8,331 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 28 of 84.
“He found the players' reaction times and mental acuity to be on a par with other sportsmen. They reacted to visual stimuli almost as fast as fighter jet pilots.”
“He was the founding director of the World Health Organization's Global AIDS Program from 1986-1990.”
“NHS England will launch a "marathon a month" walking challenge early next year, offering rewards and discounts to adults who log roughly 30 minutes of walking a day, marking the first time the health service has paid people to exercise, ac…”
“Their ability to do effective preventative maintenance, for example, increased by 15%.”
“To get started with Blood Pressure Trend, Samsung highlights in the notification that you’ll need to use a blood pressure cuff with your Galaxy Watch, and then once every 28 days to maintain accuracy (according to Android Authority).”
“Jake first began experiencing subtle balance difficulties approximately five years ago, when he was around 11 years old [...] The symptoms intensified significantly six months ago [...] ultimately led to a Friedreich's Ataxia diagnosis at …”
“The number of deaths recorded between 22 and 28 June increased by 2,025 - 29% - in France, the Public Health France agency announced on Friday.”
“The Bagnoud Center is holding its first international conference on Health and Human Rights from September 22 to 24, 1994, at Harvard University.”
“NHS England links physical inactivity to one in six deaths nationally. Someone counts as inactive if they get less than 30 minutes of moderate exercise a week...”
“The company also shared that Blood Pressure Trend “is for wellness only”, and “not for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical condition”.”
“The drug Omaveloxolone, available in America and numerous European nations, carries an annual cost of approximately £300,000.”
“Deaths rose by 62% in the Paris region alone.”
“many of whom are suffering from dysentery”
“...a Sport England survey covering the year to November 2025 found nearly a quarter of adults, around 12 million people, fall into that category.”
“Samsung highlights in the notification that you’ll need to use a blood pressure cuff with your Galaxy Watch, and then once every 28 days to maintain accuracy (according to Android Authority).”
“The symptoms intensified significantly six months ago, prompting extensive medical investigations that ultimately led to a Friedreich's Ataxia diagnosis at the end of 2025.”
“French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez saying on Saturday that 72 people had died by drowning since 18 June.”
“are expected to be approved soon (late today or next week) by the FDA”
“Foster told the BBC that someone walking 30 minutes five times a week could gain up to four extra years of healthy life.”
“English residents typically face a £9.90 charge per item, frozen at this rate for the 2026/27 tax year.”
“Meanwhile, unprecedented heat in the Netherlands last week led to about 480 excess deaths, Dutch authorities said on Thursday - most of whom were aged 80 and older.”
“His groundbreaking study of breast cancer patients showed that women who had psychosocial interventon lived twice as long, after diagnosis, as those without that intervention.”
“NHS England links physical inactivity to one in six deaths nationally. Someone counts as inactive if they get less than 30 minutes of moderate exercise a week”
“potentially worth up to £215 depending on prescription requirements, according to Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.”
“It said the figure was likely an 'underestimate' and mortality would 'therefore be higher than these initial figures'.”
“Medical school, for example, "is wildly unprofitable" for schools, Kelchen says. "It can take a million dollars of resources to produce one medical degree."”
“a Sport England survey covering the year to November 2025 found nearly a quarter of adults, around 12 million people, fall into that category.”
“potentially amounting to £1,000 in annual savings.”
“The £11m facility in Cockermouth would replace the existing Isel Road building which is more than 100 years old, and include a GP service.”
“deaths by cigarettes in China will soon wipe out gains made in preventing deaths from malnutrition and communicable diseases”
“Under the proposed changes, employees would no longer be able to take up to three days off without a doctor’s certificate, with employers able to demand medical proof from the first day of absence.”
“paying £76.90 weekly at the lower rate or £114.60 at the higher rate since April.”
“A planning application has been put before Allerdale Borough Council, and a business case will be considered by the board of NHS Cumbria.”
“He is the author or editor of 22 books.”
“Sonam Wangchuk's health is continuously deteriorating. His sugar level has dropped to 60 and blood pressure is also very low.”
“around 56 condition categories potentially eligible, delivering up to £5,959.20 annually.”
“Dr John Howarth, a Cockermouth GP and NHS Cumbria's clinical director, said: "This is an important step for healthcare in Cockermouth and the surrounding area. "GPs, community nurses and other healthcare staff are already working together…”
“80 percent of Americans die in the hospital, and, for the most part their deaths are concealed.”
“While prescriptions remain free throughout Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, English residents typically face a £9.90 charge per item, frozen at this rate for the 2026/27 tax year. However, Guarantee Credit recipients in England pay no…”
“It was first confirmed in gannets at Bass Rock on 4 June 2022, and at Grassholm the following month.”
“House Republicans unveiled a plan to wring $270 billion from the national health insurance program for the elderly.”
“Eye care assistance includes vouchers towards spectacles or contact lenses, potentially worth up to £215 depending on prescription requirements, according to Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert.”
“Even basic first aid is often lacking, let alone advanced war surgery.”
“Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole says the cutbacks in the Senate's Medicare reform bill will probably equal the savings in the house bill.”
“Dental treatment represents perhaps the most valuable NHS benefit, with qualifying pensioners entitled to free care ranging from routine check-ups to complete dentures, potentially amounting to £1,000 in annual savings.”
