If youâve been struggling to navigate the stairs and are wondering whether you need to move house, have you considered getting a stairlift installed? At about £4,000 it will be considerably cheaper than calling in the estate agents. Thought to have been first invented in the 1920s in Pennsylvania, when entrepreneur CC Crispen designed his … Read more
Scientists have issued an urgent warning about a potential health threat to Europe after research found climate change could leave the continent vulnerable to a deadly virus. Researchers have revealed the West Nile virus, or WNV, could become more prevalent in Europe as temperatures rise. WNV is a single-strain virus that causes West Nile fever … Read more
Prescription drugs heal us when we’re sick, ease our pain when we ache, and prevent or control long-term conditions. But sometimes, even when they do the job they’re supposed to, they have unwelcome side effects. Don’t let that make you automatically rule out a medication, especially if it’s an important part of managing a health … Read more
For close to 100 years, the U.S. government has been the largest helium provider worldwide.1 This is set to change, now that the Federal Helium Reserve has been sold to the highest bidder — Messer, an industrial gas company. But with helium already in short supply, the sale has spooked the health care industry amidst … Read more
OROVILLE, Calif. — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis, a change social providers say would threaten programs that keep people from becoming homeless in the first place. In 2004, voters approved legislation that imposed a tax on … Read more
In December I received a distressing letter from Ovo apologising for a significant billing error and revealing that I owed £1,500. It followed up with an email indicating a drastic increase in my direct debit from £215 to £600 a month. This rise is beyond my means and when I called, the still unmanageable £370 … Read more
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis, a change social providers say would threaten programs that keep people from becoming homeless in the first place. In 2004, voters approved legislation that imposed a tax … Read more
Catching cancer early means it’s easier to treat. However, research has found that around half of Britons put off contacting their GP for up to six months after noticing red flag signs. A YouGov poll of 2,468 people for Cancer Research UK found that just 48 percent of those who had experienced a warning cancer … Read more
By Elena Sledge, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I’ve been living with depression for almost 12 years. I’m 31 now and I found out I had major depressive disorder when I was 19. I had a miserable freshman year of college, but I didn’t really know what was wrong. I saw a therapist and … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic program to house homeless people in hotel rooms after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in October that it was limiting the number of days eligible for reimbursement. State and local officials say they … Read more
