Heart arrhythmia symptoms: Speak to your doctor if you feel this in your chest

Heart arrhythmia symptoms can be signs of less serious health conditions, but they’re important to recognise as some types of arrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation, can lead to potentially fatal conditions like stroke. Alongside atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, bradycardia, heart block and ventricular fibrillation are all types of heart arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation is the most […]

Maryland beachgoer impaled through chest by rogue umbrella

A woman in Maryland has been airlifted to a hospital after a rental beach umbrella was uprooted by gusty winds and pierced her chest. She is now in stable condition and is likely to survive the freak accident, authorities say. The 46-year-old woman was impaled by a runaway beach umbrella on Sunday afternoon as she […]

The UK government wrote to 500 companies telling them to start paying their interns — and doubled its war chest for cracking down on unpaid work

Getty Images HMRC is targeting companies which advertise unpaid work. More than 500 were contacted since November, with plans for more. Genuine voluntary unpaid placements are legal, but any position with fixed hours and defined work must be compensated with hourly pay. Officials doubled the budget for tackling unpaid work, to £25 million. The British […]

Chesty cough? These symptoms indicate you’ve actually got a chest infection

The symptoms of a chesty cough are slightly different from that of a dry or tickly cough.  They’re often caused by an over-production of mucus due to viral infections due to a cold or flu, which often clear up on their own within three weeks.  But a chesty cough can also be an individual symptom […]