A daily pill combining four cholesterol and blood pressure medicines taken with low-dose aspirin cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths by nearly one third in a large international study that’s expected to lead to wider use of this “polypill” approach. For more than a decade, doctors […]
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A South African child protection agency has launched legal action to force swimming executives in the country to hand over to state authorities an independent investigator’s report into allegations of historic sexual abuse involving minors. Leading figures in South African swimming have been accused of failing to report the abuse […]
Tomas Robles was 12 years old when a police officer pulled up to his family, who had become stranded on their return home to Phoenix from a vacation across the border. The officer didn’t ask whether they needed help. He questioned his father about weapons and drugs and then forced […]
Harry Potter is the gift that keeps on giving. During a virtual interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Nov. 12, The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy—who’s first language is Spanish—shared a fun fact about her English education. “My uncles taught me to read and to speak at the same time […]
As her father faces down the political tide with a furious stare, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner know that the jig is up. And while they haven’t handed in their his-and-her security passes quite yet, they have urged the President to accept defeat. So back to New York they go, […]
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe (pictured) has died at the age of 74 after contracting coronavirus The son of one of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe’s victims today said he was glad covid had produced ‘one happy ending’ following his death this morning at the age of 74 after refusing treatment for […]
Dublin, Nov. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “United Kingdom (UK) Post – Retirement Pensions Market 2020” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report explores trends in the way individuals fund their lifestyle in retirement. It examines pension decumulation and provides details on the way pension plans are […]
Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, is to leave his Downing Street position by the end of this year in a signal of a major change of direction for the government. Whitehall sources confirmed he will follow Johnson’s communications director, Lee Cain, in leaving No 10. It follows reports […]