Category: Health

Jewish-American comedian Amy Schumer often shares her health problems, and this is no exception. The actress and comedian explained why she stopped taking Ozempic and called on her fellow celebrities to start being honest with their takes on weight loss. The 43-year-old appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen recently and said she […]

A global shortage means some people with diabetes are struggling to access the drug semaglutide, which is sold under the brand name Ozempic. The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care has recommended that no new patients are started on the drug. Ongoing shortages have also been reported in Australia and Ireland. Canada has also […]

Eating leafy green vegetables can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, a study recently published in the leading journal Neurology of the American Neurological Association has shown. The study examined how eating green leafy vegetables benefits our health, and the researchers found a  connection between eating green leafy vegetables and reducing the risk of developing […]

Many people associate Parkinson’s disease with the physical symptoms it causes – such as tremors, muscle stiffness and balance problems – which can all make everyday activities difficult. But just because Parkinson’s makes movement harder, doesn’t mean those with the disease should stop moving. This was highlighted in a recent video posted by British fitness […]

Channel 11 TV has been running a series called “80 and Four” that – with the assistance of professionals in geriatrics, psychology and early childhood – brings together preschoolers with octogenarians and nonagenarians. The results have been not only heartwarming as they play, sing, dance and learn together but also life changing, raising the older […]

Sir Elton John set a record at this year’s Glastonbury, becoming the most-watched headliner in the festival’s history, with more than 7 million people tuning in live to the BBC to watch his last ever UK performance. The 76-year-old singer certainly delivered all his characteristic showmanship. But many who have followed his music over the […]

A shortage of penicillin may further hinder attempts to gain control over the syphilis epidemic plaguing the United States, according to an article published by the New York Times on July 7. Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases are also rapidly increasing in Israel. Pfizer announced that there would be shortages of Bicillin L-A last month. […]

If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across your field of vision. They are known as floaters or, more formally, muscae volitantes – Latin for flying flies. Like regular flies, muscae volitantes are rather pesky, so it’s not surprising that people want to banish […]

Personalized medicine is an emerging field of medicine that uses an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. It exists today in a subset of diseases such as cancer, but there is almost no use of personal medicine tools in the field of infectious diseases.  Based on […]

There has to come a point where doctors decide, I can’t do my job any more – and then the situation will spiral out of control. I would use the term ‘crisis’: so many parts of the NHS are under such enormous pressure that they are unable to provide the personal care that patients need, […]