[ad_1] Humans NOT rats were to blame for spreading the plague across Britain in 1900: Scientists finally establish the cause of Third Pandemic in Glasgow 120 years agoPlague hit Glasgow in the year 1900 and killed 42 per cent of those infected Scientists have found it was likely spread lice and fleas on humans instead Rats in houses of those infected were tested at the time and found to be clean Previous outbreaks may have also been spread by...
[ad_1] An anorexic mother ended up in hospital when her weight dropped to less than five stone (31kg) after she spent more than £94,000 on laxatives.Casey Dunstan, 26, was depressed by her post-baby body and quickly became addicted to laxatives in a bid to lose weight.Ignoring the three-a-day limit on the drugs she ended up taking 200 pills a day and spending more than £300 a week on them.Losing more than eight stone (50kg) – dropping from 12st 8lbs (80kg) to 4st 3lbs (27kg) – Miss Dunstan was...
[ad_1] An epileptic 'died for six minutes' after a deadly dose of prescribed medication caused her to have a cardiac arrest. Tabitha Johnson, 27, of Ohio, was standing in a queue at her local pharmacy when she suddenly collapsed.Ms Johnson also suffers from dysautonomia, which affects her body's ability to control the 'automatic' functions of the nervous system, such as blood pressure. Doctors prescribed her Metoprolol and Midrodine for her dysautonomia, as well as Zonegran, Keppra and Trileptal to treat her epilepsy. However, they were unaware the combination of drugs can...