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• Bryant attacks 'irresponsible' Stormont ministers over budget

  14-10-2026 13:06 via BBC News
  
  The Northern Ireland secretary says there is "very little financial accountability or responsibility" across the executive.
  
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• SPA DOCTOR: Can a special sleep massage end a decade of insomnia?

  01-11-2026 13:19 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  It's long been said that a change is as good as a holiday - but you don't necessarily need to travel halfway around the world to feel the benefits.
  
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• Have you got ferritin face? I had the sunken eyes, pale skin and misery of the problem that TikTokers are talking about - and eventually found a cure

  01-11-2026 09:12 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Dark circles and pale skin? Apparently you've got 'ferritin face' - the latest viral trend that claims the telltale signs of low iron are plastered all over your features.
  
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• Men who eat more meat and dairy tend to have lower testosterone levels, study finds

  01-11-2026 02:09 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Men who eat more meat and dairy products tend to have lower testosterone levels, according to a new study.
  
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• DR ELLIE: Why I think countless women in their early 40s are being MISDIAGNOSED with perimenopause: Fatigue, anxiety, palpitations, sudden weight changes. Sound familiar?

  01-11-2026 02:00 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  'What is it?' That was the first question 35-year-old Milly asked when I told her she had Graves' disease.
  
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• Low levels of testosterone in men linked to meat and dairy diets

  01-11-2026 01:59 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Men who eat more meat and dairy products tend to have lower testosterone levels, according to a new study.
  
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• Inside the mysterious rise of midlife epilepsy: A growing number of adults are developing seizures later in life - now experts believe they know why...

  01-11-2026 01:59 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  More than six years have passed since Claire Barnard woke up frightened and alone in a hospital bed after suffering a major seizure. It still haunts her.
  
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• Working part-time cuts the risk of dementia for pensioners by 40 per cent

  01-11-2026 01:24 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  The incurable condition is much less common in those employed for a couple of days a week, compared to others who retire completely.
  
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• A little-known type of dementia leaves patients like Bruce Willis unrecognizable to their loved ones. These are the signs you have the gene... and why scientists believe one family holds the key to eradicating the disease

  01-11-2026 00:42 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Frontotemporal dementia is confoundedly rare; perhaps a few hundred thousand people have it worldwide, though that estimate is complicated by how difficult it is to diagnose.
  
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• Why are so many celebs dying of pancreatic cancer? From Patrick Swayze and Steve Jobs to Susan Saint James, what A-list spate of deaths reveal about the deadly disease that's so often caught too late

  31-10-2026 23:21 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  This week, Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress best known for starring in the hit TV series McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie, became the latest A-lister to lose their life to the disease.
  
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• Love split IVF couples throw away thousands of frozen embryos, study finds

  31-10-2026 22:30 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Two-thirds of couples who separate after having fertility treatment opt for their remaining embryos to be discarded.
  
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• How frequent toilet trips at night can be symptom of a dangerous disorder that raises heart attack risk

  31-10-2026 19:26 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  For three years, Vicki Maylan was treated for bladder problems that she did not have. Previously a good sleeper, she found herself waking up needing the loo - sometimes up to seven times a night.
  
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• Why those frequent nighttime toilet trips
could be hidden sign
of a dangerous disorder that puts you at risk of a heart attack

  31-10-2026 18:08 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  For three years, Vicki Maylan was treated for bladder problems that she did not have. Previously a good sleeper, she found herself waking up needing the loo - sometimes up to seven times a night.
  
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• Experts reveal if popular gummy vitamins really are just as healthy as pills

  31-10-2026 13:25 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Gummy vitamins have become a popular alternative to traditional supplements, offering a sweeter, easier way to get daily vitamins without swallowing pills. But are they as effective?
  
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• Doctors blamed my stomach pain on being obese and 'gassy'... then they found a 15lb tumor in my abdomen

  31-10-2026 13:25 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Irene Sinsombutcharoen was supposed to be enjoying herself on a cruise when she noticed something unusual. Doctors, however, insisted she was just 'obese' and 'gassy.'
  
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• I was embarrassed to see a GP about a lump on my penis but I'm glad I did - it turned out to be late stage blood cancer that was caught just in time

  31-10-2026 10:57 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  For Matthew Spicer, August 2023 should have been one of the most exciting times of his life. Instead, he received a devastating cancer diagnosis.
  
