Daily Mail - 06.09.2019

Daily Mail, Friday, September 6, 2019 Page 29

Hobbling: Jamie on crutches in London yesterday

Blown his cha-cha-chance...

injured Laing quits Strictly

HE had barely tied the laces on his

dancing shoes.

But reality TV star Jamie Laing has

made a quickstep departure from

Strictly Come Dancing after he was

forced to pull out of the show with

an injured foot.

The 30-year-old damaged a tendon

in his right foot when he landed

awkwardly during filming for tomor-

row’s pre-recorded launch show.

Laing, known for his role on Made

In Chelsea, said he was devastated to

be missing out on the 17th series of

the competition and had been ‘so

excited to hit the dancefloor’.

In a video on Instagram, he added:

‘I wish I could be dancing but I can’t,

so to all of you who are dancing this

year, the people who I love, go and

smash it and make us all proud. I

are scrambling around for a replace-

ment as Laing’s partner is now with-

out one.’ This is the first time in the

show’s history that a contestant has

withdrawn before it begins.

Olympic long jumper Jade Johnson,

39, pulled out in the middle of the

2009 series after tearing a knee liga-

ment during rehearsals.

Executive producer Sarah James

said: ‘We are so sad that Jamie won’t

be able to take part in the series. He

had already lit up the ballroom dur-

ing the launch show with his bound-

less energy and enthusiasm.’

She added: ‘We all wish him a full

and speedy recovery.’

By Eleanor Sharples

TV and Radio Reporter

By Victoria Allen

Science Correspondent

‘Scrambling for

a replacement’

know you will.’ Doubts were raised

about Laing on Strictly after he was

spotted hobbling on crutches in Not-

ting Hill, west London, earlier this

week. A Strictly insider said: ‘Bosses

Phones a pain in the neck for women (but not men)

WOMen may be at greater risk of neck

pain because of the way they use smart-

phones and tablets, a study suggests.

electronic devices cause women to look

down towards their chest and stick their

head out, while men, who tend to have

longer necks because they are taller, bend

them less awkwardly.

It could explain why women suffer more

neck and jaw pain than men. The US

researchers found men tend to bend their

neck where their head meets their spine,

while women do not.

The researchers X-rayed ten women and

12 men while they used a tablet in five

different positions. The sexes showed no

difference in neck movements staring

straight ahead at the centre of a tablet in

their hand. But there was a difference when

they sat upright, bent fully forward or

reclined at 15 or 30 degrees, the study in the

journal Clinical Anatomy found.

The women’s position could cause pain,

especially using a device while snacking or

talking, which puts further strain on the

jaw. Dr Claire Terhune, senior author at the

University of Arkansas, said: ‘Our advice to

women would be to be aware of their

posture and try to put themselves in a

better position if using a device.’

The women were six inches shorter than

the men on average, with smaller necks. A

study of taller women and shorter men

might find a different result. The British

Chiropractic Association says more than

one in five people have had back or neck

pain from using a smartphone.

ChILDren who catch measles

are more vulnerable to other

deadly infections for the next

two to three years, experts

have warned.

Scientists say the disease wipes

out a child’s immunity against

other infections.

The findings would help explain the

mysterious large drops in mortality of

up to 50 per cent following the intro-

duction of measles vaccinations in

1968, the researchers said.

Last month the Uk lost its ‘measles-

free’ status following a surge in the

number of cases being reported across

the country.

The research, led by assistant pro-

fessor Michael Mina from harvard

Medical School in Boston, has been

backed by previous studies which

show that the measles virus infects a

large proportion of the ‘memory cells’

of the immune system.

This leads to so called ‘immune-

amnesia’, which stops the immune

vaccine, there were between 160,000

and 800,000 cases reported a year –

and around 100 fatalities.

Children need two vaccinations, at

aged one and aged three, to fully

protect against the disease.

There were 532 confirmed cases of

measles in the Uk during the first six

months of 2019, and more than 2,400

cases from January 2016 to June 2019.

Last month figures by Public health

england showed that one in seven

young children are not fully protected,

rising to one in four in London. It

follows concern over the rise of so-

called anti-vaxxers, who have spread

now discredited claims on social

media that the vaccine was linked to

autism in children.

Dr Jamie Lopez Bernal, of Public

health england, said: ‘These findings

only add to the evidence of the

phenomenal impact of vaccination

programmes. Uk measles vaccination

has prevented 20million cases and

4,500 deaths. no other medical inter-

vention has been as important in the

last 50 years.’

Children who

catch measles

are more likely

to get other

deadly diseases

Daily Mail Reporter

A GIRL aged one was left critically

ill after catching measles from

someone who was not vaccinated.

Alba Moss, who was too young to

have her first jab, became unwell

with a high temperature this April

and was admitted to hospital.

Doctors diagnosed her with

measles, which made her so poorly

her eyes fused shut. Alba spent

eight days at Chelsea and West-

minster hospital, London.

Her mother Jilly Moss said: ‘It has

been absolutely horrific watching

our daughter fight this with her

eyes swollen shut for four days.

‘She has been in the dark, scared

with a high fever that lasted for

over two weeks. It was absolutely

awful to go through it.’

Alba has now recovered, and Mrs

Moss has posted photos of her in

hospital in a bid to dispel myths

about jabs and urge parents to get

their children immunised.

‘She’s over the worst of it now,

but I would encourage everyone

to get their child vaccinated.’

Baby’s fever lasted 2 weeks

‘Infections erase

immune memory’

system remembering some of the

diseases it has fought in the past.

A Uk study on more than 2,200

children with measles found they were

24 per cent more likely to need

antibiotics in the five years after

having the disease than children who

never had it. They were also more

likely to suffer from chest infections,

viral illnesses and tonsillitis.

Professor Mina, who will present his

findings at the european Society of

Clinical Microbiology and Infectious

Diseases (eSCMID) conference in

Bilbao, Spain, urged parents to vacci-

nate their children.

‘Prior to vaccination, measles

infected nearly everyone,’ he said.

‘We now think that measles infec-

tions may erase pre-existing immune

memory. By preventing measles infec-

tion through vaccination, we prevent

future infection with other infectious

diseases allowed back into the body

by the damage done by measles.

‘epidemiological data from the Uk,

US and Denmark shows that measles

causes children to be at a heightened

risk of infectious disease mortality

from other non-measles infections for

approximately two to three years.’

Before the introduction of a measles