December 2018

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, warned that research shows that 40 per cent of lonely people are more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke. Via: Lonliness at Christmas is as bad for your health as a chronic illness, Britain's top GP warns 

Supreme court justice, 85, had surgery on Friday to remove two malignant growthsSupreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is up and working as she recuperates from cancer surgery.A spokeswoman for the court, Kathy Arberg, also said Ginsburg remained in New York at Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center on Sunday. No Read more

Authorities warn death toll of 222 will rise as rescue teams reach areas hardest hit by tsunami prompted by volcanic eruption at Anak Krakatau 1.38am GMT Volcanist Dr Janine Krippner has analysed those new photos on Twitter. Wow. These images.You can see here the magma/lava interacting with the sea water, Read more

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who reported on Rohingya crisis, have spent more than a year in prison Two Reuters journalists jailed while reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar are set to appeal the decision on Monday, after spending more than a year in prison.Wa Lone, 32, and Read more