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• How 29p-a-day 'bodybuilders' supplement creatine can slash body fat, boost energy and even counteract the side effects of Mounjaro - especially if you are over 50

  09-12-2025 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research suggests it might be beneficial for age-related ­problems, such as muscle loss.
  
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• Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary

  12-12-2025 01:23
  Taken star lends his voice to a film that questions the legitimacy of vaccines and includes interview with RFK JrLiam Neeson has lent his voice to a new documentary that questions the legitimacy of vaccines and praises Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.The film, called Plague of Corruption, is narrated by the Taken actor and based on a bestselling book co-authored by Judy Mikovits, a disgraced former scientist who gained notoriety during the Covid pand
  
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• PM says no new mask guidance is needed as he urges people to use their 'common sense'

  12-12-2025 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) wrote in a blog last week that 'masks continue to be a useful tool in limiting the spread of respiratory viruses in some situations'.
  
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• Alzheimer's Society research reveals 1 in 3 people don't know their neighbours

  11-12-2025 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It means lonely elderly people may be going unnoticed, with social isolation increasing their risk of dementia up to 60 per cent.
  
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• Inquiry to be held into north-east England NHS trust after patient deaths

  11-12-2025 21:12
  Health secretary announces investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust that has seen young patients take their own livesA public inquiry will be held into the failures of a north-east NHS foundation after the deaths of several patients, Wes Streeting has confirmed.The health secretary made the announcement in Darlington, speaking to the families of patients who died while receiving treatment from hospitals run by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS foundation trust, which is headquartered in
  
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• NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases

  11-12-2025 21:02
  Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinatedThe NHS is bracing for its worst ever winter crisis in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.Hospitals are already treating record numbers of people seriously ill because of flu for the time of year. But things will get worse in the days ahead, NHS leaders said, as me
  
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• New obesity drug helps users drop 'significantly' more weight than Ozempic and Wegovy, trial shows

  11-12-2025 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new drug by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly rivaling Ozempic and Wegovy could lead to 'significantly' more weight loss after just one year, a trial showcasing initial results has suggested.
  
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• Scientists discover how Covid shots cause deadly heart damage... as officials launch probe into vaccine-linked deaths

  11-12-2025 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Stanford University have revealed how the mRNA Covid vaccines can cause damage to heart cells.
  
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• FDA to update regulations after unconfirmed claims of Covid vaccine-linked death

  11-12-2025 20:34
  Announcement, and lack of details in the weeks following, represents major departure from previous FDA prioritiesAs the US’s top vaccine officials come under pressure from lawmakers and former leaders, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will release information “soon” about changes to regulations following unconfirmed claims of deaths after Covid vaccination.It’s part of a sweeping effort, led by Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health
  
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• Weighing up the risks and benefits of prostate cancer screening | Letters

  11-12-2025 18:58
  Aamir Ahmed, Dr Graham Simpson, Adrian Bell and David Gollancz respond to a letter by a reader whose husband died of the disease after delaying getting a PSA testIt is understandable for patients suffering from a late diagnosis of prostate cancer, or families who have lost loved ones, to demand that something should be done (Letters, 5 December). I, however, respect the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation not to screen most men using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test.Th
  
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• ‘We don’t have enough rooms to isolate’: NHS doctor reveals impact of rise in flu cases

  11-12-2025 18:48
  As corridor care has become the norm, safest option for those with flu symptoms is to contact GP or NHS 111 and try to stay homeAs cases of flu rise sharply across the UK, the Guardian spoke to Amir Hassan, an emergency medicine consultant and the divisional medical director at Epsom and St Helier University hospitals NHS trust, who shared his views.“We’re seeing increased numbers of patients coming through, a lot of them with respiratory-type illnesses. It means we need to try to is
  
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• Hundreds quarantined as measles outbreak accelerates in the South

  11-12-2025 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 200 people are being quarantined in the south after an outbreak of measles continues to spread among partially vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans.
  
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• UK politics: No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer –as it happened

  11-12-2025 18:24
  Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interviewSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading...
  
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• Mutant flu map of Britain: As cases QUADRUPLE in some areas in just a week, how is your local hospital faring?

  11-12-2025 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs today warned the virus had plunged the NHS into a 'worst case scenario'. In seven NHS trusts alone, hospitalisations have more than quadrupled in a week.
  
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• More schools close as virus spreads through communities and sickens hundreds

  11-12-2025 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health officials sound the alarm as schools close in the US amid spikes in a 'rib-cracking' winter illness that spreads easily and leads to extreme vomiting and diarrhea, as well as dehydration.
  
