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• The morning-after pill: what it costs and where to get it

  21-07-2017 13:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Boots has refused to reduce the price, but other retailers have, while NHS walk-in clinics will give it to you for freeBoots has been criticised after it refused to lower the cost of the morning-after pill because of fears it would encourage “inappropriate use”. It comes after campaigners persuaded other pharmacies to cut the cost of emergency contraception in half.It highlights the varying cost of the pill, with British women forced to pay up to five times more than their European p
  
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• MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over plan

  16-04-2024 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstainA ban on smoking for future generations moved a step closer last night, but Rishi Sunak suffered a blow to his authority after dozens of Conservative MPs voted against it.The House of Commons voted by 383 to 67 in favour of the prime minister’s plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy tobacco products in the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• Inside the 'death party' of a woman, 45, on Canada's radical assisted suicide program: Sipping tequila with velvet slippers on to Rod Stewart's Forever Young

  16-04-2024 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Yolanda Martins, from Canada (pictured left), was living with an incurable and painful disease. So she decided she would rather end her own life painlessly than continue living in agony.
  
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• Inside the 'death party' of woman, 45, on Canada's assisted suicide program - including tequila, velvet slippers and Rod Stewart's Forever Young

  16-04-2024 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Yolanda Martins, from Canada (pictured left), was living with an incurable and painful disease. So she decided she would rather end her own life painlessly than continue living in agony.
  
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• MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several senior Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting
  
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• Kemi Badenoch to oppose smoking ban in blow to Sunak’s authority

  16-04-2024 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Business secretary speaks out as Penny Mordaunt and other ministers waver over supportUK politics – latest updatesKemi Badenoch has announced she is opposing Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban because it will mean “people born a day apart will have permanently different rights”.In a blow to the prime minister’s authority, Badenoch published a statement before the vote saying she had “significant concerns” about the legislation. Continue reading...
  
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• Kemi Badenoch becomes first cabinet minister to say they will vote against smoking ban bill – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Business secretary says she agrees with prime minister’s policy intentions but believes in ‘equality under the law’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conf
  
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• Serious care failings were a factor in son killing his father, coroner in Wales rules

  16-04-2024 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Swansea inquest hears how weak security at psychiatric ward enabled Daniel Harrison to escape and attack father an hour laterA string of serious failings in the care provided for a man with schizophrenia who killed his father an hour after absconding from a psychiatric ward contributed to the death, a coroner has ruled.Coroner Kirsten Heaven also said that security systems at the hospital where Daniel Harrison was being detained were inadequate and played their part in events leading to the kill
  
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• My terrifying whooping cough ordeal: A&E doctor tells how she was left unable to breathe for an agonising 30 seconds - as cases soar around the country. So should you be worried?

  16-04-2024 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DR SALEYHA AHSAN: I'm now at Day 23 of the '100-day' cough. What I have is whooping cough. It started with a mild cough in March, but within days I had severe coughing fits.
  
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• Operation prevent the next pandemic: Biden administration announces new treaty with 50 countries to identify next killer pathogens

  16-04-2024 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden 's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak
  
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• DAME SHIRLEY CONRAN: Why I suddenly went off sex - at the age of 89: The queen of the bonkbuster takes our health quiz in this week's Under the Microscope

  16-04-2024 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every week a well-known celebrity reveals all in our health questionnaire.
  Here, queen of the bonkbuster Dame Shirley Conran reveals how she suddenly went off sex - at 89.
  
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• Ozempic warning: 21 year-old woman develops deadly blood complication after taking Mounjaro for just three weeks

  16-04-2024 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unnamed patient in Kuwait, 21, went into ketoacidosis after three weeks of taking tirzepatide, the active ingredient in blockbuster weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound.
  
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• Did Drake get a nose job and a BBL? Plastic surgeons weigh in as rap feud with former friend Rick Ross gets ugly and personal

  16-04-2024 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the nose job accusation is new, rumors that Drake - whose real name is Aubrey Graham - has had work done on his body have been circulating for years. DailyMail.com put the claims to surgeons.
  
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• Women in the UK: have you taken up smoking recently?

  16-04-2024 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to hear from women in the UK aged about their smoking habitsWe would like to hear from women in the UK about their smoking habits. We’re particularly interested in hearing from younger women about their experiences. Have you taken up smoking recently, or started smoking more regularly? Why did you start? And how long have you been smoking for? Continue reading...
  
