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• Interactive map reveals how old mums are in YOUR area as data shows HALF of all births are now to women over-35 in one particular area of the country

  03-05-2025 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the ONS began recording the topic in 1993, the City of London was the only area where 30 per cent of live births were to women over 35.
  
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• Major infection warning as record number of NHS staff reject flu vaccine - uptake falls from nearly 80 to 37% in four years

  17-05-2025 03:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patient groups described the level of uptake as 'shocking' and accused refuseniks of negligently fuelling sickness and putting vulnerable people at increased risk of death.
  
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• After decades of red wine, no exercise and 15 cigarettes a day, these are the super-easy lifestyle tweaks that gave me a scientifically proven biological age of 20 - at 61: SANDRA PARSONS

  17-05-2025 02:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For more than 25 years, I smoked 15 cigarettes a day. I loved smoking. It was the one thing in a busy, stressful life of work and motherhood that gave me a little 'me time'.
  
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• Chaos in Congress as HIV-positive disabled woman is wheeled out after wild Trump health policy meltdown

  17-05-2025 00:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Protesters descended on Capitol Hill as lawmakers weighed $880B in Medicaid cuts that could strip coverage from millions. 'You will kill me!' shouted Olga, an HIV-positive Ohioan.
  
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• Inside Michael J Fox's miraculous Parkinson's turnaround... but it marks a troubling new health milestone

  16-05-2025 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael J Fox, 63, will make an extraordinary return to acting after three decades with Parkinson's disease, which is surging in the US and has reached a troubling milestone this year.
  
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• Just 3 spoonfuls of 'healthy' carb could raise risk of brain damage and CANCER

  16-05-2025 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating just three spoonfuls of this health food every day could raise your risk of a multitude of conditions.
  
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• Panic as world's deadliest disease hits US school

  16-05-2025 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials confirmed the case in an American middle school and blood tests will be offered in the coming weeks.
  
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• Tackling factors that cause obesity is key to helping people live healthy lives | Letter

  16-05-2025 19:05
  
  Dr Charis Bridger Staatz says environmental forces have the biggest impact on low-income householdsZoe Williams calls the debate on obesity “toxic” (13 May), but hits the nail on the head by saying that even scientists with opposing views are united by the same goal of helping people live long and healthy lives. The crux of the problem is that obesity is incredibly complex. It’s influenced by people’s local environments and their socioeconomic circumstances, alongside gen
  
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• Panic as world's deadliest disease hits US school in liberal safe haven

  16-05-2025 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials confirmed the case in an American middle school and blood tests will be offered in the coming weeks.
  
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• MPs continue to back assisted dying bill, amid complaints multiple amendments not voted on –as it happened

  16-05-2025 19:04
  
  About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last year. This live blog is closedRantzen urges MPs to back assisted dying voteOne of the amendments to the bill being debated today has been tabled by the Labour MP Naz Shah, who voted against the bill at second reading. Her amendment 14 would tighten the bill so that anyone not terminally ill cannot qualify as terminally ill (meaning they can use assisted dying) “by voluntarily stopping eating or drinking or both”.
  
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• Experts pinpoint number of hours of sleep that could raise risk of dementia

  16-05-2025 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We have all been warned about the dangers of not getting enough sleep, but getting too much sleep can also put our brain health at risk, new research shows.
  
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• ‘Grit’ no substitute for better mental health funding for pupils in England, say experts

  16-05-2025 18:27
  
  As education secretary unveils £49m for school-based support and calls for ‘grit’, charity says many children have significant treatment needsMinisters’ efforts to promote “grit” among children are no substitute for better funded mental health support in England’s schools, according to school leaders and experts.Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and Wes Streeting, the health secretary, claimed in an article for the Daily Telegraph that more me
  
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• Doctors pinpoint exact number of steps you need to walk daily to fend off cancer

  16-05-2025 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For years, health experts have touted 10,000 steps as the number to hit daily to ward off cancer , chronic disease and even an early death. But new research discovered a new number to target.
  
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• MPs continue to back assisted dying bill, amid complaints multiple amendments not voted on – UK politics live

  16-05-2025 16:42
  
  About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last yearRantzen urges MPs to back assisted dying voteOne of the amendments to the bill being debated today has been tabled by the Labour MP Naz Shah, who voted against the bill at second reading. Her amendment 14 would tighten the bill so that anyone not terminally ill cannot qualify as terminally ill (meaning they can use assisted dying) “by voluntarily stopping eating or drinking or both”.In her speech Leadbeater s
  
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• Experts sound alarm over cancer-causing chemicals hidden in food packaging - even 'eco-friendly' containers are a risk

  16-05-2025 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Switzerland said the potential of chemicals linked to cancer and infertility leeching into food from packaging was a hidden public health crisis.
  
