Shocking video shows UK dad with Parkinson's Damien Gath before and after taking latest drug: 'Life-changing'

UK dad Damien Gath got a new lease on life after extraordinary treatment helped manage his Parkinson’s disease. Gath was one of the first patients in the UK to be fitted with a portable pump that gradually releases the new drug Produodopa throughout the day to help manage symptoms, according to NHS England. Produodopa or Foslevodopa-Foscarbidopa is a continuous infusion ...

This sleep routine can reduce the risk of heart disease by 20%: new study

Now you have a new excuse to hit the snooze button on the weekends. New research finds that people who catch zzz’s on the weekend can lower their risk of heart disease by up to 20%. “Sufficient compensatory sleep is associated with a lower risk of heart disease,” said study co-author Yanjun Song, a researcher at Fuwai Hospital in Beijing. ...

Surgeon-general issues public health advice to parents, calls for more government support

The US surgeon general issued a public health advisory on Wednesday about the impact of modern stressors on parents’ mental health, calling on government, businesses and community organizations to increase resources to provide them with more support . The advisory issued by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who has previously used the format to address the dangers of gun violence and ...

Are LED masks effective and worth the money? Here's what the experts say

Critics of the cosmetics industry are seeing the light in LEDs. Beloved by beauty experts and celebrities alike, LED light therapy has been a popular cosmetic treatment to ward off unwanted signs of aging for decades—and is now widely available at home in the form of a mask or glow stick for your face. Starting at around $100 and running ...

I'm a dentist - here's the scary reason you should never use whitening toothpaste

Here’s some news to toughen up your yellow. Experts at Rikfkin Dental, which serves New York’s Yorktown Heights and Carmel areas, have taken to TikTok to warn patients that whitening toothpaste can make their chompers more prone to staining and chipping. Pouring the tea onto your teeth, the clip warns people that “whitening pastes do NOT whiten your teeth”. The ...