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The UK’s first hospital-owned solar farm has surpassed expectations by providing enough electricity to power the facility.
The £5.7 million solar farm was built for Morriston Hospital in Swansea and has already saved an estimated £120,000 in electricity bills – despite only operating in the winter months.
Show moreDrinking two or three cups of coffee a day may be linked to a reduced risk of heart disease or dying, new research suggests.
The findings suggest this association exists for people with and without cardiovascular disease.
Show more“Music,” wrote the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, “has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”
A new analysis has empirically confirmed something that rings true for many music lovers – that singing, playing or listening to music can improve wellbeing and quality of life.
Show moreAs a London-based management consultant who has struggled with anxiety and insomnia, Marion dreaded the prospect of working from home when the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown was announced in 2020.
Show moreReport uses input from healthcare professionals to highlight training and support needs, while also warning about departures.
Elsevier Health's 'Clinician of the Future' global report – conducted in partnership with Ipsos – reveals that doctors and nurses have called for urgent support, in areas such as skills training, especially in the effective application of technology in
... Show moreMore than two decades after the draft human genome was celebrated as a scientific milestone, scientists have finally finished the job. The first complete, gap-free sequence of a human genome has been published in an advance expected to pave the way for new insights into health and what makes our species unique.
Show moreResearchers at the University of Leeds in the UK have created a magnetic "tentacle robot" that is just 2 mm in diameter, which they hope will be able to navigate through some of the smallest airways in our lungs. At present, a bronchoscope is used to investigate the lungs, but this cannot pass into very narrow airways without an additional catheter attachment. This arrangement is cumbersome
... Show moreIf you love bacon and eggs first thing in the morning, you can't get enough of fried chicken, or a good steak has you drooling in anticipation, the prospect of going vegetarian might not seem particularly appealing. However, you can opt for a more "flexitarian" diet, eating meat only occasionally without giving it up entirely, to see health benefits.
Show moreThe sweeping disruption that Covid-19 brought to healthcare systems around the world has been well documented. We’ve seen almost two years of continuous coverage on how the NHS and its international counterparts have fared, with countless news stories devoted to backlogs, staff shortages and faltering service delivery.
Show moreHi. My name is Charlie, and long Covid has destroyed my life.
Before my “mild infection”, I was a healthy, fit 30-year-old, biking 10 miles a day with no prior health issues, the type of person the CDC says should bounce back after two weeks. Well, it’s been two years and I’ve yet to bounce back. I can’t work or leave the house, and I rely on my partner as a full-time caretaker
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