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• 'Stopping the Pill turned me gay': Bizarre case of 28-year-old woman's sudden sexuality change is FOURTH linked to contraceptive

  20-12-2024 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amy Parker, from Adelaide, ditched the Pill in February after ending her seven-year relationship. By May the thought of dating men filled her with 'disgust'.
  
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• I lied to my girlfriend about being a virgin at 23- which puts me at risk of erectile dysfunction and weak orgasms

  30-12-2024 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 23-year-old embarrassed about his lack of experience in the bedroom lied to his girlfriend about being a virgin - something that could set him up for future sexual dysfunction.
  
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• Psychedelic experiences in clinical settings | Letters

  30-12-2024 18:53 via theguardian.com
  If clinicians cannot put the experience into words, then how can patients give informed consent that meets the robust medico-legal standard, asks Dr Caroline HayesAlthough it is refreshing to read a more balanced article on psychedelics (Experts warn of mental health risks after rise in magic mushroom use, 25 December), we must be cautious about accepting the paternalistic notion that the clinical setting is always the most appropriate.“Set and setting” – one’s mindset an
  
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• Health condition suffered by millions makes people more dangerous drivers

  30-12-2024 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Washington University found a common condition could make you more of a liability on the road as you age.
  
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• Doctors share every day habits that are prematurely aging your brain

  30-12-2024 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two scientists - Dr Zaldy Tan, a geriatric scientist, and Dr Glen Finney, a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology - have revealed six habits that could be prematurely aging your brain.
  
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• PROF ROB GALLOWAY: The cheap and widely available elixir of life YOU should be taking this new year to slash your cancer risk, avoid diabetes, heart attacks and strokes - and even use as a cut-price Ozempic

  30-12-2024 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Are you thinking about your New Year's resolutions - maybe to do with work, or sorting out your finances, or yes, health related?
  
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• DR MARTIN SCURR: A nasty bout of Covid three years ago made me lose my sense of taste and smell... am I doomed to live like this for ever?

  30-12-2024 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I lost my sense of taste and smell due to Covid three years ago - can I do anything to help regain them? I am a 71-year-old type one diabetic woman.
  
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• Revealed: The UK hospitals shamed for being so rundown they are 'outright dangerous', according to NHS chiefs

  30-12-2024 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hazards include fires, floods from ageing pipes and tanks, electrical issues, insufficient freezers for bodies and even potentially dangerous bacterial infection from decaying infrastructure.
  
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• Rise in talk about killing in films raises health concerns, researchers say

  30-12-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Study finds small but significant increase in characters talking about murder or killing over past 50 yearsTalk of homicide is on the rise in films, researchers have found, in a trend they say could pose a health concern for adults and children.A study found that over the past 50 years there had been a small but significant increase in movie characters talking about murdering or killing. Continue reading...
  
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• Anti-cycling stories are bad for the UK’s health, says Chris Boardman

  30-12-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Racing champion turned active travel advocate criticises parts of the media for safety scaremongeringThe UK’s public health is being directly harmed by anti-cycling coverage in parts of the media, Chris Boardman, who heads the government’s main active travel organisation, has told the Guardian.Boardman, a former champion cyclist and businessman, leads Active Travel England (ATE) and is at the forefront of government efforts to help people switch from car trips to healthier and more s
  
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• What causes brain clots in pregnant women - after Gal Gadot reveals she needed surgery for deadly blood clot

  30-12-2024 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gal Gadot, 39, revealed on Instagram this week that she suffered a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), a rare blood clot that forms in the brain's outermost veins, during her last pregnancy.
  
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• Top neuroscientist reveals intriguing reason why Brits are getting UGLIER - and how to stop the change happening to you

  30-12-2024 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A popular video, shared by user @puremog, features a scientific lecture, said to be given by a surgeon, demonstrating why the humankind is 'getting uglier'.
  
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• Vegan men 'frail' and more likely to die young, new analysis of British data suggests - with unhealthy plant-based foods to blame

  30-12-2024 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch scientists, who analysed data from 70,000 Brits, found those ate more unhealthy plant-based diet had a higher chance of suffering from frailty. This was even higher for some men.
  
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• TikTok has opened the door to a new age of medical misinformation – and I’m seeing the results in A&E | Ammad Butt

  30-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As a doctor, I am now seeing patients who have chosen not to take medication on the advice of online wellness influencersIn the age of the internet, Googling symptoms and treatments has been common practice for patients, and sometimes even doctors. The recent explosion in popularity of podcasts and short-form video content such as TikTok, however, has increased the amount of misinformation in search results to levels we have not seen previously – and this is now having tangible effects in
  
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• REVEALED: How long you can add to your life if you stop smoking NOW, according to new research

  30-12-2024 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning analysis of the health threat from smoking has revealed how long each cigarette takes off a person's life.
  
