU policy

S ometime around 2010, about two-thirds of the way through his 13 years at the helm of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)—the world’s largest mental-health research institution—Tom Insel started speaking with unusual frankness about how both psychiatry and his own institute were failing to help the mentally ill. Insel, runner-trim, quietly alert, and constitutionally diplomatic, did not rant about this. It’s not in him. You won’t hear him trash-talk colleagues or critics. Listen to the audio version of this article: Feature stories, read aloud: download the Audm app for your iPhone. Yet within the bounds of his unbroken civility, Insel began voicing something between a regret and an indictment. In writings and public talks, he lamented the pharmaceutical industry’s failure to develop effective new drugs for depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia; academic psychiatry’s overly cozy relationship with Big Pharma; and the paucity of treatments produced by the … [Read more...] about The Smartphone Psychiatrist

Monkeypox has now been found in 31 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., as part of an outbreak that has seen over 5,700 confirmed cases worldwide across 52 countries. That's according to data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Monkeypox is a virus originally passed to humans from animals and usually seen in Central and West Africa. However, it is currently spreading in populations within non-endemic countries across the world, including rapidly in Europe and North America . Symptoms may include fever, headaches , muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and exhaustion, followed by a pustulous skin rash that may scar . These symptoms are similar, but less clinically severe, to those of smallpox , which was eradicated in the 1980s. While some earlier cases have been associated with gay and bisexual men—with many U.S. cases being linked to a single event —anyone of any sexuality can contract the disease, and there is no conclusive evidence … [Read more...] about The 10 states with the most monkeypox cases

A MAN so sick that doctors thought he had cancer had in fact overdosed on a common supplement. And NHS experts are concerned that taking excessive amounts of vitamins is becoming a growing problem. The unnamed middle-aged man, from Kent, started taking a cocktail of supplements after seeing a nutritional therapist. He took 20 over-the-counter pills every day in the pursuit of health. The daily requirement for vitamin D is 600mg, but the patient was taking more than 80 times that, at 50,000mg each day. He was also taking around 20 times the recommended daily dose of omega-3, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 - 2000mg twice daily compared to 200-500mg. Read more on supplements DRUG ALERT How many paracetamol are dangerous? DRUG DEAL Major change to NHS prescriptions announced - are you affected? The body makes vitamin D in response to sunlight, but it can also be consumed in some foods, such as oily fish. In … [Read more...] about Doctors shocked to discover true cause of man’s illness after fearing cancer

GOING through cancer can be a lonely, painful experience. For one mum of two though, Dame Deborah James was a shining example of how to live with cancer, through the incredibly hard moments and the good. Rebecca Scott, 43, a teacher from Ipswich was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 38. Her only initial symptom was weight loss and then severe anaemia, around a month before her cancer diagnosis. "I was losing so much blood constantly. I was running on half levels. "I was told I basically shouldn't have been functioning." Read more on Deborah James SHINING LIGHT Leave your messages of tribute to Dame Debs in our online book of condolence BREAK THE TABOO The poo checks Dame Deborah wanted YOU to do - they might save your life She was eventually admitted to hospital with anaemia and sent on her way, the assumption being the blood loss was related to heavy periods. But Rebecca wasn't … [Read more...] about Deborah James shone so brightly – it’s thanks to her I know how to live with cancer

DAME Deborah James' parents have celebrated their daughter a week after her death. The 40-year-old had been living at her mum and dad's home after being moved to palliative care . Campaigner and Sun writer Debs died on June 28, after raising £6.7million in her final days. Just one of her legacies, the BowelBabe fund, has since shot up to £7.3m. Debs was relentless in her drive to raise awareness and funds to help "more Deborahs have more time". One of the contributors to the fund had been through the sale of a rose named after the mum-of-two from the Harkness Rose Company . Read more on Deborah James 'LOVE YOU FOREVER' Deb's mum says 'my heart is broken' & shares clip of Sun writer dancing 'DEB'S LEGACY' Deborah James's family call for support of Bowelbabe Fund - as it hits £7M Yesterday at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Debs' mum Heather and dad Alistair raised a glass at the stand … [Read more...] about Deborah James’ parents celebrate their daughter a week after her death