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• Families' eight-year wait to see full Letby report

  18-09-2024 17:12 via bbc.com
  
  The mother of twin boys told the Thirlwall Inquiry she had only seen the unredacted version this week.
  
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• Healthy teenager fights for life in hospital after catching bird flu from 'unknown source' in Canada

  12-11-2024 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patient, who has not been identified, is currently being treated in a children's hospital in British Columbia. 'This was a healthy teenager prior to this,' said provincial health officer Bonnie Henry.
  
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• America's STD explosion laid bare and the shocking number of people catching one every minute

  12-11-2024 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CDC says there are signs the STI epidemic is slowing after spiking 90 percent in the last 20 years.
  
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• I'm a 31-year-old preschool teacher - I will never have children because Donald Trump is president

  12-11-2024 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A teacher in South Carolina has declared she will not have children for as long as Donald Trump is president because she's afraid of what he will do to climate change, women's health and gun violence.
  
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• Assisted dying could stop harrowing deaths, says MP behind bill

  12-11-2024 19:07 via bbc.com
  
  Adults expected to die within six months would be eligible under the proposals for England and Wales.
  
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• 'I might be dead before a decision is made': Terminally-ill people on assisted dying

  12-11-2024 18:50 via bbc.com
  
  Nik is worried assisted dying could lead to coercion - but Elise, who has cancer, wants the choice.
  
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• My hands and legs were amputated after a common injury playing frisbee golf led to fatal infection

  12-11-2024 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dylan Riley, 31, thought nothing of the minor cut on his knee. But mere weeks later, he was in the hospital with toxic shock syndrome and needing multiple amputations.
  
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• Medical school drops DEI admissions plan that would've banned white students from applying for 75% of spots

  12-11-2024 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A newly established medical school in Ontario, Canada has nixed plans to hold 75 percent of spots in its upcoming class for diverse and 'equity-deserving' students.
  
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• Michigan woman who was fired for refusing COVID vaccine wins $12m

  12-11-2024 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lisa Domski, 66, who worked at health insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination.
  
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• Rise in NICs will endanger public health services | Letter

  12-11-2024 17:22
  While the NHS has been given an exemption to the NIC increase, health services commissioned outside the health service have not, says Greg FellYour article outlining the extra strain on council budgets that the rise in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) will cause highlighted the likely impact on adult and children’s social care services (Adult social care in England needs urgent help from ministers, say bosses, theguardian.com, 6 November).There will also be a s
  
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• The £4 supplement that could slash blood pressure - reducing stroke, dementia and heart attack risk

  12-11-2024 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Lebanon, who tracked more than 200 obese adults in their 70s, found the vitamin lowered blood pressure levels 'significantly'.
  
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• My wife died after travel insurance firm refused to pay $175k for private jet from Europe when she fell ill

  12-11-2024 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen McNally,66, has filed a notice of civil claim against the Canadian branch of MSH International Ltd. on behalf of his wife, Fiona, who died in 2023.
  
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• My handsome, sporty 17-year-old son died in an instant after making a split-second decision... I don't want others to make the same terrible mistake

  12-11-2024 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  William Horley from Herne Bay in Kent, was just 17 when he passed away - his devastated mother, Kim Webster, said it felt like his life was decided at 'the flip of a coin'.
  
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• My brilliant mother was diagnosed with a rare form of dementia at just 59. I knew something was wrong from the way she unloaded the dishwasher

  12-11-2024 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I noticed it straight away. It was so unusual because my mother Susan was borderline OCD and very particular about order. When I brought it up with her, she snapped at me.
  
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• What exactly does the assisted dying bill mean for patients? We explain as terminally ill could be able to take their own life from next month

  12-11-2024 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under plans unveiled last night people diagnosed with a terminal illness who have been told they have less than six months to live would be allowed to go through the process of ending their own life.
  
