STROKE symptoms can vary from person to person, but the main signs can be identified in the face, arms and speech, using the word F.A.S.T. Depending on the severity of the stroke, the condition can be fatal. So what can you do to prevent one from happening in the first place?
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Paul Manafort moves to suppress potentially explosive evidence against him in the Russia investigation
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort filed a motion Friday to suppress key evidence the special counsel Robert Mueller obtained against him last May. Manafort’s lawyers argue that the evidence was obtained unlawfully and its seizure violated Manafort’s constitutional rights. One legal expert said it is highly unlikely Manafort’s motion will succeed, […]
Experts are researching the use of brain implants to treat medical conditions — but they can alter the way patients see the world in potentially dangerous ways
Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images Deep brain stimulation is a medical procedure that inserts an implant into the brain. This implant can alter neural activity, in an effort to treat neural dysfunction. In the past, patients have experienced a change in perception and hallucinations with the implant in place. If the implant can control a person’s behaviour to […]
Some rubber ducks harbour ‘potentially pathogenic bacteria’
Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside the toys and say the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.
Immortality, disagree, emigrate, and personality cult — here’s every word and phrase China censored after criticism of Xi Jinping’s potentially unending reign
GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images Earlier this week China announced it would be ending term limits for its president. That means President Xi Jinping, who was limited to two five-year terms like nearly all of his predecessors, can rule indefinitely. The change sparked a backlash online, with criticism flooding local Weibo and WeChat platforms. Unsurpringly, popular phrases were […]
Pacemakers, defibrillators are potentially hackable
The increasing popularity of devices using software and wireless communications has created a rising risk that hackers might reprogram devices to make them work improperly, cardiologists say.
Cancer risk: Thousands of people potentially delaying early disease diagnosis
THOUSANDS of people are potentially delaying early cancer diagnosis because they are too busy to attend vital medical check-ups and screenings, new research reveals. The YouGov Survey also shows as many as fifteen percent of people refer to “doctor google” over their own GP to check for cancer symptoms.
A potentially record-breaking ‘pink wave’ of anti-Trump women could run for office in 2018
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A large number of women could run for state governor jobs in 2018. There are strong indications that women candidates are being boosted by the #MeToo movement. A new wave of Democrats, potentially led by women, looks increasingly capable of taking winning the legislature from Republicans in 2018. The millions of magenta-hat-wearing women […]
Aussie flu symptoms WARNING: Headache could be early sign of potentially deadly illness
Australian flu is the H3N2 strain of the flu virus, and was given its name – for short ‘Aussie flu’ – after it affected up to 170,000 people in Australia during its winter. This was more than two-and-a-half times last year’s total and over 300 people who caught the disease were reported to have died. […]
Here’s when Google, Samsung, and LG’s 2018 flagships will potentially launch (GOOGL)
A recently leaked chart appears to reveal the months when some of next year’s smartphones will launch. The devices on the list are all expected to run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor. The release dates of many of the devices had already been rumored. As 2017 rapidly comes to a close, many smartphone manufacturers are likely […]