Winter chills often see us seeking out warm meals. But with stodgy sauces, calorie-laden curries and pie and mash the order of the day, it’s not surprising that we often pile on the pounds and see our cholesterol levels sky rocket.It’s time to choose wisely, says dietitian Victoria Taylor from the British Heart Foundation (bhf.org.uk). … Read more
If you have depression, antidepressants and talk therapy could be part of your treatment plan. Antidepressants modify levels of serotonin and other chemicals in your brain. They can be an effective way to relieve sadness and other depression symptoms, but only if you take them. What often happens is [people] just stop taking their medication. … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts. Nearly 9,000 out of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been refusing to work for about two weeks to protest a … Read more
Wires can be crossed, hopes dashed and trust betrayed: relationships are a minefield and going DIY on the repair work doesn’t always get the job done. We want to hear your stories about seeking professional guidance when the going got rough: what triggered the decision and how did you choose who to see? Have there … Read more
PARIS (AP) — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and governments have been gradually expanding abortion rights, with some exceptions. Women can access … Read more
Quebec has 10 confirmed cases of measles and most of them are in Montreal, the province’s top doctors said Monday. Dr. Luc Boileau, Quebec’s director of public health, said the majority of cases involved children and at least one adult contracted measles. The Montreal region accounted for seven of the infections to date. He urged … Read more
When one of Emmerdale’s best-loved characters, Chas Dingle, decides to have a bilateral mastectomy next week after a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis, it is a choice she understandably doesn’t take lightly. It was her friend and lover, Dr Liam Cavanagh, who first noticed a lump on her right breast in January and urged her to … Read more
We all have thoughts that invade our brains from time to time and mess with our moods. We all get down. Whether it’s your job, your social life, your family, or something completely different, sometimes the negativity can be too much. It does tend to snowball. And that’s the part where it can become problematic. … Read more
PARIS — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights seen … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is ready to begin doling out millions of dollars in opioid settlement money to community and government organizations, an influx eagerly anticipated since the first sums were secured in 2021. The OneOhio Recovery Foundation, who has been tasked with distributing over $860 million of settlements reached with drugmakers and pharmaceutical … Read more
