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• Viagra firm launches new 'discreet' version - dissolving wafer ends embarrassment of being caught with the little blue pill

  16-12-2024 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The little blue pill has been used to treat erectile dysfunction for the past 25 years, but it may soon be replaced with a new 'discrete' form of Viagra.
  
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• Experts pinpoint the precise number of daily steps you need to take to beat depression - spoiler alert: It's NOT 10,000

  16-12-2024 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In research that examined 33 separate studies, involving almost 100,000 adults using fitness trackers, experts found higher counts were linked to better mental health.
  
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• Truth about the Tik Tok doctors' boasts: I work in the NHS... and this is why I feel so sorry for them, reveals PROF ROB GALLOWAY

  16-12-2024 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Medfluencers' - that's TikTok influencers who are doctors - are popping up on social media extolling the joys of locum work. 'Shifts are paid at higher rates than basic pay', says one to her followers.
  
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• Claims gym-goers have contracted chlamydia from exercise equipment cause panic - top medic reveals if YOU could be at risk

  16-12-2024 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fears were first raised by a TikTok user who claimed he contracted the infection at the gym after wiping his eye with a towel that was placed on a seat.
  
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• More ‘discreet’ Viagra-type drug could soon be available in Britain

  16-12-2024 14:56
  US company Viatris has applied for a UK trademark for wafer-like film that dissolves in the mouthIt is a little blue pill that has transformed male health and the sex lives of millions.But while Viagra’s success has made the erectile dysfunction drug famous, a less conspicuous form could soon become available. Continue reading...
  
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• I got bowel cancer at 36 - and 200,000 others have the same risky gene as me. But there IS an answer and an everyday pill that can help... if you know what you're looking for

  16-12-2024 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Learning she had advanced bowel cancer at the age of 36 came as a devastating shock to Carla Mitchell - not least because the disease is normally associated with those in their 60s.
  
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• If you keep getting up at night to go to the loo, this could be the frightening reason: DR ELLIE

  16-12-2024 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the past two months I have been getting up three to four times in the night to empty my bowels. A colonoscopy ruled out cancer and I was told it might be diverticulitis. DR ELLIE advises...
  
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• Hot honey and lemon crowned as 2024's favourite cold remedy, study reveals

  16-12-2024 12:24 via express.co.uk
  
  A third of Brits have turned to home remedies more in 2024 than they did the previous year, including chicken soup, ginger tea, and eating garlic cloves
  
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• Bird flu is a real pandemic threat. Are we prepared for the worst? | Devi Sridhar

  16-12-2024 12:00
  
  A strain now circulating in dairy cows appears to carry little risk for humans at present, but we need to develop an effective strategy before it mutatesAs usual, I’m back with cheery topics to get us through the dark, cold winter months. No, I’m not talking about the studies on how dark chocolate reduces your risk of type 2 diabetes or why eating cake for breakfast isn’t as bad as we think it is. Instead, in the global health world, the main news is about avian flu, the H5N1 v
  
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• The tool that tells you if you're going to eat too much this Christmas

  16-12-2024 11:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Built with over 30 festive staples, it lets you choose how many servings of spuds, Brussels sprouts and pigs in blankets you'll inevitably pile onto your plate.
  
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• 11 easy ways to make your Christmas food healthy for your heart - but still keep it tasty

  16-12-2024 10:57 via express.co.uk
  
  Can Christmas feasting ever be healthy? Kim Jones asks the experts for their top tips to make festive foods just that little bit better for you
  
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• 'I'm a sleep expert – common European tactic could be secret to better rest every night'

  16-12-2024 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Sleep is crucial for supporting healthy brain function. One expert claims this European method helps people to nod off faster and sleep deeper.
  
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• One in four babies in England delivered by caesarean section, NHS data shows

  16-12-2024 06:00
  Increase due to a growing number of complex births caused by rising obesity rates and women having children later in lifeOne in four babies born in NHS hospitals in England last year were delivered by caesarean section, official figures show.The gradual increase in the number of caesarean births over the past decade is due to a growing number of complex pregnancies and births, caused by factors including rising obesity rates and women waiting until they are older to have children. The proportion
  
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• Man paralysed from neck down after falling off three-storey balcony

  16-12-2024 04:24 via express.co.uk
  
  Callum Falconer, 26, was sitting on the railing of his three-storey flat balcony when he plummeted off - breaking his spine, ribs, hips and snapping his neck
  
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• Ambulance delays at the start of winter increase by nearly 50% in a year - as NHS faces 'quad-demic' of flu, Covid, norovirus and RSV

  16-12-2024 03:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of delays lasting at least one hour has also risen drastically in the figures for England. In the 2023/24 winter, it was 16,423.
  
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• Teenager told she had growing pains...until dad insisted on a scan that revealed rampant cancer that's spread all over her body

  15-12-2024 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chloe Renshaw, 15, from Plymouth started to complain of knee pain in October so severe it left her 'crying on the sofa at night' - medics dismissed it as 'growing pains'.
  
