Government ministers have confirmed plans to regulate a chemical found in diet pills known as DNP. Under new legislation, which was passed on Monday January 30th, DNP will be reclassified as a poison. The legislation will come into force on the 1st of October 2023. DNP is a highly toxic industrial chemical, which is found […]
Experts based in the UK are using technology utilised in films like Avatar to research diseases that impact human movement. Researchers are using motion capture technology similar to innovations used in Avatar to bring characters to life to monitor symptoms and track conditions that restrict movement. The innovative technology uses AI (artificial intelligence) to gather […]
New guidance from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) recommends statins for millions more patients in England. The new guidelines from NICE mean that up to 15 million more people in England could be advised to take statins. Statins are drugs, which lower cholesterol, decreasing the risk of heart attacks and stroke. […]
Dry January has become increasingly popular, as people look to reduce their alcohol consumption after the festive party season. Dry January launched in 2013 and the number of people participating in the month-long challenge has grown year by year. A campaign drawn up by Alcohol Change UK, Dry January encourages participants to go through the […]
Health chiefs have issued a warning over the “very real” threat of flu, as case numbers soar across England. Recent data shows that 3,700 patients were undergoing treatment in hospital every day in the week ending on December 30th. This represents a dramatic increase of over 3,000 patients per day from November. In 2021, when […]