Health

Junior doctors starting 10th strike of pay dispute

Picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital London

NHS bosses warn of significant disruption to services in England during the five-day walkout.

Hearing relaxing words in your sleep slows your heart down

Researchers have investigated whether the body is truly disconnected from the external world during sleep. To do so, they focused on how heartbeat changes when we hear different words during sleep. They found that relaxing words slowed down cardiac activity as a reflection of deeper sleep and in comparison to neutral words that did not have such a slowing effect. This discovery sheds new light on brain-heart interactions during sleep.

Germany legalises cannabis, but makes it hard to buy

A costumed cannabis supporter holds a banner against prohibition during the annual Hemp Parade on August 12, 2023 in Berlin, Germany

Under the law backed by MPs, possession will be legal, but strict rules mean it will be complicated.

Health workers still waiting for promised payments

Social enterprises say hardworking front-line staff have not received one-off payments agreed last May.

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