'Even Drinking Water Burns My Throat', Rare Water Allergy Leaves UK Woman In Agonising Pain- What Is Aquagenic Urticaria?

'Even Drinking Water Burns My Throat', Rare Water Allergy Leaves UK Woman In Agonising Pain- What Is Aquagenic Urticaria?

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Updated Apr 11, 2025 | 10:00 PM IST

SummaryA 25-year-old mother from Durham, UK, suffers from aquagenic urticaria, a rare and painful water allergy that causes hives, burning, and swelling upon contact with water—even from showers or drinking. With no effective treatment and limited options during pregnancy, her daily life is severely restricted and painful.

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Why More Women Are Choosing To Have Kids In Their 30s Even As Fertility Drops?

Why More Women Are Choosing To Have Kids In Their 30s Even As Fertility Drops?

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Updated Apr 18, 2025 | 10:00 PM IST

SummaryDespite declining fertility, more women are having babies in their early 30s than in their 20s, with shifting priorities, delayed marriage, career goals, and egg freezing playing key roles.

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Breathlessness During Pregnancy? Cough Turned Out To Be Stage 3 Melanoma For This Woman; Doctors Share Details

Breathlessness During Pregnancy? Cough Turned Out To Be Stage 3 Melanoma In Women's Chest; Doctors Share Details

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Updated Apr 18, 2025 | 08:00 PM IST

SummaryAt 36 weeks pregnant, MaKenna Lauterbach’s worsening cough and breathlessness turned out to be a grapefruit-sized tumor in her chest. Doctors delivered her baby and removed the life-threatening melanoma but can pregnancy shadow other life-threatening symptoms?

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How Electrical Stimulation Is Quietly Transforming Psychiatry

Electroceuticals in psychiatry

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Updated Apr 18, 2025 | 01:00 PM IST

SummaryElectrical stimulation in psychiatry is still in its infancy. Yet the increasing precision of brain imaging and stimulation tools is pushing the field toward a new era—one that doesn’t just medicate symptoms but intervenes at the level of neural networks.

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