It’s the annoying habit which affects millions of us every night. But now a doctor has shared five exercises which may be the life-changing solution for the 30million Brits and 90million Americans estimated to snore. The simple ‘work-outs’ range from just sticking your tongue out, to wiggling it from side to side and pushing it…
New York City has been plagued by rat infestations in recent years — to the point that city officials announced a few months ago that they were looking to hire a “rat czar” to curb the problem. But did a rat actually find its way into a popular restaurant’s soup? That’s the charge being made…
In the six years I’ve worked for The Mail on Sunday, I’ve recovered from an eating disorder, suffered several bouts of severe anxiety, moved house twice and got married. Now I’m in the process of getting divorced. Yet I’d not taken a single day off for mental health reasons until late last year – and…
I’m a 36-year-old with a job paying around $115,000 a year. I’ve done pretty well with my 401(k) and have $435,000 in it. I manage and rebalance it myself and even managed to gain around 6% in 2022 despite the bear market. My goal is to retire early. The earlier the better but I don’t…
Deaths of pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S. spiked to a six-decade high in 2021, according to recently released federal data. In 2021, 1,205 U.S. women died of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, up from 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease…
AmerisourceBergen will continue to provide access to the abortion pill mifepristone to all 50 US states despite contrary reports. The Pennsylvania firm is the lone distributor of the drug, which forms half of the cocktail needed for a medication abortion. The firm plans to supply it to pharmacy giant Walgreens, which promised to 21 Republican-led…
The US has the lowest life expectancy of all G7 nations, according to an alarming league table. Seventy years ago people in America could expect to live until they were 68, with the country ranking 13th globally behind the likes of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Although the average person now lives a decade longer than in…
My family is dealing with a significant shock. My brother, my sister and I have just found out that our elderly father secretly married his caregiver five years ago and never told us. We have a thriving family-owned business, and our father’s wealth is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. This caregiver is 40…
If the 10 occupations with the most women workers paid the same average wages as the top 10 fields for employing men, about 12 million women might’ve taken home an extra $96 billion in 2021, according to a new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families. “Women’s work has been undervalued for generations…
Why have some cold and flu remedies been pulled from shelves? The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is recalling all medicines that contain pholcodine. It comes after a review flagged concerns among patients who took the drug ahead of being put under general anaesthetic with neuromuscular blocking agents (NBAs). NBAs are used to relax…
Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. fueled the nation’s opioid crisis for several years by knowingly filling hundreds of thousands of illegal prescriptions for drugs like oxycodone and fentanyl, the U.S. alleged in a complaint announced Monday by the Justice Department. Rite Aid RAD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Shares fell 1.2%…
High-earning Medicare beneficiaries may see a surcharge on their Part B and Part D premiums — but they should make sure they still need to pay it. Retirement Tip of the Week: If you’re retiring soon or have retired recently and you are currently paying this Medicare surcharge, consider appealing it as soon as you…
I’ve gotten to a point where I need serious help for my gambling addiction, though I’m not at rock bottom yet. I am a journeyman-level employee with about 20 years’ experience at my current job. I am married with one child in a state with a very high cost of living. My spouse has been…
Most nights I wake up suffering terrible sweats. Sometimes my night clothes are damp and I have to put a towel down to protect the bedding. My doctor said it could be a sign of blood cancer and has ordered tests. Should I be worried? It’s important to see a GP if you’re suffering night…
I will be 60 in September, have $95,000 in cash, work part time ($30,000 yearly) for insurance and contribute 10% plus the employer match of 8% to a small 401(k). My home and car are paid for, I don’t have any other debts, and I am single. I live in South Carolina where the cost…
Ivy League schools are still refusing to teach students in-person who are not up to date with their Covid vaccines — in a move slammed as ‘senseless’ and ‘non-scientific’. Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania have the most stringent mandates that make having the new bivalent booster a condition of entry. This means students at those…
Chinese researchers found that many people that may be considered obese by the standards of BMI are actually healthy. It comes as doctors warn that many skinny people carry dangerous fat.
Matt Hancock feared being labelled ‘racist’ over raising concerns that Covid was spreading faster among certain communities, new leaked messages reveal. WhatsApp exchanges from August 2020 show Nadine Dorries, a key figure at the Department of Health at the time, warn her boss Mr Hancock not to lockdown ‘our voters’ because of the ‘behaviour of non…
By Mauro Orru A U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee voted in favor of Roche Holding AG’s Polivy antibody drug targeting untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the U.S. The Swiss pharmaceutical company said Friday that the oncologic drugs advisory committee had voted 11 to two in favor…
Now even your PILLS will cost more! NHS prescriptions will rise by 30p to £9.65 from April – despite the ‘tax on health’ being frozen last year due to cost-of-living crisis By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Updated: 13:42 EST, 9 March 2023 The cost of an NHS prescription will rise to £9.65 this…