Simple £5 blood test could help prevent thousands of heart attacks, study says
Researchers suggest troponin tests could help detect ‘silent’ harm and predict the risk of future cardiovascular events
Andrew Gregory
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/07/simple-blood-test-help-prevent-thousands-heart-attacks-study
Combination of two cheap drugs could save lives after heart attack, study finds
Giving patients statins and ezetimibe after a heart attack can reduce risk of second attack or stroke, say scientists
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/14/combination-cheap-drugs-statins-ezetimibe-could-save-lives-after-heart-attack-study-finds
Good news at last: just a little exercise can reduce the risk of dementia
Devi Sridhar
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/14/exercise-risk-dementia-study-middle-age
Potential new antibiotic for treating gonorrhoea
Michelle Roberts
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c367jp764z2o
How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus-sized thief and liar’
‘I wanted to do an Australian Mike Leigh film. I was convinced it was terrible – but we showed it at Cannes and they went crazy. Audiences had never seen a character like that treated sympathetically’
Interviews by Simon Bland
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/14/plus-sized-thief-liar-muriels-wedding-toni-collette
Tax Day! Well, at least for some o’ us!
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
Sarah Butler
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
Enjoy sushi? You may have Welsh seaweed to thank for it
Natalie Grice
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20ryyx00wo