“She married abroad in Ibiza and 'didn't expect any gifts', but guests still gave about £100 per couple.”
“LIGHT, who checked herself into a day psychiatric facility for three months in 1963 because of problems with depression.”
“A £3m campaign has been launched to bring a cancer care centre to Aberdeen, backed by golfer Colin Montgomerie.”
“Flynt was paralyzed in 1978 after being shot by a man who said he was offended by an inter-racial dipiction of a couple he saw in Hustler.”
“Aberdeen is the only city in Scotland not to have a Maggie's Centre and we aim to put that right.”
“Prozac is the most widely prescribed antidepressant today, with some four and a half million users since its introduction in 1987.”
“Maggie's already has several centres, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Inverness.”
“He was Director of surgical operations in Somolia with the International Committee for the Red Cross, from February 92 until January 93.”
“The Ryder Cup captain's mother died of lung cancer in 1991.”
“Before that GIANNOU spent over two years in a Palestinian Refugee Camp, which was under constant seige.”
“According to WHO data, there have been 1,406 confirmed cases in DRC, with 301 suspected cases and 438 deaths, as of 30 June.”
“the panel concluded that there wasn't enough proof that the women had suffered as a direct result of the implants.”
“There have also been 20 confirmed cases in Uganda, leading to two deaths, and one confirmed case in France, as of 1 July.”
“a long-tern study of nuns suggests that a person's linguistic abilities when they are young may predict their risk for Alzheimer's disease”
“The clinical trial of two therapeutics began, with the enrolment of the first patient.”
“Researchers at the University of Kentucky analyzed the linguistic abilities of a group of nuns when they were in their 20s”
“A recent survey, carried out by ActionAid in two different brothels, found Oradexon to be extremely addictive and harmful in many different ways.”
“An average of 58 years later, the researchers tested the nuns' cognitive abilities”
“It also believes that three women died after taking the steroids and has launched a campaign to inform the women of the drug's dangers.”
“In this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, the researchers report that the nuns with the lowest scores on the linguistic analysis had the lowest scores on their cognitive functions five decades later”
“In Bangladesh, Oradexon is commonly used to help asthma sufferers.”
“In fact, both Rinella and his older son contracted Lyme disease 13 years ago during a bluegill fishing trip in the Hudson Valley in New York.”
“We have learnt that prostitutes are taking it to develop their bodies, but we advise them not to as long-term use can be deadly.”
“but he thinks the odds of getting Lyme himself seem pretty slim. Meanwhile, Julian Barnes said seeing a relative struggle with Lyme makes him more open to a potential vaccine. It took a long time for doctors to come to that diagnosis, and …”
“The Tangail brothel used to have its own clinic and doctor, paid for by an aid group, but that has now closed down.”
“Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Valneva announced this spring that they plan to seek regulatory approval for a vaccine to protect against Lyme disease.”
“He suffered cuts to his hands and fingers and a broken tooth, and was taken to hospital for treatment.”
“A previous vaccine for Lyme became available in the late 1990s but was pulled only three years later due to lawsuits, public fear of side effects, and a lack of interest.”
“The contract was terminated because the project was not transparent, Mr Fawad said. This is about them not abiding by the verification process.”
“Final Acts of Love: Families, Friends, and Assisted Dying (Tarcher, 1995)”
“We are very concerned that termination of this contract by the Government of Punjab will interrupt vital services that reduce the spread of HIV/Aids.”
“about a eight-year-old hemophiliac”
“The charity he talks about is Nai Zindagi (New Life). It was set up 20 years ago by former drug-users, and, more recently, won the backing of the World Bank and the UK Government's Department for International Development (DfID).”
“has been HIV positive for 14 years”
“He displays a filthy dressing on his leg that needs changing, and produces a bent and dirty syringe from his pocket that he says he got from another user. If I have survived this long, it is because of that charity. I curse the government.”
“ABRAHAM spent three years with a poor African American family studying the problem of lack of access to medical care.”
“The blood of each one of them that dies is on the hands of the government.”
“If Nai Zindagi does not exist, it is not a big problem, Mr Fawad told me. Another group will come up to provide the service.”
“NHS chief executive David Nicholson earns up to £259,999”
“Officers said the boy remained in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in a stable condition.”
“The original recipe for the cream, which creates heat to help sooth aching muscles, is over 100 years old.”
“Paramedics checked the woman at the scene but she did not need hospital treatment.”
“Two separate inquiries will be held into the deaths of two pensioners at the Borders General Hospital within eight months.”
“Annie Mercer, of Galashiels, died at the hospital in September 2007.”
“Peter Short, 79, of Norham, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, died suddenly at the same site in May 2008.”
“It was a real shock when we got the letter through to say that I'd been assessed as fit to work, and it was even more of a shock to find out that we'd been awarded zero points, which just seemed completely inconceivable, given what was goi…”
“ESA is based on a points system and is divided into three groups: Claimants must score 15 points or more to qualify for ESA...”
“stood down in May for health reasons.”
“has undergone three vocal chord operations in the past eight years”
“A 51-year-old man”
“at a cost of a little under £3m.”
“one of his legs”
“Les Bourgs has helped thousands of terminally ill people and their families in the Bailiwick for 18 years.”
“The father, 65, suffered leg and head injuries,”
“while his 39-year-old son suffered head, neck and arm injuries.”
