Month: February 2024

TUI has updated its luggage rules as nearly half of us Britons can’t resist taking our favourite teabags on holiday, according to The Mirror. We love our cuppas so much that almost 49 percent of us pack our preferred tea brand for trips abroad, making it the top home comfort item in a recent poll. Even though coffee is loved worldwide, about 38 percent of us won’t leave the UK without our favourite flavours. Plus, over a third of British holidaymakers can’t bear to part with their cosy slippers when they’re away. It seems we Brits aren’t too adventurous with ... Read more

Black people in the U.S. are more likely to have a stroke than people who are White, Hispanic, Native American, or Asian – and with worse outcomes. The odds of dying of a stroke are 3 to 4 times higher for Black Americans, compared to White Americans.  Many things affect someone’s chances of having a stroke, including social factors. Eseosa Ighodaro, MD, PhD, is a stroke fellow at Emory University/Grady Hospital in Atlanta and advocates for initiatives that address racial disparities in neurologic health, particularly in stroke outcomes. She founded Ziengbe, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending neurological health disparities facing the ... Read more

For residents of Tilbury, Essex, rampant antisocial behaviour is a daily challenge. Daylight drug deals and “gangs of youths” wheelying on motorbikes down residential streets is a regular occurrence and fly-tipping is a “huge concern”. And yet, in the face of those obstacles, Tilbury “gels together like no other community”. What’s more, properties in the area “sell quite quick”, despite the area’s “rep”. In fact, some homes in the area can be snapped up for £100,000, despite its proximity to London. Cllr John Allen, who represents the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park ward on Thurrock Council, told Express.co.uk that young ... Read more

A country almost half the size of the UK is set for a transport revolution as part of a £16bn mega-project. Bangladesh is to see 47 new bridges, 27 new motorways and three new tunnels built as part of plans to improve the Asian country’s transport network. The Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) plans will see a whopping 77 projects undertaken over the next 30 years as it hopes to improve connectivity. But critics have been sceptical over its viability given the country’s recent economic downturn. As many as 13 of the projects have been earmarked for completion by 2035 with ... Read more

UK homes will get a massive broadband boost later this year with EE looking set to roll out a super speedy new router. The BT-owned firm is already offering some customers access to downloads in excess of 1.5Gbps but soon it will also launch a powerful new Wi-Fi device to help keep pace with our digital needs. Although there’s no release date pencilled in the diary just yet, Express.co.uk has managed to get a sneak peek at what’s to come and, despite its mini appearance, it certainly seems pretty mighty. One of the biggest new features of this router is ... Read more

With numerous brands and products to choose from, building a makeup routine can be overwhelming. It can be difficult to decide whether premium brands are worth investing in or not, so when an affordable product is being compared to an expensive one, it can make it easier to achieve the same looks for less. Charlotte Tilbury’s Flawless Filter is one of the most-talked-about base products, renowned for the glowy look it adds to the complexion. However, the premium product costs £39, which is unaffordable for many shoppers, who have found a much cheaper alternative. The Maybelline Instant Anti-Age Perfector is ... Read more

After Cherie Binns had breakthrough multiple sclerosis symptoms while being treated with an interferon drug, she weighed her options carefully.  In the end, her neurologist prescribed rituximab. It’s a type of B-cell therapy, which gets its name because it targets the B cells that cause nerve damage when you have MS. Binns, a 69-year-old nurse who works with MS patients in Wakefield, RI, says she has far fewer side effects than she did with the interferon medication. After a year and half on rituximab, she noticed improvements in her left-sided weakness, thinking problems, fatigue, and hand tremors. All are minimal ... Read more

Hospital food isn’t known for tasting good or even being all that good for you. But some U.S. hospitals are teaming up with farms to change that. You probably think of hospital food as premade, prepackaged, bland, and colorless — except for the Jell-O, of course. Maybe you’ve brought a friend or relative soup or a sandwich to their hospital room because the place where you most expect a healthy meal is one of the places you’re least likely to get it. So you might be surprised to know that some hospitals are teaming up with local farms to offer ... Read more

To understand whether Wegovy should be used as part of the solution for childhood obesity, you first have to understand the problem. Megan Kelsey, MD That’s not always easy, even for a doctor, says Megan Kelsey, MD, medical director of lifestyle medicine and adolescent bariatric surgery at Children’s Hospital Colorado.  Kelsey admits that early in her career she didn’t fully understand the complexities of childhood obesity, writing it off to personal choices that could be reversed with willpower and exercise.  It took time to understand how genetic, physiological, socioeconomic, and environmental factors contribute to childhood obesity and how misconceptions stigmatize ... Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry‘s right to privacy will be put on trial today, and it’s predicted both he and Meghan are likely worried about the pending verdict. Harry’s US Visa is to be addressed, as to whether or not he was truthful during the application process. There’s a section that asks about drug use, even if in the past, and the applicant is expected to check either “yes” or “no.” The conservative think-tank, The Heritage Foundation, is demanding Harry’s application be made public, to reveal his answers, because of his self-proclaimed drug use, which he wrote about in his 2023 memoir ... Read more