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Hated your nose as a kid? Why your mum’s alcohol consumption BEFORE pregnancy could be to blame By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor For The Daily Mail Updated: 19:03 GMT, 16 February 2023 If you hated your nose as a child, you could have your mum to blame. That’s because drinking alcohol in the months … Read more
It’s perhaps the most fitting symbol a February born-baby could ever have. So it’s no surprise that midwives couldn’t believe their eyes when Jorgia Welch was delivered with a heart-shaped birth mark. It sat on the left side of her tummy, in line with her belly button. Medics told 37-year-old mother Jayne and her partner … Read more
Beware of eating out! Industrial restaurant dishwashers leave toxic soap residue on cutlery and crockery that may cause allergies, inflammation and DEPRESSION, researchers warn Commercial dishwashers use toxic rinse aid to clean plates in 60-second cycles In many restaurants, a chemical residue is left behind on customers’ crockery The detergent substances can break down the … Read more
Former Cabinet Minister Chloe Smith has hit out at local councils that are refusing to fund sign language lessons for deaf children. It comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed that some parents are being forced to shell out £20,000 or more to learn how to communicate with their child. The former Work and Pensions … Read more
You may have been told otherwise, but money really does buy happiness. People given a five-figure, one-time sum were happier than their peers even months after spending it all, a study found. In a one-of-a-kind social experiment, researchers at the University of British Columbia recruited 300 people in seven countries — and gave around half $10,000. … Read more
End of the family doctor? Patients are hit as 474 GPs’ surgeries close their doors in a decade Almost 1.5million have been forced to travel further afield to seek treatment Research also shows traditional family doctor-patient relationship is being lost Doctors’ magazine Pulse found 474 surgeries have closed in the UK since 2013 By Victoria … Read more
Scotland will attempt to lure GPs across the border from England, it was revealed today. Family doctors will be incentivised to swap their surgery for one north of the border as part of a massive recruitment drive. Scotland wants to boost its family doctor numbers by 15 per cent over the next five years by … Read more
Kindness or mindless? Generously giving away money is an early sign that an elderly person could be suffering from dementia, study finds Elderly people who are more generous giving out their money score worse on cognitive tests and are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s Researchers found that some older people whose brain’s were … Read more
An injury so ‘unbelievable’ doctors assumed it was child abuse: Girl, three, impales herself on a toy ironing board rod after falling off sofa while playing Girl from Germany landed on the leg of an upturned miniature ironing board Toy went 7.8in (20cm) up her backside and her shocked parents pulled it out Doctors suspected she was … Read more
A mother who ‘gave up’ trying for more children after being told she only had a five per cent chance of conceiving has revealed she fell pregnant twice in the space of a week. Alina Luca, from Beckton, East London, had always dreamed of having a big family but her chances were hindered by an … Read more