A vaccine being used by the NHS to prevent shingles could also significantly delay the onset of dementia, according to new research that has left scientists baffled. The study on more than 200,000 older people shows those who were given the ‘recombinant’ vaccine Shingrix were diagnosed with dementia an average of 164 days later than those given an older-style jab. ...
A man who revealed how he has only eaten toast for the past five years as he can no longer taste things has helped inspire a high-tech spoon which enhances flavours for dementia sufferers. The device, known as Tasty Spoon, looks like a normal one but it uses electrostimulation to enhance the flavour of foods for patients experiencing a loss ...
The chief executive of AstraZeneca has criticised a public health body for refusing to make one of its breast cancer treatments available to NHS patients in England and Wales. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) decided in March this year that patients should be denied access to Enhertu because it said the drug did not provide value ...
It may be the smallest planet in the solar system but Mercury could be hiding a big secret. A layer of diamond beneath the crust of Mercury could be up to 10 miles (18km) thick, new research suggests. Scientists from China and Belgium used data collected by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft between 2004 and 2015 to inform their theories about the ...
A toddler who had to have an eye removed after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has “adapted so well” to a prosthetic designed by doctors who relied solely on scans of her face. Nuala Mulholland, now a 20-month-old toddler, was diagnosed when she was 10 months old, after her mother realised something was wrong as her eye ...
Tyrannosaurus rex could have been even bigger than previously thought, new research suggests. Scientists now believe the dinosaur could have been 70% heavier and 25% longer. The largest of the species may have weighed roughly 15 tonnes instead of 8.8, and measured 15 metres instead of 12. Dr Jordan Mallon, of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, said scientists ...
The firm behind the global IT outage that cost companies billions, ground 5% of the world’s air traffic and brought NHS systems to their knees has given out $10 food vouchers to say sorry. And for some, they don’t even work. CrowdStrike sought to thank and apologise to its ‘teammates’ and partners for the extra workload resulting from the outage ...
British astronaut Tim Peake has said the Boeing test pilots stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) are in no danger, despite uncertainty over how or when they will return to Earth. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew the first crewed mission of the aerospace giant’s Starliner spacecraft to the ISS in early June. But several thrusters used to steer ...
A weight-loss jab has been approved by the UK’s medicines regulator for use in preventing heart attacks and strokes in overweight or obese adults. Wegovy, which is the brand name for the drug semaglutide, had already got the green light for weight management in those with obesity. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has now allowed it to ...
CrowdStrike, the company at the heart of the IT outage being described as the worst the world has seen, has been a darling of Wall Street over the last year. So far in 2024, its share price has risen by 96%, making it one of the best-performing stocks on both the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the broader S&P 500 index – ...