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• Why the Trump administration will be bad for Americans’ health

  12-11-2024 15:00
  Experts say president-elect is likely to oppose policies such as universal healthcare and measures to reduce smokingDonald Trump will take office with a pledge to “make America healthy again”, even as growing evidence shows the president-elect’s conservative policy agenda is associated with worse health.Population health scientists see Republican-led states, some of which have the worst health outcomes in the developed world, and Trump’s track record as warning signs for
  
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• Under 1,000 patients a year may opt for assisted dying if bill passes, MP says

  12-11-2024 14:52
  
  Kim Leadbeater outlines safeguards as some MPs worry proposal does not bar doctors in England and Wales from suggesting optionUK politics live – latest updatesFewer than 1,000 patients a year in England and Wales are expected to choose assisted dying should the law pass, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said, as she outlined her bill setting out the change.But MPs opposed to the measure said they were deeply concerned by several components, including that the proposed legislation did not bar d
  
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• Revealed: UK areas at risk as experts warn autism is caused by air pollution - toxins are breathed by millions

  12-11-2024 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Israeli review of the latest scientific literature found babies with a genetic predisposition to autism exposed to four common air pollutants were more likely to develop the condition.
  
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• Autism SHOCK: Disorder may be 'caused by air pollution' breathed by millions across Britain, experts claim - our map reveals UK hotspots

  12-11-2024 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Israeli review of the latest scientific literature found babies with a genetic predisposition to autism exposed to four common air pollutants were more likely to develop the condition.
  
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• Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?

  12-11-2024 13:55 via bbc.com
  
  The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
  
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• Urgent health warning to winter sun-seeking Brits as top holiday destination is gripped by multiple outbreaks

  12-11-2024 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cases of several deadly viruses in the Canary Islands have climbed five-fold since August, reaching levels 10-times that of the UK.
  
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• Meet Britain's botanical Indiana Jones who leads expeditions into Earth's remote wildernesses in search of medicinal treasures... before using cutting-edge science to unlock their powers

  12-11-2024 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Geoff Abbott hunts for herbal remedies used by indigenous peoples that may contain life-saving chemicals that will revolutionise treatments for serious disorders.
  
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• Got a sore throat? You pharmacist CAN give you antibiotics, but you'll need to answer these five questions first...

  12-11-2024 12:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS England's new Pharmacy First service allows chemists to offer medicines for a handful of ailments including sore throat - but only if you fit a specific criteria.
  
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• What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

  12-11-2024 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A proposed law would give terminally ill people the right to choose to end their life.
  
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• Idaho abortion trial to hear from women denied medically necessary abortions

  12-11-2024 12:00
  
  Lawsuit filed by pro-choice protesters seeks to clarify medical exceptions in states’s near-total abortion banWomen denied medically necessary abortions in Idaho are expected to testify this week in a trial over the state’s near-total abortion ban.The trial, which starts on Tuesday and is expected to last through at least Thursday, is part of a lawsuit filed by abortion rights supporters who want to clarify the medical exceptions in Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Currently, a
  
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• My handsome, sporty 17-year-old son died in an instant after making a split-second decision... my life has never been the same but I want to stop others making the same terrible mistake

  12-11-2024 11:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  William Horley from Herne Bay in Kent, was just 17 when he suffered an accidental overdose of the painkiller Tramadol in 2018.
  
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• Woman from Wales died after gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey, inquest hears

  12-11-2024 11:03
  
  Janet Savage went into cardiac arrest after injury to abdominal aorta during operation in August last yearA woman died during an operation after travelling to Turkey for slimming surgery, an inquest heard.Janet Savage, 54, was undergoing a gastric “stomach sleeve” operation but never came around from the procedure. Continue reading...
  
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• Dementia expert reveals the exact age you should quit beer to ward off Alzheimer's

  12-11-2024 11:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American neurologist Dr Richard Restak has advised all of us to become complete teetotallers from a specific age onwards.
  
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• Kim Leadbeater outlines safeguards in proposed assisted dying bill – video

  12-11-2024 10:05
  A bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will set out hardline safeguards, including lengthy prison sentences for coercion and powers for judges to cross-examine patients. The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she believed she had put forward 'the best possible legislation' and told wavering MPs that parliament may not get a chance to vote again on the issue for another decade. She pledged it would contain the 'strictest protections and safeguards of any legislation anywhere in the wor
  
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• Chief medical officer had nightmares after spy poisoning

  12-11-2024 09:51 via bbc.com
  
  Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry she had worried about the disposal of the nerve agent.
  
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