A five-year-old boy collapsed and died after drinking ice cold water while he was playing with pals in 40 C temperatures. Samir Mohamed was riding his bike in the Egyptian city of Tanta, located between Cairo and Alexandria, when he stopped to take a drink of iced water. However, the…
An anti-aircraft missile dating back to World War II has been found near Krakow leading to the evacuation of over 450 people. The device, weighing 50 kilogrammes (110 lbs), was found during construction work in the heart of the town of Wieliczka, which is located near Krakow, in southern Poland,…
People with an irregular heartbeat that puts them at risk of strokes, blood clots and other heart complications are being mostly correctly diagnosed by smartwatches, according to new research. The problem of an irregular heartbeat, known as Atrial fibrillation (AFib), was confirmed in nearly 94 per cent of people who…
Famous French acting legend Alain Delon, 86, has said that he wants to be euthanised when the time comes and for his son Anthony to be by his side until the end. One of the most famous actors in the world and a sex symbol in the 1960s and 1970s,…
These images show an extremely rare mutant two-headed fish in the shape of a heart that was found on a Brazilian beach. Beach cleaner Claudinei Antonio, 46, made the chance find on Itarare Beach in the municipality of Sao Vicente, in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, while he…
A famous doctor and journalist has claimed that Diego Maradona was buried without his heart. The writer, Nelson Castro, has just released a book called "Diego's Health" ('La Salud de Diego') and speaking on talk show programme 'La Mesa de Juana Viale', he said that accessing all the medical records…
Archaeologists have unearthed eight prehistoric tombs between 5,500 and 6,500 years old in the heart of a Swiss town but not before construction work had severely damaged three of them. The site is the location of a famous necropolis, home to dozens of tombs, in the Swiss town of Pully,…
German doctors have cured four patients affected by so-called "long" COVID-19 for the first time using a new heart drug, which relieved them of symptoms such as "brain fog" and loss of taste - in some cases withing hours. Doctors at the University Hospital Erlangen in Germany used an active…
The restoration of an ancient fountain has uncovered a box containing the heart of a beloved city mayor, confirming the truth of a long-rumoured legend that the city had a real human heart at its core. The box was found at the Fontaine David, in the Place Verte of the…
A surgeon in Austria who went to his private practice in the middle of a heart operation on a 77-year-old who later died is facing jail. The incident took place at the Kepler University Hospital in Linz in the state of Upper Austria and a spokesperson for the Linz public…