Australia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the tour of Bangladesh in October because of the broken thumb he sustained while batting during the second ODI of the ongoing series in England. He does not require surgery on the thumb of his left hand, however, and is expected to be fit for the home series against New Zealand ...

More details of plans to improve cancer care in England have been revealed. They include a target that 95% of people should be given a diagnosis or the all-clear within 28 days of being referred by a GP, by 2020. Implementing it will cost £300m a year until then. The target – recommended by the Independent Cancer Taskforce – will ...

A new study has claimed that men with high BMI (Body Mass Index) have a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis. In the study, scientists in Sweden analysed data from 383 patients, taken from two population based health surveys with a total of 50,705 participants, to discover that there was a strong association between a high BMI in men and a ...

Last winter’s flu jab worked in 34% of cases, according to a final report by Public Health England. At one stage early in the season, it was estimated that the vaccine was stopping only three out of every 100 immunised people developing symptoms. But the report said there had been a “shift” in the dominant circulating strains during the rest ...

The chief executive of a major NHS hospital has resigned after it was revealed the hospital is running a deficit of up to £1.2m a week. Dr Keith McNeil had been appointed to the job at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in November 2012. The hospital’s chief finance officer Paul James has also resigned. They have stepped down ahead of a ...

Many women who have chronic pelvic or belly pain, which is associated with ovarian vein varicosities (dilation) termed as pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS), undergo surgery and remove their uterus. It is not widely known that Embolisation can cure women of this pain and they need not undergo surgery. Most women who suffer from this are young , having more than ...

Single mothers are far more likely to live in poverty than single fathers and their condition deteriorates with each additional child they have, new research has found.The income of single fathers, on the other hand, remains the same or increases with each added child in their family, the findings showed.”Single mothers earn about two-thirds of what single fathers earn,” said ...

Women have a tendency to vent about every detail to their pals. This habit can do more harm than good. We tell you more.When a group of friends get together, in most cases their current relationship status always comes up as a topic of discussion. The male species is dissected, studied and condemned for any wrong doing, and details of ...

Economic recession is a setback for every person serving as an employee to any company, whether sitting at the top management or just a staff employee, recession-related stress hits everyone. It is a time of serious considerations in professional life and should be managed accordingly.Work-related stress reaches its peak during the times of economic stiffness across the globe. It negatively ...

If you thought coercing your teenage child or sibling into exercising would do the trick, you are off the mark as it won’t make the youngsters any more active, says a new study.The study found that students who don’t feel in control of their exercise choices or who feel pressured by adults to be more active typically are not.Middle-schoolers who ...