Maintaining a healthy lifestyle-specifically, a diet rich in fibre but light on red/processed meat, regular exercise, not smoking, and sticking to a normal weight-is linked to a significantly lower risk of diverticulitis, finds a large long term study, published online in the journal Gut. What’s more, these 5 components seem to offset the effects of inherited…
A Greater Manchester Police sergeant was hospitalised on Friday evening after his legs were ‘crushed’ in a hit-and-run incident, according to the force. The terrifying collision occurred on Frodsham Street in Rusholme, Manchester, around 6pm. The unnamed officer was pinned between the offending vehicle and another car. The driver reportedly fled the scene in the…
A man accused with his wife of murdering their seven-week-old son in 2019 told police that the baby’s brother had dropped him on the floor and often rushed to bite him when he was being breastfed, attempting to hurt him out of jealousy, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. The High Court heard that…
A man accused with his wife of murdering their seven-week-old son in 2019 told police that the baby’s brother had dropped him on the floor and often rushed to bite him when he was being breastfed, attempting to hurt him out of jealousy, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. The High Court heard that…
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has identified suspected Covid-19 contamination in a batch of flocked swabs used in five public hospitals, with two patients found to have shown false positive results. The authority said on Saturday that a laboratory at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung detected weak positive results for Covid-19 in some of…
A Hong Kong hospital is now using advanced mixed reality and 3D printing technology to improve the precision of orthopaedic surgery and provide patients with better treatment. Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin officially implemented the mixed-reality visualisation last year, applying head-mounted displays that allow virtual objects to be overlaid onto the real world….
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly striking a woman at a hotel, leaving her unconscious, before fleeing the scene. The force said on Friday that hotel staff had reported the case at around 6.30am that day after discovering the woman unconscious in one of the venue’s rooms. The victim, a 46-year-old surnamed…