Vanessa Chalmers
Assistant Head of Health at The Sun/Fab Mag. Previously MailOnline and Healthista. Found either in the gym or eating cake 🍰
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1 week ago |
thesun.co.uk | Vanessa Chalmers
THE shingles vaccine lowers the risk of a heart attack or stroke for up to eight years, new research shows. People given a jab to protect against the painful rash illness have a 23 per cent lower risk of potentially deadly cardiovascular events. The findings, involving more than 1.2 million people, were published in the European Heart Journal.
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2 weeks ago |
thesun.ie | Vanessa Chalmers |Alice Fuller
WHETHER we need a 3pm pick-me-up or we’re gearing up for a tough workout, many of us reach for an energy drink. But before you crack open your next can, you should know they come with several serious health risks. Scientists have linked the caffeinated beverages to headaches, sleep problems and anxiety, as well as high blood pressure and kidney damage. Research has also found them to make heart issues and strokes more likely.
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3 weeks ago |
thesun.co.uk | Vanessa Chalmers
A WOMAN who went through a ‘mummy makeover’ has described how it left her with rotting flesh and permanent nerve damage. Erica Zaccone underwent the knife in February 2024 to have a tummy tuck, a breast lift and liposuction - otherwise known as a 'mummy makeover'. She had been waiting 15 years to get the $25,000 (£19,000) op, but now regrets it after being left ‘deformed’. Erica, from Toms River, New Jersey, US, said: "This destroyed my life. I paid for my body to be deformed.
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1 month ago |
thesun.co.uk | Vanessa Chalmers
THOUSANDS of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented with a combination of two drugs, a new study suggests. Patients who were given statins as well as ezetimibe within 12 weeks of a heart attack had better prognosis. They were able to lower cholesterol faster and were at less risk of a new cardiovascular events or death than those who received the add-on ezetimibe between 13 weeks and 16 months, or not at all, according to the study.
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1 month ago |
thesun.co.uk | Vanessa Chalmers
SKIN cancer patients are set to get a potentially life-saving vaccine, as part of the expansion of a “ground-breaking” NHS trial. The needle-free injection boosts the immune system, helping the body recognise, attack and ‘remember’ cancer cells - to help stop the disease from returning. It will be given to those patients diagnosed with advanced melanoma - the deadliest form of the skin cancer, which causes 2,340 deaths each year in the UK - from next month.
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Pancreatic cancer kills half of patients within three months. It is a brutal form of cancer. Left relatives tell their stories today as @PancreaticCanUK calls on the public to sign its petition. https://t.co/QGNu1qVmQV https://t.co/Xikhwa1lQO
A pleasure to interview Prof David Nutt for this feature with @samblanchard9 !
The Sun explores psychedelic therapy in depth! https://t.co/NHTwK5PKPL see @Drug_Science also