Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton had to return home after voyaging close to the South Pole in 1901 due to a bout of ‘beriberi’ and not scurvy, a new study claims. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) looked at the health of other explorers on the famed expedition, and those on earlier and similar expeditions, … Read more
Horrific moment Sumo wrestler was thrown on to his head during a bout in Japan before dying in hospital a month later Sumo wrestler known as Hibikiryu has died after landing on his head in bout The 28-year-old was in hospital following the incident in Japan on March 26 Questions have been raised after doctors … Read more
Horrific moment Sumo wrestler was thrown on to his head during a bout in Japan before dying in hospital a month later Sumo wrestler known as Hibikiryu has died after landing on his head in bout The 28-year-old was in hospital following the incident in Japan on March 26 Questions have been raised after doctors … Read more
Katie Price’s son Harvey shattered her car window on Easter Monday, after a bout of the hiccups caused the 18-year-old to become distressed. Mother-of-five Katie, 42, posted a video to Instagram of the tinted glass of her car smashed to pieces on the ground, with Harvey sat inside next to the broken window. Katie explained … Read more
Hiccups could be a symptom of Covid, doctors have claimed. Medics who treated an infected man who had hiccups for two weeks believe his symptoms were a ‘rare presentation’ of the illness. Experts say Covid can attack the diaphragm — the muscle that controls breathing — causing it to spasm, leading to hiccups. Hiccups have also been … Read more
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, developed shingles three weeks after having Covid-like symptoms — a pounding headache that lasted days and a sore throat — in early March Are we living through a quiet epidemic of shingles triggered by Covid-19? Doctors have been reporting a higher than expected number of cases of the painful … Read more
Don’t let their ages and the description of their bout as an exhibition deceive you: Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, are ready to rumble. The weigh-in for Saturday’s much-anticipated match at Staples Center in Los Angeles was held on Friday, and both boxing legends looked fit and ready to get it on. … Read more
Don’t let their ages and the description of their bout as an exhibition deceive you: Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, are ready to rumble. The weigh-in for Saturday’s much-anticipated match at Staples Center in Los Angeles was held on Friday, and both boxing legends looked fit and ready to get it on. … Read more
Richard Schiff is offering a stern warning, one week after being released from a hospital in Canada following a fierce and debilitating bout with COVID-19. ‘It’s scarier than what you read and it’s scarier than what you’ve heard,’ the Good Doctor star, 65, shared during an emotional interview on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell … Read more