Isabel Shaw

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Isabel Shaw

BABIES are being exposed to brain-harming chemicals while asleep, warns new research. Harmful substances have been detected in children's mattresses and bedrooms. Babies and young children may breathe and absorb plasticisers called phthalates, flame retardants, and other harmful chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, say scientists.

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Isabel Shaw

A WOMAN was left battling a serious drug-resistant skin infection that oozed pus for weeks after bathing in shallow seawater at a holiday hotspot. Medics who treated the 74-year-old traced it to a rare marine bacteria that can resist antibiotics and linger deep in the flesh. The woman, from Italy, had scraped her shin two weeks earlier when she fell onto some rocks. After swimming with the open wound in the shallow waters of Valencia, Spain, it quickly began to swell and discharge pus.

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Isabel Shaw

SOMEWHERE along the way, brown rice got a health halo - while its white counterpart was cast as the villain. And in some ways, that reputation is deserved. Brown rice does contain more nutrients and fibre than white. But calling it healthier overall might be jumping the gun. Recent Michigan State research found brown rice has higher levels of arsenic - including the more toxic inorganic kind - than white rice in the US. The levels aren’t a major concern for most adults.

1 week ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Vanessa Chalmers |Isabel Shaw

THE 'King Kong' of fat jabs could help dieters keep weight off for three years, a study has revealed. Italian scientists discovered Mounjaro blasts fat for the long haul, with women seeing the most dramatic results. In a trial of 700 blokes and women who were either obese or carried extra weight, half were given tirzepatide, the ingredient in Mounjaro, and half received a placebo.

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Isabel Shaw

ONE of the UK's most common bugs almost triples the risk of death for a year after infection, scientists have discovered. For many of the 3.6million adults in the UK who catch respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) each year, its symptoms are so mild they're often mistaken for a cold. But a new Danish study has found those who catch the bug face a 2.7-fold higher risk of death within one year compared to the general population.