As she poses jubilantly for a photograph at Everest Base Camp, Corinne Turnbull, 51, looks the picture of fitness.
Conquering the world’s highest mountain is a challenge few of us would contemplate. But in Corinne’s case, that smile of triumph was especially hard-won – as just over a decade earlier, shortly before her 40th birthday, she was diagnosed with the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
I recently wrote in this newspaper about my own shock at discovering I had the condition, which
If you’ve followed my show regularly over the past few months, you know that I’ve done a couple of monologues on the aviation industry.
The frequency of near-disasters in the sky has increased dramatically in recent years, and as I’ve noted, the increase began around the time that the Obama administration began a concerted effort to “diversify” the FAA, including air traffic control. According to a NASA database, which tracks self-reported data from pilots, we now average roughly five near-misses
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If you find yourself often dealing with puffy, tired skin or swollen areas on your face or body, you’re probably in need of some good circulatory improvement or lymphatic drainage. You could use a gua sha to help with some of that, or you could use a product specifically made for that kind of situation to increase circulation and your
Peter Marshall was delighted when he finally got an appointment after calling his GP surgery for several days.
On the day, he saw a young medic who said his excruciating stomach pain was caused by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and suggested over-the-counter peppermint tablets to ease the discomfort.
And off the 69-year-old retired IT specialist went, happy to have a diagnosis and treatment.
In fact, Peter hadn’t had an appointment with a GP — he had been seen by a
Any encounter between police and civilians has the potential to go awry (SN: 11/17/21). Stop and frisk, where police pat down pedestrians suspected of carrying contraband, can be particularly fraught, leading to some efforts to limit the practice.
But simply curbing foot stops may not reduce the likelihood of such contentious encounters, suggests a case study of Chicago. A steep decline in pedestrian stops in the Windy City eight years ago coincided with a lasting spike in traffic
The soothing tones of a classical lullaby may help to relieve the pain newborns can feel from routine medical procedures. The mellifluous method could be a beneficial addition to other pain-easing tactics.
In a randomized clinical trial at a hospital nursery, newborns received a sugar solution — a standard method to lessen pain — before a heel prick. Around half of the infants also had a classical lullaby playing from speakers near their beds before, during and after the procedure.
Botox injections in neck muscles can ease anxiety in Parkinson’s patients, a study has found.
The jabs, more commonly known as a cosmetic treatment
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen spoke out for the first time on the burning of the Quran in her country, saying that a potential ban on setting fire to the religious text would not limit freedom of expression.
“I don’t consider it a restriction on freedom of expression that you can’t burn other people’s books,” Frederiksen said in an interview published Thursday.
“It is not a slippery slope,” she added, referring to a debate triggered after the Danish government announced
The European Commission has no immediate money in the budget and no clear way to help finance the extra transport costs Ukrainian grain exports will face with the end of the Black Sea deal, sources told Reuters, leaving an opportunity for Moscow to cash in.
Russia backed out of a UN-led Black Sea grain deal this month that allowed for the safe passage of Ukrainian cargo ships laden with cereals, oilseeds and wheat to reach global markets.
Russia has already
Polly wants a chatter, it seems, as a study has found that parrots sing and play more after having video calls with each other.
Scientists from the University of Glasgow first taught birds how to make a call with a tablet, before allowing them to do it of their own accord over a two-month period.
During this time they made 147 deliberate calls, and also began demonstrating more social behaviours, showing that it was helping to combat their loneliness.
Some