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• How to cut your cancer risk by 35 percent: As cases explode in under-50s, America's top doctors and professors reveal the simple lifestyle tweaks that that can add YEARS to your life

  30-10-2026 23:49 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  A major study by the American Cancer Society estimated that four in ten cancer diagnoses in the US - more than 713,000 cases in 2019 - were linked to potentially preventable risk factors.
  
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• Urgent warning over using tap water to clean contact lenses after one dies and five suffer from vision loss

  30-10-2026 21:50 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Health officials in Louisiana are issuing an urgent warning that using tap water to clean contact lenses could lead to deadly brain infections after one death and five cases of vision loss.
  
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• The diet experts say is best for your health... and why it doesn't tell Americans to prioritize meat

  30-10-2026 21:21 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  An international team of researchers, led by Brigham Young University, are issuing a new take on the classic food pyramid, with meat playing a surprisingly small role.
  
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• I've spent 17 years studying and treating Parkinson's disease. How lifestyle habits and where you LIVE could trigger it decades before symptoms appear... but you can protect yourself: DR REBECCA GILBERT

  30-10-2026 14:03 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  As a neurologist and movement disorders specialist, I have treated hundreds of patients facing an incurable condition that may have lurked under the surface for years.
  
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• I'm a breast cancer specialist and these are the cheap tablets every midlife woman should take to ward off the disease - on top of HRT... and they can protect your heart and keep dementia at bay, too

  30-10-2026 13:21 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  All women over 50 should be offered a trio of cheap drugs that could slash their risk of breast cancer, protect their heart and help ward off dementia, a leading cancer expert has said.
  
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• Covid stole my sense of smell - and when it came back even freshly washed laundry smelt foul. It's ruined my diet and destroyed my memories... and a cold or even obesity could mean the same thing happens to you

  30-10-2026 13:10 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  The day Em Wilkinson lost her sense of smell following a bout of Covid she had no idea how much of an impact it would have on her physical and mental health.
  
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• Warning over omeprazole pill for heartburn that raises risk of heart attack by 58% - experts reveal the safer alternatives to keep acid reflux at bay

  30-10-2026 13:06 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Researchers found that those using proton pump inhibitors for more than 30 days had a 58 per cent higher odds of problems like heart attack compared with people not taking them at all.
  
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• I've spent 17 years studying and treating Parkinson's disease. How lifestyle habits and where you LIVE could secretly trigger it decades before symptoms appear... but you can protect yourself: DR REBECCA GILBERT

  30-10-2026 12:44 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  As a neurologist and movement disorders specialist, I have treated hundreds of patients facing an incurable condition that may have lurked under the surface for years.
  
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• You CAN have a healthy fry up - my six tiny tweaks to your full English will halve the fat, save hundreds of calories and you'll barely notice the difference NUTRITIONIST ANGELA DOWDEN

  30-10-2026 11:33 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Google 'healthy fry-up' and you'll find a generous helping of disappointment. With bacon banished, the banger swapped for tofu and the fried egg traded for a joyless egg-white omelette.
  
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• Testosterone 'may not ease brain fog and memory problems in menopausal women after all'

  30-10-2026 01:44 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  Social media is flooded with claims the hormone can treat symptoms - with women even posing as men to obtain prescriptions online.
  
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• I begged doctors for a colonoscopy but they refused because I was only 30 and looked healthy. Now I have stage 3 cancer... these are the subtle symptoms they left too late - and my biggest regret

  30-10-2026 00:43 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  When I woke up from the colonoscopy, my gastrointestinal doctor told me they had found something in my colon. The diagnosis sent me reeling.
  
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• England's best-performing - and most beleaguered - A&Es, where more than one in four patients endure waits of over 12 hours... as deaths linked to overcrowded emergency departments surge 850 per cent in a decade

  29-10-2026 18:44 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  More than one in four patients at emergency departments in the seaside town waited at least half a day to be admitted, discharged or transferred over the last year.
  
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• California pumpkin patch closes after five visitors are sickened with potentially deadly bacteria E. coli

  29-10-2026 17:50 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  A popular farm in San Luis Obispo has closed after state health officials confirmed five cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli potentially linked to the location.
  
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• Coffee creamer sold in 11 states recalled over sterility fears

  29-10-2026 16:08 via Health News | Mail Online
  
  More than 5,000 bags vanilla creamer sold in 11 states have been recalled over fears they may be contaminated or unsafe to drink due to sterility concerns.
  
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