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• As the Mail launches landmark campaign for dementia carers, TV news veteran and sufferer Alastair Stewart says: 'I'm at the point where I wonder if life is worth living... I only exist because of Sal'

  06-11-2026 23:19 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Sartorially, he is still unmistakably Alastair Stewart, the man whose 40-year career at ITV made him the longest-serving male newscaster in Britain. And yet things are so very wrong...
  
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• ALASTAIR STEWART: Dementia has made me question whether my life is still worth living

  06-11-2026 23:08 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Sartorially, he is still unmistakably Alastair Stewart, the man whose 40-year career at ITV made him the longest-serving male newscaster in Britain. And yet things are so very wrong...
  
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• SARAH VINE: It was a blessed relief when my dementia stricken father finally died

  06-11-2026 23:04 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Of all the diseases associated with ageing, dementia is one of the cruellest, perhaps THE cruellest. Incurable and irreversible, it robs the afflicted of their entire identity...
  
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• Horror as 15 children are given psilocybin-laced gummies while out trick-or-treating in California

  06-11-2026 22:57 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  At least 15 children were given psychedelic gummies containing psilocybin while trick-or-treating in California, San Diego police have revealed.
  
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• Flu activity is 'increasing in many parts of the country,' CDC warns... as cases and hospitalizations surge

  06-11-2026 20:18 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned flu cases are 'higher than typically observed at this time of year.'
  
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• Should energy drinks be banned for under-16s?

  06-11-2026 19:17 via BBC News
  
  The Welsh government says it wants to ban children under 16 from buying high-caffeine energy drinks.
  
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• Under-16s could be banned from buying energy drinks in Wales

  06-11-2026 18:10 via BBC News
  
  Young people in Cardiff told BBC Wales they supported the proposed ban.
  
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• Urgent recall of coffee and vanilla ice cream sold at Lidl upgraded to highest risk level over contamination with listeria

  06-11-2026 16:04 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  A recall of coffee and vanilla ice cream sold at Lidl grocery stores in nine states has been upgraded to the highest warning level over potential contamination with deadly bacteria.
  
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• Exactly how bad for you is the viral M&S Cornflake Cookie? It's lower calorie than chocolate hobnobs - but how does it compare to Ben's and Millie's?

  06-11-2026 15:13 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Some London stores have reported hoards of cookie-loving customers queuing before opening time to get their hands on the freshest batch.
  
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• GP shares 3 winter wellness tips that may help prevent colds and flu this season

  06-11-2026 13:26 via Daily Express :: Health Feed
  A GP has shared three simple steps that could help reduce your risk of getting ill this winter
  
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• After losing almost 8st, I switched from fat jabs to weight-loss pills because of the price - but since then I've PUT ON weight. Experts now reveal why the same thing could happen to you... and how to stop it

  06-11-2026 13:14 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  For Allie Hudson, the fat jab Mounjaro was supposed to be the final stop on a long journey to a healthy weight.
  
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• Truth about the viral M&S cornflake cookie: It's lower calorie than chocolate hobnobs and the ingredients list is no different to a homemade version - but how does it compare to Ben's and Millie's?

  06-11-2026 13:13 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Some London stores have reported hoards of cookie-loving customers queuing before opening time to get their hands on the freshest batch.
  
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• Experts flag 'easily missed' signs of kidney cancer that's surging in young people - as NHS figures show rise in 18 different cancers among under 50s

  06-11-2026 10:29 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  NHS figures show diagnoses of the disease in England jumped by 12 per cent among under-50s between 2023 and 2024, climbing from 1,095 cases to 1,227.
  
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• Pharmacist says 55p cupboard food 'can ease aches and pains as temperatures drop'

  06-11-2026 10:19 via Daily Express :: Health Feed
  Noel Wicks said it 'wasn't in your head' that you wake up sore and stiff at this time of year
  
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• Health minister instructs trusts to pause cuts to Phone First service

  06-11-2026 07:22 via BBC News
  
  The triage line was scrapped in Belfast and was to close in the Northern Trust later this month.
  
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• 'The veil of shame around postnatal depression needs to go'

  06-11-2026 07:20 via BBC News
  
  Mums are helping other parents to recognise the signs of postnatal depression and psychosis.
  
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• Tempted by snacks before bed? Here's why - and what you can do about it

  06-11-2026 01:42 via BBC News
  
  There are biological reasons why you may reach for sweet treats before bed, but you can change the habit.
  
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• The disturbing Mounjaro and Ozempic side effect that can make even the lightest touch feel like your skin is 'on fire'... and why doctors think your dose may be to blame

  06-11-2026 00:35 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  The little-known phenomenon is a type of nerve pain that causes the skin to hurt in response to things that normally wouldn't be painful.
  
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