That child-resistant packaging on your prescription bottle may seem like a nuisance, but it actually has a secret, time-saving feature. Unless you’ve been blessed with a superhuman grip, odds are you’ve found yourself struggling to get the cap off a prescription bottle at least once….
Author: Tim Edwards
Surgeons Reattach Teen’s Severed Arm After UTV Accident
A 13-year-old North Carolina boy is working to gain full-range of his left arm after a UTV accident left him with a severed limb. Tyler Hughes, who was out riding with friends in January when the vehicle’s roll bar landed on his arm, has undergone six…
Gosport Hospital Deaths: Prescribed Painkillers ‘Shortened 456 Lives’
More than 450 patients died after being given powerful painkillers inappropriately at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, a report has found. An independent panel said, taking into account missing records, a further 200 patients may have suffered a similar fate. The report found there was a…
Public Health Agency Recalls 150 Women For Cancer Test
One hundred and fifty women in Northern Ireland are being recalled to have their cervical smear test redone. It follows the discovery that the procedure had not been carried out properly. The women belong to two different GP surgeries in Newtownabbey and Belfast. The problem…
CDC Urges Everyone 50 And Older To Get New Vaccine
This new vaccine is the latest defense against a painful condition that is more common among older adults. It might be time to get vaccinated against shingles if you’re 50 or older. Folks in this age group — even people who are healthy — should…
Vaccine For Cancer That Killed Tessa Jowell ‘Remarkably Promising’
A vaccine could help to significantly extend the lives of people diagnosed with the brain cancer that killed ex-Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, early trial results suggest. But it is difficult to treat and patients live on average for only 15 to 17 months after…
Congo Says Confirmed Ebola Cases Rise To 35, With 10 Deaths
Congo’s health ministry says there are now 35 confirmed cases of Ebola in the country’s northwest, including 10 deaths confirmed from the often lethal virus. The ministry says there are also 13 probable cases and six suspected ones. A vaccination campaign continues in Mbandaka, the…
Missing Microbes ‘Cause’ Childhood Cancer
Our modern germ-free life is the cause of the most common type of cancer in children, according to one of Britain’s most eminent scientists. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia affects one in 2,000 children. Prof Mel Greaves, from the Institute of Cancer Research, has amassed 30 years…