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• As spike in deaths due to rare reaction to a common bacterial infection mystifies experts in Japan... could it hit the UK too?

  18-06-2024 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japan has seen a record number of serious complications from a common bacterial infection that also trigged a wave of cases in the UK in 2022 in a trend experts say could be linked to Covid.
  
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• DR MAX PEMBERTON: This is one of the reasons women feel anxious during the menopause... and HRT won't fix it

  10-11-2024 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thankfully, there has been a significant shift in many doctors' attitude towards hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
  
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• My great grandpa founded Kellogg's - I'm urging Americans to boycott Froot Loops because of toxic ingredients

  10-11-2024 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victoria Kellogg warned that the artificial dyes and flavorings used in many of their family favorites - like Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Rainbow Krispies - were making people sick.
  
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• The biggest weight-loss myths debunked by a dietitian: Avoid these common mistakes if you want to get slim for summer - including the 'light' lunch that's sabotaging your diet

  10-11-2024 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Accredited dietitian Kirby Sorenson tackles the top 10 myths about weight loss that could be holding you back, explaining why these ideas might actually be sabotaging your journey to better health.
  
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• FDA reveals the over-the-counter cold and flu meds that are no better than placebo

  10-11-2024 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of cold and flu products could be on the chopping block after the FDA proposed to pull medications from store shelves that contain phenylephrine.
  
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• Number of push-ups experts say you should be able to do by age - how many can YOU manage?

  10-11-2024 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Mayo Clinic experts, the number of push ups you can do is a good indicator of fitness levels. But can you achieve their recommended counts?
  
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• Brits left stunned after learning cost of healthcare in US - including the price of an ambulance

  10-11-2024 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A TikTok from user @joeukshows showed how surprised Brits were to find out the price tag that comes with calling an ambulance, giving birth and even holding your own baby after a C-section.
  
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• How age of menopause differs around the world - and the country where 'the change' starts in your 30s

  10-11-2024 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new analysis found that women in the eastern part of the world, such as Taiwan and India, are experiencing menopause earlier than others across the globe.
  
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• Vulnerable Australians ‘force-fed’ gambling and alcohol ads on Facebook, report finds

  10-11-2024 14:01
  
  Study highlights ‘predatory marketing practices’ of companies who target people at high risk of gambling or alcohol-related harm Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVulnerable Australians at high risk of gambling and alcohol issues are being “force fed” Facebook ads for that content, with experts claiming they are being targeted by social media marketing.A study by University of Queensland researchers found that gambling and alcohol ads can be serve
  
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• One of the many agonies of pain is that you can’t describe it | Eva Wiseman

  10-11-2024 12:29
  Garth Greenwell’s new novel gets as close as one can to evoking the very real indignity and physicality of being in hospitalEvery now and then I try to write down a description of pain, whether labour, tooth or head, and it becomes a frustrating little game in which nobody ever wins. Doctors try to quantify our pain by asking us to rate it on a scale of one to 10, or by pointing at a variety of sad faces – the McGill Pain Questionnaire consists of 78 possible words to tick, which inc
  
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• ‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film

  10-11-2024 10:00
  
  The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy, celebrat​ing the birth of IVFIn 1968, three people decided to cure infertility. In the 10 years between 1968 and 1978, Robert (Bob) Edwards, a scientist, Patrick Steptoe, an obstetrician, Jean Purdy, an embryologist, worked together, with many others, to do something incredible. Basing themselves in
  
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• Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks

  10-11-2024 09:00
  
  Questions raised about potential for undue influence after appointment of Ruth Dempsey, formerly of Philip MorrisA former director at the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) was handed a role on an influential expert committee advising the UK government on cancer risks, the Observer can reveal.Ruth Dempsey, the ex-director of scientific and regulatory affairs, spent 28 years at PMI before being appointed to the UK Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products a
  
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• In the moral panic over vaping, we risk forgetting that cigarettes kill | Martha Gill

  10-11-2024 09:00
  
  Bans and taxes on the most popular and effective aid for giving up smoking could lead to a major health crisisImagine we’d found a way to get millions of people to switch from alcohol, which in this country kills 10,000 people a year, to another kind of substance: still addictive, still not risk-free, but when compared with the booze, pretty harmless. Coffee, say.A public health miracle is hailed. Liver units are empty. Heart surgeons spend more time on the golf course, and costly governme
  
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• In for the chill: five useful tips to help you stay fit in the winter

  10-11-2024 07:00
  
  As the nights draw in and temperatures drop, it’s tempting to abandon outdoor exercise. But as experts reveal, there are ways to beat the freeze and get into even better shape“When it’s cold outside I find a quick ice bath sorts me out. It’s so cold that the outside conditions feel ‘warm’. It resets my resilience bar.” The words of extreme endurance athlete Sean Conway, who has run in temperatures as low as -10C. But what about more palatable ways to cop
  
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• Researchers pinpoint alarming possible cause for surge in heart attacks in young people - and how one decision has left 20-somethings with the 'heart age' of 60-year-olds

  10-11-2024 03:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe they've finally cracked the code on why so many young Australians are suddenly suffering heart problems.
  
