The best sleeping position according to science

The overhead, full-length portrait shows a woman sleeping beside her on a white bed. She is wearing a white tank top and black pajama pants and her head is on a white pillow. Her legs are low, and a second white pillow is tucked between her knees to support her hip and spine alignment. Her long brown hair spread naturally across the pillow top.

Get the popular science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, finds, and DIY tips are posted six days a week. In Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale, “The Princess and the Nun,” a prince tests whether a young woman is really a princess. Her mother (the queen) places a pea at the bottom of the woman’s bed, under … Read more

A lung patient has died after an NHS trust gave him the wrong medication for four years

A lung patient has died after an NHS trust gave him the wrong medication for four years

Mr Knox was later diagnosed with moderate lung disease, and believed previous scans and tests were inconsistent with asthma and that a CT scan carried out in January 2019 should have prompted further tests. The trust admitted that if more “higher medical information” had been available over the years Mr Noakes had been treated, several … Read more

Personal trainer – fitness mogul reveals why most gyms ‘fail people’ – and how to fix it

Hub Jim Transform, James and his friend Katie at the event

A personal trainer turned fitness mogul reveals why so many gyms in the UK are ‘failing’ their members and how he is tackling the crisis with his fast-growing business. Speaking to GB News, Transform Hub founder and CEO James Calderbank broke down how he ended up operating dozens of gyms across the country and his … Read more

The family matched the gift of $2.4 million to bridge the gap between biology, psychiatry and medicine

Brandon Nelson was an excellent student at Santa Monica High School. (Courtesy of the Nelson Family)

No, Brandon Nelson didn’t have to die. Brandon Nelson was an excellent student at Santa Monica High School. (Courtesy of the Nelson Family) In itself, that fact might drive those who love Nelson to the edge of sanity. But as the 26-year-old’s death left a terrible hole in California’s mental health care system — especially … Read more