A woman who thought her bloated stomach was due to overeating during the Covid pandemic actually had a cancerous cyst the size of a soccer ball on her ovary.
Chanelle Mason, 32, from Hempstead, Hertfordshire, first noticed her stomach bloating last summer, but thought she was just gaining weight.
Ms. Mason...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn authorization for sotrovimab monoclonal antibody therapy for use in the Northeast, in a move that shows the agency fears an impending wave of COVID-19 latent variants.
The agency announced Friday that it will no longer approve the drug produced by pharmaceutical giant...
I really like the feeling of waking up after a good night's sleep. I just wish it happened more often.
I've struggled with insomnia for years, waking up in the middle of the night and having trouble falling asleep again. And I am not alone.
We're in the...
The "hidden" variant of Omicron has made headlines around the world in recent weeks, as the highly contagious strain, the most contagious of the pandemic, many fear a new wave of Covid may be just around the corner. Experts reassure Americans that things may not be as bad...
One study suggests that doctors can pinpoint the risk of heart attack by listening to the way they talk in patients with cardiovascular disease.
By looking for clues in audio recordings, a computer algorithm was able to identify heart disease patients at highest risk of serious complications.
Small changes...
A small balloon inflated into the nose will be thrown into the NHS to relieve sinus congestion and headaches.
Hospitals in the UK will have access to the gadget from next week, along with seven other new devices.
The Stryker XprESS handset is designed to inflate a balloon in a patient's...
The number of Covid cases in the United States continues to decline steadily, and while some countries elsewhere are facing recent increases in cases, government officials are reassuring Americans that there will be no more waves this spring.
Yet America's most profitable vaccine manufacturers are pushing for a fourth...
One study suggests that taking medication for vomiting can increase the risk of stroke by more than three times.
Medicines called anti-dopaminergic antiemetics are often prescribed by the NHS to treat nausea caused by conditions such as migraines or cancer-related diseases.
However, a study of more than 30,000 people prescribed three...
A personal trainer was given 18 months to live after it was discovered that his "sports injury" was cancer.
Mark Potter, 47, from Chingford, Essex, began feeling numbness in his calves in January.
But the former champion boxer, who was squatting 200 kg (440 lb) at the time, shrugged and...
Leading experts say babies born in 2070 could live up to 150 years thanks to advances in reverse aging technology.
This could not only double the current global average life expectancy, but also reduce the time people spend on age-related diseases.
What was once considered a distant...
