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• More young people developing 'old person disease' of the gut with increased risk of severe complications

  04-11-2025 04:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the researchers in the new study noted that the reasons behind the boom remain unclear, other studies have linked it to the Western diet.
  
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Grandmother Debi, 60, has a big stomach and gained weight fast. Doctors told her it was just the menopause - until a test revealed the awful truth. Now she says: 'Women my age must NOT be fobbed off'

  11-12-2025 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a glance, you'd be forgiven for assuming Debi Clayton is expecting a later-in-life baby.
  
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• Now doctors are raving about the latest way to beat insomnia for good... but there's a catch. So would you be prepared to take this revolting step?

  11-12-2025 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chronic insomnia is defined as being unable to sleep, or feeling that your sleep quality is poor, for more than a few nights a week for three consecutive months.
  
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• Q&A: As mutant 'super flu' sparks NHS meltdown with hospital 'critical incidents' and mask mandates, why is flu worse than ever before? Should I still get a jab? And what are the key symptoms?

  11-12-2025 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With concerns rising by the day, here's everything you need to know about the mutant flu-and how to protect yourself from the virus.
  
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• Superflu triggers 'worst case scenario' for ailing NHS as hospitalisations quadruple in worst-hit parts of country amid scramble for last-minute jabs

  11-12-2025 11:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surveillance programmes that monitor England's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions are up 55 per cent on last week alone.
  
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• NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week

  11-12-2025 11:17
  Number of people in England being treated remains at record level for this time of year with daily average of 2,660The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has increased by 55% in a week, NHS figures show.An average of 2,660 flu patients were in hospital each day last week, up from 1,717 the previous week. At this point last year the number stood at 1,861 patients, while in 2023 it was just 402. Continue reading...
  
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• Scramble for flu jabs sweeps Britain as people struggle to find appointments and are turned away by pharmacies: Health chief warns, 'be prepared to travel or try multiple places'

  11-12-2025 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pharmacy leader has warned that Britons may need to travel out of their local areas to get their flu vaccination as chemists struggle to cope with an increase in demand.
  
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• Flu batters hospitals with RECORD number of cases as officials warn the NHS is facing the 'worst case scenario'

  11-12-2025 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surveillance programmes that monitor England's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions are up 55 per cent on last week alone.
  
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• Ginger unpeeled: How to harness the health benefits of the spicy root, and the TRUTH about its reputation as a sickness cure

  11-12-2025 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's impossible to pass a bakery without being eyeballed by a gingerbread man-which makes a change from us staring down the golden root when we have a stomach ache.
  
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• Scramble for flu jabs sweeps Britain as NHS bosses warn it's 'now or never' for Christmas protection: Health chief warns, 'be prepared to travel or try multiple places'

  11-12-2025 10:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pharmacy leader has warned that Britons may need to travel out of their local areas to get their flu vaccination as chemists struggle to cope with an increase in demand.
  
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• Mother, 43, discovers she is dying of cancer just months after welcoming baby fathered by anonymous sperm donor: 'I'm staring my own mortality in the face'

  11-12-2025 08:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emily Hausman, 43, from Utah , made the difficult decision to start a family on her own, using a donor and IVF , but shortly after welcoming her son, she discovered she had melanoma.
  
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• What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty

  11-12-2025 07:00
  More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products – money for care siphoned off for profitOf Arthur Scargill it was said that he began each day with two newspapers. The miners’ leader read the Morning Star of course, but only after consulting the Financial Times. Why did a class warrior from Yorkshire accord such importance to the house journal of pinstriped Londoners? Before imbibing views, he told a journalist, he wanted &
  
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• I was hanging Christmas decorations when I felt a sting... a week later I was in emergency surgery

  11-12-2025 05:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jared Trujillo, a 45-year-old father-of-two from New Mexico, was putting up Christmas decorations last year when he made a dangerous mistake. Months later, it almost cost him his vision.
  
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• I lost 3st on Mounjaro and went from size 16 to a perfect size 10. I was delighted... but this is the frightening thing that happened when I stopped - and why I've now decided to go back on the jabs

  11-12-2025 02:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  I started on Mounjaro on the smallest dose of 2.5mg, and the effect was immediate - I completely lost interest in food.I would wander aimlessly around the supermarket with no appetite.
  
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• Doctors could still strike during 'superflu' outbreak despite Wes Streeting's last-ditch offer to triple speciality roles

  11-12-2025 00:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British Medical Association has sparked fury by refusing to call off strikes planned for next week while it considers an improved offer from Wes Streeting.
  
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• Sean Duffy wants ‘civility’ in air travel … so why is he doing pull-ups at the airport? | Arwa Mahdawi

  10-12-2025 23:07
  Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are going to solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying
  
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• Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access

  10-12-2025 22:00
  States’ attorneys general argue agency has failed to properly evaluate mifepristone’s safety since initial 2000 approvalTexas and Florida have launched the latest lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new generic version.In the lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, the states’ Republican attorneys general argue that the FDA has failed to
  
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• Wes Streeting improves offer to resident doctors in England in attempt to stop strikes

  10-12-2025 20:41
  BMA puts health secretary’s offer, which includes pledge to double number of extra training places, to resident doctorsWes Streeting has made an improved offer to end the long-running dispute with resident doctors before their strike next week that threatens to bring chaos to the NHS as it battles a flu surge.The health secretary has pledged to double the number of extra places that early career doctors in England can apply for in order to train in the area of medicine they have chosen to
  
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• Health experts criticise NHS chief’s remarks that people with flu symptoms ‘must wear face masks’

  10-12-2025 20:24
  Exclusive: Experts warn mixed messaging from Daniel Elkeles causes confusion and could undermine public faith in official guidanceShould people wear a mask in public if they feel unwell with flu?An NHS leader who said people with flu symptoms “must wear” a face mask in public risks causing “confusion” among the public over official guidance on how to fight the virus, health experts have warned.The number of people in hospital with flu in England is at a record level for t
  
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