A former BBC employee mowed down by a bus he got off seconds earlier has been identified. Alistair Boath was found seriously injured on Glasgow Road in Blanefield, Stirlingshire, Scotland, at around 11.55pm on Monday, July 31. The 64-year-old, from the nearby
Alzheimer’s disease may be detected by a finger prick blood test for earlier diagnosis and treatment
A simple finger prick blood test may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, according to research revealed this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam. The blood test is similar to the glucose testing method used by people with diabetes. Instead
When Americans spend time in the great outdoors this summer, they don’t want to come back home with any uninvited guests. Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, can have severe complications if left untreated or unnoticed. Prompt
A globe-trotting young woman had her life tragically cut short after she suffered a cardiac arrest and died at her parents’ home after a night of dinner and ‘playing cards’. Australian Daniella Jade Duchatel, 26, was recovering from surgery staying with her
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton attracted a peak viewership of 20 million on the BBC, at the end of the ceremony in Westminster Abbey, according to the broadcaster. The disappointing turnout comes after more than one-third of Britons (36
A man arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is now also a suspect in a fatal stabbing earlier this month, prosecutors said Thursday. The 26-year-old Syrian, whom authorities are identifying
Americans are increasingly looking for the best ways to bolster their retirement savings. Experts are sharing five ways it may be possible to retire 10 years earlier than the Full Retirement Age (FRA) which is 67 in the US. In Nerdwallet’s poll
Children who contract lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) at two years of age or younger could be more likely to die prematurely from that same condition as adults, a new study has found. These types of infections were linked to one-fifth of
A man who smashed his way into a woman’s home before raping and assaulting her, months after he had been jailed for a separate attack on the same victim months earlier, has been jailed for a total of 13 years. Koshin Ali,
Officers charged with the death of Tyre Nichols have now been accused of assaulting another black man days before. Monterrious Harris, 22, filed a $5 million lawsuit against the officers and the City of Memphis, claiming he was attacked on January 4,