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Theo Wargo/Getty Images Saturday Night Live never disappoints! As the iconic sketch comedy show finishes out its milestone 50th season, the hosts and musical guests for its final three shows have ...
Millions could be at risk of the Victorian disease scurvy because they take popular over-the-counter drugs to treat common conditions like arthritis and acid reflux, a leading pharmacist has warned.
Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year as vaccination rates have fallen. New data from the United States has mirrored the situation in the UK where ...
A Victorian illness that was once easily treated has re-emerged with deadly antibiotic resistance - sparking global health fears as it becomes even harder to cure. According to the NHS ...
A pharmacist has issued a stark warning that everyday medications could be fuelling a resurgence in diseases reminiscent of the Victorian era, such as scurvy, shingles and rickets. Millions of ...
As the Texas measles outbreak spirals to become the biggest since it was declared eradicated two decades ago, a second killer disease is now on the rise. The US has recorded 8,472 cases of ...
which is often associated with Victorian Britain. Superdrug's pharmacy superintendent Niamh McMillan said: “Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis and typically manifests itself as a sudden ...
Legalise Cannabis Senate candidate Fiona Patten, when she was a Reason Party MP in the Victorian parliament.Credit: Justin McManus Fiona Patten, the former leader of the now defunct Reason Party ...
This fact challenges the common belief that typhoid was merely an ailment of the Victorian era – a period during which it proved immensely fatal. It did not discriminate among societal ranks ...
That is despite the misconception typhoid fever was merely a Victorian disease - although in this era, it did pose a significant threat. No section of society was spared – Prince Albert ...
As you walk along Lawrence Hill, it’s difficult to believe the old tale that there’s a long abandoned Victorian street under your feet. However, local historian Dave Stephenson can confirm ...
The oldest discovery at the site so far is a soft drinks bottle, believed to be from the 1890s, with the words Wadsworth's Cambridge An unopened Victorian soft drink has been discovered by ...