Researchers have proposed that a buildup of fluid in the heart muscle may be a potentially fatal syndrome that might affect fit and healthy open-water swimmers, causing them to "drown from the inside."
Swimming-induced pulmonary oedema, or SIPE, is a type of immersion pulmonary oedema that develops when swimmers' lungs...
In 1922, a group of scientists went to the Toronto General Hospital, where diabetic children were kept in wards, often 50 or more at a time. Most of them were comatose and dying from diabetic ketoacidosis. Others were being treated by being placed on an extremely strict diet, which...
The body ages in different ways and at different rates, depending on lifestyle and genetic predisposition. Generally speaking, the most rapid aging process typically occurs during the twenties and thirties. This is the decade where a person’s body is most likely to experience the greatest amount of physical change...
Dorset Council Trading Standards have carried out a test purchasing operation in Dorchester and Weymouth to identify businesses selling age restricted products to underage people.
11 retailers were targeted based on intelligence received, including from members of the public who believed they had witnessed underage sales.
A 15-year-old volunteer asked to...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone who has relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision near Dorchester.
Dorset Police received a report at 5.42am on Monday 15 January 2024 of a collision at Long Ash Lane on the A37 involving a black Honda Civic,...
Hello, my name is Sean Geraghty and this is my story of prostate cancer and me.
There was this day the 29th June 2017. I went in to the county hospital for an appointment with the urology team, to look at the results of a biopsy. I was taken into...
The Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin of a man who died in Weymouth.James Carling, who was 71 years old, died at his home address in Chickerell Road on Thursday 4 January 2024.
His death is not being treated as...
Dorset Council Trading Standards is helping the Office of Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) by sharing their message about checking if your gas hob needs work to make it safe.
As a result of an investigation by OPSS, it was found that 12 UK gas hob manufacturers may have a...
Researchers have issued a warning that maternal deaths in the UK have surged to a nearly 20-year high. Recent data reveals an average of 13.41 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies from 2020 to 2022, with a rate of 11.54 deaths per 100,000 even when excluding COVID-related fatalities. This represents a...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a serious injury road traffic collision near Sherborne.
Dorset Police received a report at 9.38pm on Tuesday 2 January 2024 of a collision on the A30 Yeovil Road near Sherborne involving a blue BMW and a...