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• Truss claims ‘health police’ will push for other bans if smoking rules change – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM tells debate that plans to phase out smoking are ‘emblematic of a technocratic establishment in this country that wants to limit people’s freedom’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism confer
  
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• Tory rightwingers criticise gradual smoking ban as Streeting backs plans as ‘a Labour bill’ – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow health secretary says Labour need no persuasion to back legislation and he agrees with Liz Truss that it is ‘unconservative’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today
  
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• CDC investigating botched Botox shots that have hospitalized women in multiple states

  16-04-2024 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The agency received reports of 19 women across the US who were given counterfeit botulinum toxin injections, commonly known as Botox, by unlicensed or untrained individuals.
  
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• Tory rightwingers criticise plans for gradual smoking ban in Commons debate – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 15:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Health secretary Victoria Atkins opens debate, outlining risks and saying smoking leads to 75,000 GP appointments a yearAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which
  
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• MPs start debate on gradual smoking ban with warning it causes 80,000 deaths a year – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 14:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Health secretary Victoria Atkins opens debate, outlining risks and saying smoking leads to 75,000 GP appointments a yearAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which
  
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• What is Rishi Sunak’s anti-smoking bill and will it pass?

  16-04-2024 14:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Health leaders have welcomed the plan to create a smoke-free generation – but the PM is facing trouble from some of his MPsUK politics – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s landmark tobacco and vapes bill aims to create the UK’s first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention. Continue reading...
  
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• Why Rishi Sunak's 'mad' smoking ban 'is destined to fail': Critics warn trailblazing law to stop Generation Alpha getting hooked on cigarettes will prove a 'charter for criminals' - amid fears health chiefs may take aim at sugar, caffeine and alcohol next

  16-04-2024 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under the Prime Minister's hotly-contested proposal, being debated in parliament today, anyone born after 2009 won't ever be able to legally buy tobacco.
  
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• NatCon conference continues in Brussels after police leave without enforcing closure – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 13:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor of Brussels reportedly told police to close down NatCon conference as Nigel Farage was speakingAt 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline
  
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• The chemicals in your garage that may raise risk of incurable muscle-wasting disease that killed Stephen Hawking

  16-04-2024 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that storing chemicals - including gasoline, weed killer, pesticides, paint, and woodworking supplies - in a garage connected to the home may be linked to the development of ALS.
  
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• The 15 revolutionary tiny tweaks that can turbocharge your health - from the simple way to lose half a stone to the tricks that slash your risk of cancer

  16-04-2024 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to living more healthily, the expert consensus is changes to daily habits are more likely to produce long-lasting results. Unlike attempts at transformations they are easier to stick to.
  
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• Mesmerising charts show world's most and least populated countries over time - and how Britain has slipped down the rankings and out of the top 20

  16-04-2024 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  India, home to 1.41billion people, pips China to top spot, with its population having tripled in size since the 60s.Over a third of the world's residents live in one of the two nations.
  
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• Smoking ban: Penny Mordaunt among ministers wavering over support

  16-04-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Commons leader known to have reservations about PM’s plan, as Liz Truss swipes at ‘unelected’ officialsUK politics – latest updatesPenny Mordaunt, a potential Conservative leadership challenger to Rishi Sunak, is among the cabinet ministers wavering over whether to support the prime minster’s generational smoking ban.Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, is known to have reservations about the prime minister’s tobacco and vapes bill and the precedent i
  
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• Braverman tells Tories they should not commit to leaving the ECHR in a ‘losing manifesto’ – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 12:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Former home secretary says including ECHR withdrawal in general election manifesto will ‘set cause back a generation’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conferen
  
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• How a nondescript lab in the North-East is helping astronauts survive in space ...and using the same kit to beat back pain and reverse ageing in patients here on Earth

  16-04-2024 12:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At first glance this room in a nondescript part of Northumbria University looks like a school gymnasium, stacked with sports equipment.
  
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• How secret to tackling menopause may be muscle-building supplement loved by gym bros

  16-04-2024 11:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Creatine - gym-bros' favourite muscle-building supplement - could be the secret to beating some of the most dramatic results of the menopause, says Rob Hobson, sports and registered nutritionist.
  
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• MPs’ vote on gradual smoking ban set to expose Tory splits over key Sunak policy – UK politics live

  16-04-2024 11:01 via theguardian.com
  
  PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote againstLaura Farris, a Home Office minister, was doing the government interview round this morning. She said she supported the smoking bill because she took up smoking herself at the age of 12 and always regretted it. She told LBC:I think this is a very, very sensible policy and I’m not particularly interested in arguments about freedom o
  
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