Work stress, sleep disorders, and fatigue, regarded as non-traditional risk factors for heart attack and stroke, are rising more steeply amongst women than men, according to a new study presented today at the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Conference. Researchers compared data from 22,000 men and women in the Swiss Health […]
After having her third child, Trudy Truesdale wanted a long-term birth control option. The 40-year-old decided to have the contraceptive coil inserted in December 2019. But she claims that she soon started suffering with severe pain, bleeding, anaemia, chronic back pain and memory loss. After doctors were unable to find […]
Surprisingly, university students without pre-existing mental health concerns seem to be suffering greater psychological distress during the pandemic than their peers with pre-existing mental health problems according to a study of close to 800 university students in Toronto carried out by researchers from McGill and University of Toronto. “It is […]