Angie Kent reveals $1,500 skin treatment she’s doing to improve her hyperpigmentation

Angie Kent has been documenting her hyperpigmentation journey on Instagram. And on Friday, the former Bachelorette, 30, revealed she has shelled out $1,500 for a treatment, called Cosmelan, to improve the hormonal melasma on her face. Melasma is a skin condition which often occurs due to hormonal changes and fluctuations, and can be triggered by … Read more

Angie Kent reveals $1,500 skin treatment she’s doing to improve her hyperpigmentation

Angie Kent has been documenting her hyperpigmentation journey on Instagram. And on Friday, the former Bachelorette, 30, revealed she has shelled out $1,500 for a treatment, called Cosmelan, to improve the hormonal melasma on her face. Melasma is a skin condition which often occurs due to hormonal changes and fluctuations, and can be triggered by … Read more

Antibody treatment for Covid trialled on NHS is found to prevent 100% of symptomatic infections

An experimental coronavirus drug which is now being trialled on the NHS has been found to cause a 100 per cent reduction in symptomatic infections and also reduce overall infection rates.  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday that its two-antibody cocktail REGEN-COV prevented 100 per cent of the 186 people who got the drug after being … Read more

Boy, six, tears up as he rings the bell to celebrate end of his chemotherapy treatment

A six-year-old boy cried with joy as he ‘rang the bell’ outside his home to signal a successful end to his three-year battle with cancer. Henry Fethon, from West Hull, was overcome with emotion as he celebrated with his family, more than three years after he was first diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just … Read more

Gout pill could slash the risk of Covid patients needing hospital treatment by 25%, study shows

A drug used to treat gout could slash the risk of Covid-19 patients requiring hospital treatment, a new study has found.  Taking a daily dose of the anti-inflammatory treatment colchicine reduced the risk of coronavirus patients with underlying health conditions being admitted to hospital by 25 percent, the study of 4,000 subjects suggested. The Canadian … Read more

Legally blind man regains sight following the first successful artificial cornea treatment

Jamal Furani, 78, lost his sight 10 years ago due to corneal disease, but thanks for modern science, the Israeli man is able to see once again. Furani received an artificial cornea implant that integrated directly into the eyewall and following the one-hour surgery, he was able to recognize family members and read numbers on … Read more

Legally blind man regains sight following the first successful artificial cornea treatment

Jamal Furani, 78, lost his sight 10 years ago due to corneal disease, but thanks for modern science, the Israeli man is able to see once again. Furani received an artificial cornea implant that integrated directly into the eyewall and following the one-hour surgery, he was able to recognize family members and read numbers on … Read more

Arthritis drug hailed by Boris Johnson as a ‘life-saving’ Covid-19 treatment may be ineffective

An anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis, which has been hailed by Boris Johnson as a ‘life-saving’ Covid-19 treatment, may be ineffective — and could even increase the patient’s risk of dying — according to a new study.   The latest research, published in the BMJ, found 11 of 65 people (17 per cent) treated with tocilizumab … Read more

New ‘iron lung’ ventilator could revolutionise Covid treatment

British experts have designed a new type of ventilator that may allow more patients with severe Covid-19 to be treated outside of intensive care, easing pressure on hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has put immense pressure on the NHS, with figures from earlier this month showing how the number of coronavirus … Read more