Researchers found a link between a Parkinson's disease gene and vocal issues, leading to a soft monotonous voice. These vocal symptoms often appear much earlier - sometimes decades - before movement-related issues, according to a study conducted on songbirds by neuroscientists in the lab of Julie E Miller, assistant professor at the University of Arizona.

The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus. Officials said the virus' death rate had dropped from a peak of more than 100,000 people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 on 24 April. The... Continue Reading →

Young men formed the highest percentage of undiagnosed cases: 66% of those aged between 16 and 24 with high blood pressure were unidentified, compared to 26% of young women in the same age cohort. Meanwhile, this figure rested at 55% of men and 44% of women between 25 and 34.

Now, figures obtained under freedom of information laws show that in 2022, 1 in 16 of England’s NHS ambulance workers took time off due to conditions such as anxiety, stress and depression – the equivalent of 1,100 staff. NHS bosses and unions say deteriorating working conditions caused by staff shortages are driving the absences, which have increased by a third since 2020 from 188,134 to 247,711 lost days.

Prof Kamila Hawthorne, who chairs the Royal College of GPs, said: "GPs and our teams are working tirelessly to deliver safe, timely and appropriate care and to give patients the choice of appointment they want.

"It is not right that stores are able to prominently display vaping paraphernalia for all to see, such as in a shop window, often in bright, colourful packaging that can appeal to children,"

According to the Health Secretary, if striking NHS employees accept productivity and efficiency improvements, they might be in line for a sizable wage raise starting in April. Tomorrow, Steve Barclay will meet with union representatives to discuss the wage agreement for health employees for the following year. The government is under pressure to accept a... Continue Reading →