We’re drinking more alcohol than ever, despite social restrictions. But the new soberista crowd are now looking to CBD to take the edge off their nerves with no hangovers In a surprise to precisely no one, Brits are drinking more in lock down. Pubs and bars may be closed across the country, but that hasn’t… Read More »
For days protesters have been on the streets of US cities loudly telling the world about the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, who perished after a police officer pushed his knee into the man’s neck. But a number of health experts and politicians have said they are increasingly worried the demonstrations could turn into… Read More »
It’s the COVID-19 Catch-22: The better we are at arresting the disease, the longer we suffer financial pain. But the worse we are, the more people die. It’s the give-and-take of “flattening the curve”. We know that by reducing the rate at which people get COVID-19, the more likely our hospitals can treat those who… Read More »
A new study using a roundworm model of Parkinson’s disease found that a probiotic bacterium could prevent, and in some cases reverse, toxic protein buildup. Misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins in the brain are the hallmark sign of Parkinson’s disease. Many experts believe that these toxic protein clumps lead to the progressive loss of brain cells that… Read More »
90% viral suppression rate reached in London; most people on ART now have lower death rate than the general population The latest annual report on HIV diagnosis, treatment and testing in the UK should have come out, as they normally do, in advance of World AIDS Day, 1 December last year. It did not, due… Read More »