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• Forget the DEI hires – meet Trump’s latest WTF hire | Arwa Mahdawi

  16-05-2025 16:00
  The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesn’t have an active medical license. But she does have ‘impeccable Maha credentials’The US health secretary doesn’t think you should really listen to him when it comes to health issues. During an appearance before House and Senate committees this week, Robert F Kennedy Jr, famous for his unconventional views about medicine and his revelation that a parasite ate part of his brain, seemed to think it was strange that lawmake
  
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• Shocking report reveals the foods that are most likely to be laced with nasty pesticides - and it's not all fruit and veg

  16-05-2025 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  High levels of the substances detected can cause digestive issues, while long term exposure has been linked to cancer.
  
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• Plastic surgeons reveal secrets behind Miley Cyrus' facial transformation

  16-05-2025 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Miley Cyrus was recently spotted in a midriff-baring black skirt set at this year's Met Gala. However it was her face that stole the show...
  
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• Urgent warning as Newark airport is hit by world's most contagious disease with untold number infected

  16-05-2025 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Health officials are sounding the alarm at a US-based airport after the world's most infectious disease was detected in a passenger who traveled through there
  
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• This is the strange mark on my big toe that was the only sign I had a killer 'invisible' condition

  16-05-2025 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They trim our hair, polish our nails and ease our tired muscles - but beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers and barbers can do far more than that.
  
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• Rantzen accused of being ‘disrespectful’ as MPs debate assisted dying bill – UK politics live

  16-05-2025 14:24
  
  About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last yearRantzen urges MPs to back assisted dying voteOne of the amendments to the bill being debated today has been tabled by the Labour MP Naz Shah, who voted against the bill at second reading. Her amendment 14 would tighten the bill so that anyone not terminally ill cannot qualify as terminally ill (meaning they can use assisted dying) “by voluntarily stopping eating or drinking or both”.In her speech Leadbeater s
  
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• GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are revolutionary – and they’re exposing America’s healthcare crisis | David A Kessler

  16-05-2025 14:00
  The struggle to obtain these medications illustrates the dangerous mess the US healthcare system has become, writes the former FDA chiefThe American healthcare system is broken. It is too complicated and too hard for people to get the care and medications they need. More than 70% of Americans feel it has failed them. The level of frustration and anger directed at this system is palpable. In fact, what is increasingly apparent is there is no “system” at all.New GLP-1 drugs – a c
  
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• This is the strange mark on my big toe that my nail technician told me to get checked out... she saved my life

  16-05-2025 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They trim our hair, polish our nails and ease our tired muscles - but beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers and barbers can do far more than that.
  
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• Little-known change to your FINGERTIPS is an early sign of deadly cancer that's on the rise, experts say

  16-05-2025 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Well-recognised signs of the deadly disease include a persistent cough and breathlessness, but experts have now flagged a lesser-known, unusual symptom that affects the fingers.
  
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• State with squeaky clean image grappling a VERY surprising addiction epidemic... it's not fast food or drugs

  16-05-2025 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTuber Tyler Oliveira decided to investigate the effect that this addiction crisis is having on the population and what inspired the unhealthy craze.
  
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• My daughter was so desperate to be a mum at 26 that she delayed life-saving cancer treatment. The chemo went well and we were optimistic - until she got these strange symptoms and was given just weeks to live

  16-05-2025 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sammy-Jo Brandon was so desperate to be a mother that she delayed life-saving cancer treatment to undergo the first stage of IVF. (Pictured with a friend's child.)
  
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• GP issues urgent warning over 'summer penis' phenomenon that could destroy intimate moments

  16-05-2025 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Donald Grant, a GP and senor clinical advisor at The Independent Pharmacy , warned that the warmer weather wasn't completely good news for men's nether regions.
  
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• The surprising signs of my deadly brain cancer that I've ignored since childhood - now I live on a knife's edge

  16-05-2025 12:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20 year-old was diagnosed with the disease after suffering symptoms that began in childhood, and she claims doctors have dismissed for years.
  
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• Digested week: Keir, immigrants have made this stranger’s life immeasurably better

  16-05-2025 12:28
  There may be a grownup conversation to be had about immigration, but the PM’s depressing speech wasn’t it. Plus, Trump’s flying freebieOn a day like this, I think back to my heart attack last year. The doctors, nurses and hospital porters who treated me in St George’s. My 24 hours in A&E, wired up to various monitors, while staff tried to find me a bed. The two days on an overflow ward. The surgeon and his cardio team who had finished their list early and were well wi
  
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• More protections have been added to assisted dying bill, says Kim Leadbeater

  16-05-2025 12:04
  MP behind bill for England and Wales says changes being debated in parliament on Friday will make it strongerMPs debate assisted dying bill – UK politics liveThe bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales will be strengthened and made more workable by proposed changes, Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the legislation, has said.As the House of Commons prepared to debate amendments, Leadbeater said fresh protections had been introduced to allow a further chec
  
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