Husband, 90, dies of covid after visiting his dying wife who was stricken with the virus

A doting husband has died from COVID-19 less than three weeks after he visited his wife of 30 years in the hospital one last time before she succumbed to the virus.  Sam Reck, 90, passed away on August 1 at Florida’s Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center – in the same room where his wife JoAnn … Read more

Husband, 90, dies of covid after visiting his dying wife who was stricken with the virus

A doting husband has died from COVID-19 less than three weeks after he visited his wife of 30 years in the hospital one last time before she succumbed to the virus.  Sam Reck, 90, passed away on August 1 at Florida’s Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center – in the same room where his wife JoAnn … Read more

Dying frigatebird chick image wins first prize in ecology photo competition

An ailing frigate bird chick, idle meerkats and a female Gelada monkey are among the animals pictured in the seventh BMC Ecology Image competition.  The eclectic array of images showcase the ‘beauty and diversity of life on our planet’ as well as its intricate relationships, according to the team behind the competition.   The overall winner … Read more

Eating too much rice increases your risk of dying from heart disease

Eating too much rice could be fatal as low levels of arsenic in the grains can increase your risk of dying from heart disease, study warns Arsenic is naturally occurring in rice as it soaks in to the crop as it is grown   Researchers in the UK studied rice consumption and its role in heart disease  … Read more

Eating too much rice increase your risk of dying from heart disease

Eating too much rice could be fatal as low levels of arsenic in the grains can increase your risk of dying from heart disease, study warns Arsenic is naturally occurring in rice as it soaks in to the crop as it is grown   Researchers in the UK studied rice consumption and its role in heart disease  … Read more

Statins are not effective at cutting risk of dying from heart disease

Statins are not particularly effective at reducing the risk of dying from heart disease, a study claims. Scientists analysed 35 studies into the effects of the drugs which lower ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol and found the pills have no consistent benefit. The research, published in the British Medical Journal, found three quarters of all trials reported … Read more

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19     Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb  There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19     Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb  There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more

Footage shows police violently dragging a grieving father from his dying six-year-old daughter

Shocking footage obtained by The Mail on Sunday shows how police officers violently dragged a grieving father from the hospital bedside of his dying daughter shortly after he had been told her life support was being withdrawn. The harrowing film from a police body camera shows the moment Rashid Abbasi, a 59-year-old hospital consultant, was … Read more

Footage shows police violently dragging a grieving father from his dying six-year-old daughter

Shocking footage obtained by The Mail on Sunday shows how police officers violently dragged a grieving father from the hospital bedside of his dying daughter shortly after he had been told her life support was being withdrawn. The harrowing film from a police body camera shows the moment Rashid Abbasi, a 59-year-old hospital consultant, was … Read more