Dr CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN: Look what a month of eating processed food did to me!

A mere four weeks — that’s all it took for me to pile on enough fat to move from being a healthy weight to being overweight, putting my health at real risk.  At the same time, my thinking became sluggish and I slept badly, lying in bed racked with anxiety, sweating with fears about everyday … Read more

Dr CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN: Look what a month of eating processed food did to me!

A mere four weeks — that’s all it took for me to pile on enough fat to move from being a healthy weight to being overweight, putting my health at real risk.  At the same time, my thinking became sluggish and I slept badly, lying in bed racked with anxiety, sweating with fears about everyday … Read more

Psychology: Loan applications processed around 12pm are more likely to be rejected. study finds

Applying for a loan? Avoid midday! Applications processed around 12pm are more likely to be rejected as bankers suffer from ‘decision fatigue’ Researchers studied the decisions made by 30 bank credit officers over a month Specifically, they looked at 26,501 loan repayment restructuring requests Decision fatigue is caused by making too many difficult choices in a … Read more

Avoid eating processed meats entirely, researchers advise

Eating just two sausages per week increases your risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and early death, a multinational team of researchers have warned.   The team, led by experts at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences in Canada, tracked the diets and health outcomes of 134,297 people from 21 countries spanning five continents, including Brazil, Argentina, … Read more

Avoid eating processed meats entirely, researchers advise

Eating just two sausages per week increases your risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and early death, experts have warned.  A multinational team of researchers tracked the diets and health outcomes of 134,297 people from 21 countries spanning five continents, including Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Sweden and China.  They found a 46 per cent higher risk of major … Read more

Scadal as Lighthouse Covid lab in Milton Keynes ‘processed hundreds of contaminated samples’

A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave.  Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more

Scadal as Lighthouse Covid lab in Milton Keynes ‘processed hundreds of contaminated samples’

A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave.  Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more

Coronavirus UK: A FIFTH of 10.5m tests haven’t been processed

A FIFTH of the UK’s 10.5million coronavirus tests have not been processed, government admits – as ministers AXE figures on how many people have been screened claiming they do not ‘reflect reality’ Government figures show a fifth of 10.5million coronavirus tests not processed  No10 admits that many people posted home tests have not been returning … Read more

Meet the trio who want to stamp out toxic receipts for good and have processed 1.5m digital copies 

Getting a receipt printed out at the till could soon be a thing of the past on a national and even global scale if these three entrepreneurs get their way. Matty Cusden-Ross, Veronique Barbosa and Tom Reay are the founders of a digital receipts start-up called Flux which aims to eradicate the practice of automatically … Read more