Button batteries for toys can KILL children if they’re swallowed so must be kept hidden away, NHS chief warns ‘Button’ or ‘coin batteries’ can burn through the food pipe and cause death The small batteries can be mistaken for sweets by children, NHS says They are found in toys, Christmas cards, flashing jumpers and festive […]
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Girl is the only person in the WORLD to have 'Benjamin Button' disease
Girl, two, is the only person in the WORLD to have a type of ‘Benjamin Button’ disease as her father reveals he calls her GRANDMA Isla Kilpatrick-Screaton has a unique type of mandibuloacral dysplasia The two-year-old, from Leicester, weighs only 15lbs (7kg) and uses sign language Her condition makes her cells age faster than normal, […]
Woman has cancer after a bizarre red lump grew out of her belly button
Woman’s bizarre lump growing out of her belly button was cancer that had spread from her pelvis Unnamed woman went to Spanish hospital when the lump grew to 2cm across Scans later revealed she was also suffering from a 11x11cm tumour in her pelvis Red lump – called a Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule – can occur […]
Eating a serving of button mushrooms a day could prevent diabetes
Eating a serving of button mushrooms a day could prevent diabetes: Fungi improves glucose control Eating button mushrooms daily could prevent type 2 diabetes by boosting gut bacteria (but it must be a particular portion size) Eating mushrooms increases levels of the bacteria Prevotella in mice Prevotella produces the acids propionate and succinate These play […]