Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published January 25, 2017. If you’ve ever had allergies with hives, nasal congestion, headaches or coughing, you may already know histamine, a chemical neurotransmitter your body produces, is what drives the most common allergy symptoms. However, in around 1% of the population, histamine overload may… Read More »
By Adam Vaughan Devi Sridhar, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh When not advising the Scottish government on its pandemic response, Devi Sridhar is being interviewed by TV news channels, writing opinion articles for The Guardian or tweeting to her almost 300,000 new followers. Throughout, she has been unafraid… Read More »
Lawyer Roy Cohn is best remembered for the role he played in the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953, his support of McCarthyism, and for his later anti-homosexuality politics and affiliation with President Ronald Reagan. In the new HBO documentary Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, filmmaker Ivy Meeropol… Read More »
Trying hard to lose belly fat but can’t? Trainer Terry Fairclough explains how hormones and an hormonal imbalance could be the reason for stubborn fat around the middle You’re doing everything right – eating less sugar, exercising frequently and saying no to wine o’clock. Yet, although most of your body is shaping up thanks to… Read More »
The secretary of state has said he does not want to get into a “blame game” with the Stormont parties about resolving the health sector crisis. Earlier this week, party leaders urged Julian Smith to take control of the matter. This followed unprecedented strike action by healthcare staff calling for pay parity and safer staffing… Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that efforts are underway to remove romaine lettuce from California from the supply chain, as they believe an E.coli outbreak likely originated from the Golden State. In a series of tweets, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the goal afterwards is to restock the market with untainted produce from… Read More »