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• They've FINALLY found it! Scientists create first-ever 'map' of female pleasure center that's confused men for centuries

  18-06-2026 20:26 via dailymail.com
  
  Scientists at Amsterdam University Medical Center have finally pinpointed the exact anatomy of a long-ignored female sex organ, the clitoris, with the first-ever detailed 3D map.
  
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• Infection found in wildlife evolved to spread between humans, experts fear... after two clusters are identified

  18-06-2026 18:47 via dailymail.com
  
  An infection typically seen in animals has been diagnosed in nearly two dozen people, raising concerns that the zoonotic condition has evolved to now be transmissible between humans.
  
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• A common medication taken by millions turned my kind father into a killer: He stabbed my five-year-old twin sisters to death... but I forgive him

  18-06-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The school intercom crackled and Jessica Barrett's name was called for her to go to the front office. She was 17, a high school senior in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  
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• One-shot cancer cure? Breakthrough radiotherapy wipes out prostate tumours in MOST men with just a single high-dose session, trial finds

  18-06-2026 17:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Charities described the reduction in sessions as 'transformative' as it allows doctors to cut waiting lists faster and saves men the inconvenience of making so many trips to hospital.
  
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• Baked beans: From fry up favourite to fitness food, why the humble tins are finally getting a health makeover

  18-06-2026 14:54 via dailymail.com
  
  The old rhyme tells us that 'beans, beans, are good for your heart' - and, as it turns out, that is true. But they pack even more of a nutritional punch beyond protecting our cardiovascular health.
  
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• One dead and hundreds more sickened with deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria linked to chicken across 42 states

  18-06-2026 13:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Hundreds more people have been sickened and dozens more hospitalized with an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria being linked to backyard chickens.
  
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• Dr Ellie: A patient of mine has been taking the unlicensed 'Godzilla' of fat jabs. This is exactly what it's done to her body - and why people will keep taking 'Reta' regardless of the risks

  18-06-2026 13:03 via dailymail.com
  
  When you've been a GP for over 20 years, you start to feel like you've seen it all. But a few months ago, I had an experience with a patient that left me shaken.
  
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• Why 9,000 cancer experts gave this huge breakthrough a standing ovation

  18-06-2026 13:00 via express.co.uk
  EXCLUSIVE: Express health editor Hanna explains how cancer treatments are becoming smarter, kinder and more personalised.
  
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• Fake fat jab crisis: A quarter of GPs have treated patients needing hospital treatment after taking illegal weight-loss meds

  18-06-2026 12:18 via dailymail.com
  
  As demand for appetite-suppressing drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro continues to soar, fears are growing that counterfeit 'black market' medication is putting patients at risk.
  
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• Baked beans: Why eating more of them can boost your heart health and give your digestion a serious boost

  18-06-2026 12:16 via dailymail.com
  
  The old rhyme tells us that 'beans, beans, are good for your heart' - and, as it turns out, that is true. But they pack even more of a nutritional punch beyond protecting our cardiovascular health.
  
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• 'Put your eggs here when you get back from supermarket' - UK FSA advice

  18-06-2026 11:49 via express.co.uk
  The Food Standards Agency and BBC Good Food both advise storing eggs in appliance to reduce salmonella risk and maintain a safe, consistent temperature
  
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• It's not rare... it's RAW: Concerning figures reveal a third of people admit to eating undercooked burgers - putting themselves at risk of food poisoning

  18-06-2026 11:23 via dailymail.com
  
  New research has revealed that one in three people admits to eating undercooked burgers, which could be putting them at risk of food poisoning.
  
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• Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab

  18-06-2026 10:14 via bbc.com
  
  A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
  
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• Cervical cancer deaths plummet to record lows thanks to life-saving HPV vaccination

  18-06-2026 09:06 via dailymail.com
  
  The rate of young women dying from cervical cancer in the UK has fallen drastically since the nationwide rollout of the HPV vaccine, research today suggested.
  
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• Drug shortages are 'some of the worst GPs and pharmacists have ever seen': Patient safety is increasingly at risk due to Iran war supply chain issues

  18-06-2026 01:08 via dailymail.com
  
  Health chiefs are seriously concerned about patient safety amid an ongoing shortage in pain killers, blood pressure drugs and epilepsy medication.
  
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• Cancer-linked 'forever chemicals' discovered in scores of Tesco own-brand fish, dairy and meat products, experts claim

  18-06-2026 01:03 via dailymail.com
  
  In what has been described as an 'alarming' revelation, per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances - or PFAS for short - were detected in every food item analysed from the popular supermarket.
  
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