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• Leaky ceilings and sinking floors: inside St Helier hospital where staff fear for patients

  30-12-2024 13:29 via theguardian.com
  
  St Helier’s NHS trust had been promised new building – but faces uncertainty after project put under review by chancellorEngland’s rundown hospitals are ‘outright dangerous’, say NHS chiefsSt Helier hospital is older than the NHS itself. A once beautiful modernist building that admitted its first patients in 1941, it has been left to crumble. The white paint is chipping at every corner of its formerly gleaming exterior and its state of the art balconies have been fe
  
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• Urgent warning against buying Ozempic online - amid tidal wave of contaminated jabs flogged on social media

  30-12-2024 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beauty salons, online retailers and social media users are flogging the medications, leaving patients vulnerable to potentially contaminated drugs, health chiefs said.
  
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• England’s rundown hospitals are ‘outright dangerous’, say NHS chiefs

  30-12-2024 13:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Structural weaknesses are threatening operating theatres, intensive care units and cancer unitsLeaky ceilings and sinking floors: inside St Helier hospital where staff fear for patient safetyHospital buildings in England are in such a dilapidated state they risk fires, floods and electrical faults, internal NHS trust documents reveal, with leaders saying conditions have become “outright dangerous”.Official papers from NHS trust board meetings show how staff and patients ar
  
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• What Joe Wicks REALLY thinks about ADHD and poor diet - fitness star speaks out after being slammed for linking brain condition to eating 'Wagon Wheels and jam sandwiches'

  30-12-2024 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Appearing on a BBC podcast in April, the nation's favourite work-out guru appeared to suggest that some diagnoses could 'stem back to the diet and foods that we're eating'.
  
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• Common gut problem doubles men's chances of suffering erectile dysfunction, experts find

  30-12-2024 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peruvian scientists found men with a digestive issue were more than 100 per cent more likely to also have erectile dysfunction the medical term for problems getting or maintaining an erection.
  
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• What Joe Wicks REALLY thinks about ADHD being caused by poor diet

  30-12-2024 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Appearing on a BBC podcast in April, the nation's favourite work-out guru appeared to suggest that some diagnoses could 'stem back to the diet and foods that we're eating'.
  
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• Scientists identify curious reason why some women don't know when to stop when it comes to booze

  30-12-2024 11:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, from a team of US scientists, comes amid rising concern that Britain's 'wine mum' culture may be fuelling serious liver disease, and even deaths.
  
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• UK ministers warned housing crisis puts plans for NHS and economy at risk

  30-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Damning report reveals millions in England are living in poor-quality housing that threatens their healthMinisters have been warned that efforts to save the NHS and grow the economy will fail unless they tackle the housing crisis, as a damning report reveals millions of people are living in substandard homes that risk worsening their health.In total, 4.5 million people aged 50 or above with an existing health condition in England are living in poor-quality housing with one or more problems such
  
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• UK employers ‘risk losing good people’ without policies on infertility, say managers

  30-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Survey by Chartered Management Institute finds only 19% of companies have a policy in place‘Exhaustive, expensive and soul-destroying’: one NHS worker’s infertility journeyEmployers should have formal policies in place to help workers who are undergoing fertility treatment, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has said, warning that businesses are increasingly losing talented people by failing to support them.With NHS data showing that one in every seven couples have diffic
  
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• ‘Exhausting, expensive and soul-destroying’: one NHS worker’s infertility journey

  30-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alison Howie, a physiotherapist, tried to get pregnant over 10 years. The experience left her feeling she needed to quit her jobUK employers ‘risk losing good people’ without policies on infertility, say managersA fifth of employees undergoing fertility treatment are thought to have quit their job due to how they were treated. Alison Howie, an NHS physiotherapist, shares her experience.My infertility journey has been exhausting, expensive and soul-destroying. I’ve had about 18
  
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• NHS delays to tackle weight loss 'leads patients to buy risky fat jabs', top GP warns

  30-12-2024 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, said she had 'serious concerns' about drugs sold by unregulated retailers and urged patients to consult a doctor first.
  
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• Mum-of-five dies suddenly a day after 47th birthday following Christmas illness

  30-12-2024 01:07 via express.co.uk
  
  Kellie Alexande, a mum-of-five, died on December 27 - a day after she turned 47 - after being taken ill on Christmas Eve
  
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• Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on averageSmokers are being urged to kick the habit for 2025 after a fresh assessment of the harms of cigarettes found they shorten life expectancy even more than doctors thought.Researchers at University College London found that on average a single cigarette takes about 20 minutes off a person’s life, meaning that a typical pack of 20 cigarettes can shorten a person’s life by
  
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• NHS delays may drive patients to buy unsafe weight-loss drugs, says top GP

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  People warned against buying illegal weight-loss medicines through beauty salons or fake pharmacy websitesLong waits for NHS services could lead people to take matters into their own hands by buying potentially unsafe weight-loss jabs online, Britain’s top GP has said.Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs, warned that buying drugs online from unregulated retailers could put people at risk and they may also miss out on wraparound support offered alongside the medicati
  
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• How many minutes does a cigarette knock off the life of a smoker?

  30-12-2024 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men lose 17 minutes of life with every one smoked, while a woman's life is cut short by 22 minutes per cigarette, experts have estimated, an increase on previous estimates of 11 minutes.
  
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