SHOPS near schools should be banned from selling vapes to protect children, world health chiefs say. The World Health Organisation said schools are “uniquely positioned” to crack down harder on pupils smoking and vaping. 1 Around 16 per cent of under-25s are now regular e-cigarette users, figures show (stock image)Credit: Getty In a guide published … Read more
SEX can help protect against dementia by increasing blood flow to the brain, boffins say. For 62 to 74-year-olds the quality of sex and climax was most closely linked to mental sharpness, a study found. 1 Sex can help protect against dementiaCredit: Getty Over-75s, on the other hand, benefited most from romps at least once … Read more
The cyberattack against the Somali Journalists Syndicate could not have come at a worse time. A distributed denial-of-service attack, known by its acronym DDoS, flooded the local press freedom group’s website with traffic in early August and knocked it offline. Days later, authorities arrested SJS staff member and Kaab TV editor Mohamed Ibrahim Osman Bulbul … Read more
Marine heat waves. Coral bleaching. Fish populations struggling to move into colder, deeper waters. Marine biodiversity on the decline. The evidence is clear. The ocean is experiencing major impacts. It is absorbing more than 90 percent of the heat generated by burning fossil fuels and a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, which together make the … Read more
THE past came back to haunt Bobby Beale this week following Cindy Beale’s return to the Square. And as hints of a potential revenge from the villainess are dropped left, right and centre, EastEnders fans expect another huge return. 5 Cindy Beale returned to the SquareCredit: BBC 5 Bobby Beale has been terrified to face … Read more
DRINKING beer is better for your gut than trendy health foods, boffins claim. New research has found guzzling booze in moderation was better than abstaining altogether. 1 Drinking beer is better for your gut than than the likes of trendy kimchi, kombucha and kefirCredit: Getty – Contributor It could, in theory, prevent heart disease, improve … Read more