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• US is the best place for drug companies to invest, says boss of London-based GSK

  11-12-2025 17:20
  Emma Walmsley’s praise for US pharmaceutical market piles pressure on UK governmentBusiness live – live updatesThe chief executive of GSK has declared that the US is the best place for pharmaceutical companies to invest.Emma Walmsley said the US led the world in launches of drugs and vaccines and, alongside China, was the best market for business development. Continue reading...
  
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• Is it time to mask up? As mutant flu outbreak threatens to cripple the NHS, leading experts give their verdict

  11-12-2025 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As cases of the super flu sweep across Britain and hospitals declare critical incidents, experts declare that more people need to wear masks
  
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• 'If you've got the flu, stay at home or wear a mask' say Health Chiefs as they urge Britons to get vaccinated

  11-12-2025 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britons battling coughs and colds were today begged to stay at home, as health chiefs doled out Covid-era advice amid fears the raging superflu could cause Christmas carnage.
  
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• Popular holiday gifts from Amazon and Shein recalled over 'risk of death' from torn intestines

  11-12-2025 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As the holiday season ramps up, officials are warning Americans to be on the look out for potentially dangerous items that serve as popular gifts and stocking stuffers.
  
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• South Carolina officials report ‘accelerating’ measles outbreak

  11-12-2025 15:53
  Thanksgiving travel and low vaccination rates have contributed to 27 new cases in state during past weekSouth Carolina health officials have reported an “accelerating” measles outbreak in the state in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations, with hundreds of people in quarantine.The outbreak, which appears centered on a single church and several schools in Spartanburg county in the state’s north-west, according to an epidemiologist for the state’s depar
  
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• Superflu sparks NHS carnage as swamped A&Es turn record number of ambulances away amid fears crisis is going to get even worse with looming threat of strikes and ever-spiralling outbreak

  11-12-2025 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs have warned that the NHS is facing the 'worst case scenario' this winter with the latest figures revealing that hospitals are already facing record demand.
  
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• No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer – UK politics live

  11-12-2025 15:06
  Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interviewSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading...
  
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• Chemists 'running low' on jabs as superflu cases rocket

  11-12-2025 14:49 via express.co.uk
  As the festive season approaches, a superflu outbreak is causing a stir across Britain, with pharmacies bustling and flu jabs becoming a hot commodity.
  
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• Super flu causes crisis in casualty: Record numbers of patients are being diverted as A&Es battle busiest month ever on record - but the NHS waiting list is down again (for now)

  11-12-2025 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs have warned that the NHS is facing the 'worst case scenario' this winter with the latest figures revealing that hospitals are already facing record demand.
  
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• NHS Norovirus symptoms as cases surge - and when to call 111

  11-12-2025 14:41 via express.co.uk
  UKHSA says norovirus cases have risen by more than a third in two weeks
  
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• US is the best place for drugs companies to invest, says boss of London-based GSK

  11-12-2025 14:38
  Emma Walmsley’s praise for US pharmaceutical market piles pressure on UK governmentBusiness live – live updatesThe chief executive of GSK declared yesterday that the USis the best place for pharmaceutical companies to invest.Emma Walmsley said the US led the world in launches of drugs and vaccines and, alongside China, was the best market for business development. Continue reading...
  
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• If you're having this worrying Ozempic side effect experienced by some celebrities, experts say you should switch to Mounjaro

  11-12-2025 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beyond nausea, diarrhoea and fatigue, there's one concerning Ozempic side effect that doctors say should never be ignored.
  
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• Campaigners in legal effort to suspend trial of puberty blockers in England

  11-12-2025 14:16
  Letters arguing research could harm participating children sent to medical regulators, health secretary and NHSCampaigners have began a legal process intended to suspend a clinical trial of puberty blockers on the grounds that the research could prove harmful to the children taking part.The study was commissioned in response to last year’s Cass review of gender identity services which found that gender medicine was an “area of remarkably weak evidence” and “built on shaky
  
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• Crisis in casualty: Record numbers of patients are being diverted as A&Es battle busiest month ever on record - but the NHS waiting list is down again (for now)

  11-12-2025 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health chiefs have warned that the NHS is facing the 'worst case scenario' this winter with the latest figures revealing that hospitals are already facing record demand.
  
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• Trump’s strategy has echoes of ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ from 1930s, former minister tells MPs – UK politics live

  11-12-2025 13:47
  Liam Byrne says language of the US national security strategywas ‘deeply regrettable’ and highlighted the need for strong UK-EU economic security linksSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading...
  
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