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• Four Australian tourists in hospital in Fiji with suspected alcohol poisoning

  15-12-2024 09:24
  Foreign affairs department updates travel advice for Fiji to include warning about risk of methanol poisoning and drink spikingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour Australians are seriously ill in hospital in Fiji with what local authorities suspect is alcohol poisoning.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) confirmed through a spokesperson on Sunday evening that it was providing consular assistance to two Australian families in Fiji but declined to provide
  
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• I’m nearly 80 and there’s a void in my life that hobbies can’t fill | Ask Philippa

  15-12-2024 07:00
  
  It’s about facing the freedom you have now, not as an overwhelming burden but as an opportunityThe question I am nearing 80 and am overwhelmed by what I think is called existential boredom. The truth is I’ve been struggling with it for what seems like aeons… I have achieved all my ambitions – and loads more – but I’m now at a loss as to what do next. I am constantly told to get a hobby or join a choir, by people who have no idea of what deep boredom is. I env
  
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• I’m nearly 80 and there’s a void in my life that hobbies can’t fill

  15-12-2024 07:00
  
  It’s about facing the freedom you have now, not as an overwhelming burden but as an opportunityThe question I am nearing 80 and am overwhelmed by what I think is called existential boredom. The truth is I’ve been struggling with it for what seems like aeons… I have achieved all my ambitions – and loads more – but I’m now at a loss as to what do next. I am constantly told to get a hobby or join a choir, by people who have no idea of what deep boredom is. I env
  
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• NHS GP reveals common causes of fatigue as she urges don't ignore symptoms

  15-12-2024 05:17 via express.co.uk
  
  The doctor said after you have ruled out lifestyle factors, you may want to see a GP
  
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• Two more cases of bird flu in humans reported in California

  14-12-2024 21:02
  
  Both occurred in farmworkers with exposure to infected animals, and are amid 34 confirmed cases across stateTwo cases of bird flu have been reported in California’s San Joaquin county, according to local health officials.According to a press release issued on Friday and reported by the Sacramento Bee, health officials from San Joaquin county public health services said that both cases occurred in farmworkers who had had exposure to infected animals. Both individuals have exhibited mild sym
  
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• How seeing his own brain inspired doctor to find a method to rapidly detect delirium

  14-12-2024 18:30
  
  Life-saving surgery in Greg Scott’s youth instilled determination to find more effective EEG diagnosisAs a student, the neurologist Greg Scott had very little interest in following a career in medicine. Computing was the focus of his studies.Then one day he suffered a grand mal seizure. Also called a tonic-clonic seizure, it causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. Continue reading...
  
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• Mitch McConnell condemns petition to revoke approval of polio vaccine by RFK Jr adviser

  14-12-2024 18:25
  
  Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensedUS Senate minority leader and polio survivor Mitch McConnell has condemned attempts to undermine the polio vaccine after reports that a lawyer affiliated with Robert F Kennedy Jr – the health secretary pick for Donald Trump’s second presidency – petitioned for the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the vaccine.In a statement reported by numerous outlets
  
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• I'm a swimmer and lifeguard but my world was shaken when I was diagnosed with osteoporosis

  14-12-2024 18:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Last year keen runner Adele became the fastest woman to run the London Marathon with a stoma bag.
  
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• So what IS causing the surge in young colon cancers? As study suggests 'accelerated ageing' is to blame...what of the other factors?

  14-12-2024 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a worrying trend rates of the cancer among the under 50s, which in terms of the disease are those deemed young, have soared over 50 per cent in the UK since the 90s.
  
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• Doctors warn of new 'snowmanning' dating trend that could leave singletons with a nasty STI

  14-12-2024 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost 80 per cent of Brits admit to having unprotected sex and doctors warn forgoing protection puts singletons at risk of catching a nasty sexually transmitted infection (STI).
  
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• Health visitor's verdict on whether you should really co-sleep with your baby

  14-12-2024 12:41 via express.co.uk
  
  Health visitor Ruth Watts has offered her advice on whether parents should let their baby share a bed, and it's safe to say people's views are mixed.
  
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• From nightcaps to nightmares: the many ways alcohol disrupts your sleep

  14-12-2024 12:00
  Despite Dr Alex George’s recent experience of sobriety negatively affecting his sleep, alcohol remains a reliable way to disrupt your rest, in the long and short termWith seasonal festivities well and truly under way, some are already fantasising about a dry January full of early nights.But Dr Alex George, public health advocate and former Love Island contestant, revealed last week in a video on his YouTube channel that a sober night’s sleep isn’t necessarily all it is cut out
  
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• NHS warns against taking a popular supplement - it could cause agonising stomach pains for millions of Brits

  14-12-2024 09:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A health supplement commonly taken to ward off colds could cause agonising side effects for millions of Brits, the health service has warned.
  
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• Doctor shares five common foods she eats daily to reduce joint pain

  14-12-2024 04:02 via express.co.uk
  
  You probably have at least one of these in your home right now
  
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