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• I thought I had a tiny ulcer... but it turned out to be mouth cancer: Deaths are at record highs - now doctors are warning of the often ignored symptoms even dentists fail to spot

  10-11-2024 02:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seemingly innocuous, if uncomfortable, symptom is suffered by millions: a mouth ulcer. And when Sinead Marland noticed she had one, she thought little of it.
  
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• We can beat cancer in young people by giving them Ozempic, top doctors say. Diet expert Professor TIM SPECTOR reveals his radical solution

  10-11-2024 02:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The emails, so many of them heartbreaking, have been flooding our inboxes. Mostly they're from young people - in their 30s or early 40s - who have been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
  
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• Beat the super norovirus that's sweeping Britain and causing misery with aggressive sickness: Truth about hand-sanitiser, how long to isolate... and why you must avoid ibuprofen

  10-11-2024 02:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain is battling an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus that's being fuelled by a new, highly transmissible form of the infection.
  
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• Pioneering diabetes drug that helps flush out excess fluid can also cut risk of kidney stones, research finds

  10-11-2024 02:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is estimated that more than 5.6 million people in the UK are living with diabetes, with 90 per cent suffering from type 2 diabetes.
  
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• A feast for the eyes... Eating pistachios every day could help you keep your vision in old age, study finds

  10-11-2024 02:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say adding two ounces (57g) of the nut to your diet can 'significantly' improve eye health as it raises our lutein levels.
  
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• 'Zapper' that sends pulses to the wrist to target Tourette's could be rolled on on NHS as soon as next year following successful trials

  10-11-2024 02:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, Neupulse, sends electrical pulses to the median nerve in the underside of the wrist to stimulate the part of the brain that causes the involuntary tics
  
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• Study uncovers surprising way to prevent agonising nighttime leg cramps

  10-11-2024 02:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists believe a vitamin found in animal products such as chicken, beef liver, eggs and cheese, as well as fermented foods such as sauerkraut and kefir, could help treat the pains.
  
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• Daily tablet shows staggering success in slowing or even reversing dementia in new trials

  10-11-2024 01:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nilotinib, a blood cancer medicine, was previously shown to improve movement and mental function in a small group of patients with Parkinson's disease-related dementia and Lewy body dementia.
  
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• Carpal tunnel wrist can now be fixed with a 15-minute procedure that allows patients to go back to work the next day

  10-11-2024 01:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Previously, the only way to cure severe cases of carpal tunnel syndrome involved months of steroid injections and, if that was unsuccessful, an operation
  
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• Heart attacks, diabetes, divorce: tackling the dangers faced by UK’s army of night workers

  09-11-2024 18:00
  
  Night Club, which has helped more than 10,000 workers recover their physical and psychological wellbeing, now has four demands for LabourPeers and MPs will shortly receive a survey that asks: “How do you sleep at night?” It’s not a cheeky attempt to breach ­privacy – its aim is to encourage parliamentarians to clock their time asleep to raise awareness of the dangers experienced by the growing army of night workers: the ­“forgotten shift”.In a 24-hour
  
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• Dieticians reveal which foods you should NEVER eat on an empty stomach - or risk hours on the toilet

  09-11-2024 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of leading dieticians have revealed eight drinks and foods you should never consume on an empty stomach, with these potentially exacerbating a range of health problems.
  
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• Bipolar disorder: how lithium as a treatment fell out of favour

  09-11-2024 15:00
  
  As UK diagnoses have doubled, prescriptions of the treatment have halved. While experts feud over its use, many patients feel it is an effective way of managing their conditionOccupational stress is a trigger for Rebecca Wilde, a 32-year-old tech worker in Buckinghamshire. Four years ago, work pressures combined with family issues affected her sleep, leading to a severe manic episode. She was hospitalised for a month and a half, and diagnosed with type 1 bipolar disorder, also known as bipolar 1
  
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• My wife was diagnosed with the same dementia as Bruce Willis - this is our 'unbearable' reality

  09-11-2024 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unnamed 45-year-old man posted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit discussing the struggles his wife faces after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) at age 53.
  
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• NHS in ‘last-chance saloon’, says former health secretary Alan Milburn

  09-11-2024 14:45
  
  Milburn set to take senior health department role and says crisis is ‘million times worse’ than when he was in officeThe NHS is “drinking in the last-chance saloon” and needs to change, the former health secretary Alan Milburn has said as he prepares to take up a senior role in the Department of Health.Milburn, who brought about radical changes, such as the introduction of NHS foundation trusts, when he was a minister for Tony Blair, called for “cultural change&rdqu
  
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• Revealed: The WORST fizzy drinks for your health - and the surprising non-diet drink that's the healthiest

  09-11-2024 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fizzy drinks can increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and can pile on the pounds. Now scientists have revealed which drinks are the worst for your health.
  
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