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Eighties pop is the best musical genre for reducing blood pressure, due to its ‘positive nostalgia’, researchers have found. Turkish researchers hooked up 1,540 volunteers aged between 18 and 65 to blood pressure and heart rate monitors and played them a variety of music on Spotify. Music from the hit TV series It’s a Sin, … Read more
A drug normally used to treat gout may prevent hospitalised coronavirus patients from needing oxygen, research has found. Brazilian academics claim colchicine could be given to hospital patients battling moderate to severe Covid to help them recover quicker. The 75-person study showed the 30p pill helped reduce the time patients needed breathing tubes by more … Read more
Oxford’s Covid vaccine could save tens of thousands of lives because it can cut the likelihood of catching coronavirus and passing it on by around two thirds, scientists say. Modelling produced by SAGE members from Warwick University predicted that more than 150,000 more people could die in 2021 if lockdown rules were lifted in March … Read more
While travelling the world doing research for my new book, I realised something rather extraordinary. Nearly everyone understands the importance of brain health, but few people have any idea how to make their brains healthier, or that achieving such a goal is even possible. Most people seem to believe this mysterious organ encased in bone … Read more
People with high blood pressure are better off having a stretch at home rather than going out for a walk if they want to lower their blood pressure, study finds. University of Saskatchewan researchers had a group of 40 high blood pressure sufferers split into two groups – one did stretching and one did walking. … Read more
Infection rates in some Tier 3 areas are finally beginning to fall – but most are still facing rising figures, data shows. Liverpool, which entered the strictest Tier 3 lockdown on October 14, has seen a 21% drop in the rate of Covid infections in the most recent week, according to figures from Public Health England’s … Read more
The ‘rule of six’ and 10pm curfew have likely had ‘zero effect’ in reducing the spread of Covid-19, research has suggested. Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) are the first to assess whether or not the controversial measures — first introduced in September — have had any effect. They interviewed … Read more
Muslim mother films a racist man reducing her young daughter to tears with hate-filled rant about how she is ‘wrapped up like a turkey’ in a hijab Unnamed elderly man was filmed launching a foul-mouthed Islamophobic rant Spotted woman wearing a hijab at a bus stop in Bexleyheath, south east London He involved the woman’s daughter … Read more
People who suffer with anxiety should take up regular yoga to improve their symptoms, research suggests. A study of 226 people suffering with generalised anxiety disorder took up either Kundalini yoga, a stress-management course or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Three months later, after weekly hour-long sessions, more than half (54 per cent) of those who practiced … Read more
Many people have spent lockdown overhauling their home with DIY, however an expert has revealed some renovations may reduce the value of a property. Paul Keighley who is Director at Bramleys in Huddersfield, shared a variety of interior design choices that have the potential to discourage potential house buyers. The property expert explained people shopping … Read more