By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Commuters arrive for work at Victoria Station in LondonAlex Lentati/LNP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 21 August Coronavirus R number in UK rises slightly but infections appear to be levelling off In the… Read More »
When cholesterol adheres to the artery walls it is called plaque. If you smoke, find a way to quit. A what cholesterol number is good level of LDL increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. Sign up for our Heart Health Newsletter! LDL particles are the major blood cholesterol carriers. Triglycerides are another form… Read More »
Depression, stroke and dementia are twice as common in women as in men. Among Alzheimer’s patients, 70 per cent are female. But according to Lynn Posluns, the driving force behind the first “Women’s Brain Health Day,” launched this week, most research on these disorders focus on only one gender — right down to the mice… Read More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry on Tuesday said it will reduce the number of small-scale slaughterhouses to better prevent and control African swine fever. There are too many small slaughterhouses in some places in China, equipped with old facilities and backward production techniques, and checks on the pork quality are not done properly, the… Read More »
That’s an increase of 275 cases in the past week. About half of those people were hospitalized during the week and the rest are older cases just now linked to the outbreak. The Associated Press: US Vaping Illnesses Top 1,000; Death Count Is Up To 18 The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and… Read More »