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• UK ministers move to allay Brexit fears over access to medicines

  04-07-2017 10:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark say they want to continue to work closely with European Medicines AgencyThe government has moved to dampen fears in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry that Brexit will mean patients and the NHS will wait longer and pay more for drugs and treatment. The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the business secretary, Greg Clark, have said they want to continue to “work closely” with the European Medicines Agency, the EU regulatory authority currently ba
  
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• Why is the mutant flu strain more dangerous than normal? And HOW does it kill? As UK braces for 'worst flu season on record', experts explain

  10-11-2025 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures show flu cases are already more than three times higher than the same point last year, largely driven by a surge among school-aged children.
  
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• 'Everyday biohacking' helped me lose 20kg, cured my back pain AND sleep apnoea. I'm proof you can reduce your biological age without spending a fortune

  10-11-2025 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five years ago, Jeremy Cabral worried that his weight and lifestyle would cut his life short, robbing him of precious moments with his young family.
  
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• Snap workers say Trump administration is ‘using country’s poorest as pawns’

  10-11-2025 13:46 via theguardian.com
  Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it mostWhen Stacy Smith, a government worker, showed up to work last Monday – the first working day after food benefits lapsed, amid the ongoing federal shutdown – she found a long line outside her office door. Elderly and disabled individuals desperately wanted answers.Some had gone to buy groceries, not realizing that their usual benefits were unavailable. Continue reading...
  
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• Four everyday foods which spike your blood sugar just as much as a handful of sweets

  10-11-2025 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some carbs, fruits and vegetables can have the same effect, increasing the risk of a number of serious health issues, an anti-sugar campaigner warns the Daily Mail.
  
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• Pharmacist reveals the medications to NEVER mix with alcohol: 'Patients have felt close to death... it's serious'

  10-11-2025 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leading pharmacist has revealed the medications that you should never mix with alcohol -warning that it's not worth the potentially dangerous side effects.
  
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• Medicaid head falsely claims $1bn is being spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’, say experts

  10-11-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errorsThe administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Mehmet Oz, recently claimed that an audit revealed “more than $1bn of federal taxpayer dollars were being spent on funding Medicaid for illegal immigrants”, but experts say the audits were unrelated to immigration, and that rhetoric like this could make immigrant families – regardless of legal status –
  
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• Four everyday foods which spike your blood sugar just as much as a handful of sweets: 'They are the REAL villains'

  10-11-2025 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some carbs, fruits and vegetables can have the same effect, increasing the risk of a number of serious health issues, an anti-sugar campaigner warns the Daily Mail.
  
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• Snap workers rebuke Trump administration over funding: ‘using our country’s poorest as pawns’

  10-11-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it mostWhen Stacy Smith, a government worker, showed up to work last Monday – the first working day after food benefits lapsed, amid the ongoing federal shutdown – she found a long line outside her office door. Elderly and disabled individuals desperately wanted answers.Some had gone to buy groceries, not realizing that their usual benefits were unavailable. Continue reading...
  
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• Coffee may protect people against irregular heartbeats, US study finds

  10-11-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Trial’s findings go against common beliefs that people with atrial fibrillation should avoid caffeinated coffeeDrinking coffee may protect people against irregular heartbeats, despite the conventional wisdom to the contrary, according to a new study.The Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation (Decaf) clinical trial found 200 patients with persistent irregular heartbeats had a “significantly” lower risk of the condition recurring if they belonged to the study group that was a
  
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• As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke

  10-11-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they needA baby, in Britain, in 2025, takes its stuttering final breaths. All deaths in infancy are harrowing. But the fact that this particular death might have been prevented – had neonatal care not depended so heavily on charity, had the NHS not failed to fund more than two-thirds of the healthcare babies need – is unforgivable.Mercifully, t
  
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• Waiting for the all-clear: how medics and villagers rallied when Ebola returned to DRC

  10-11-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  If no new cases are reported in Bulape by early December, the country will have vanquished its 16th outbreak of the deadly virus since it was discovered there in 1976His two-year-old daughter died first, then his mother, then his wife. But Bope Mpona Héritier still had no idea what illness had taken their lives. Then the 25-year-old also began to develop symptoms. When his blood was tested and sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, the results confirmed he
  
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• Experts pinpoint common symptom which makes you SIX TIMES more likely to die in hospital

  10-11-2025 01:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US researchers from Harvard Medical School have pinpointed what symptom makes you six times more likely to die in hospital.
  
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• No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds

  10-11-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkillerA wide-ranging review into paracetamol use by pregnant women has found no convincing link between the common painkiller and the chances of children being diagnosed with autism and ADHD.Publication of the work was fast-tracked to provide prospective mothers and their doctors with reliable information after the Trump administration urged pregnant women to avoid paraceta
  
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• My brother was ALIVE on the operating table as surgeons tried to harvest his organs. The CEO behind it all is still raking in a massive salary

  09-11-2025 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  My brother TJ Hoover was being delivered to surgery to have his kidneys and pancreas removed for donation, even though he was very much alive.
  
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• Scientists make major blood pressure breakthrough as trials reveal new drug can offer round the clock protection... even during stroke and heart attack 'danger zone'

  09-11-2025 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A newly developed drug has been found to offer 24 hour protection from high blood pressure, including early mornings when the risk of heart attacks and stroke is highest.
  
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• It pays to support women’s health in the workplace | Letter

  09-11-2025 18:02 via theguardian.com
  Prof Geeta Nargund says employers need to take action on health inequality as research shows more than 32% of women aren’t receiving enough help to stay in workThe Keep Britain Working review has shed valuable light on the number of working-age adults in the UK falling out of work due to ill health (Fixing Britain’s worklessness crisis will cost employers £6bn a year, report says, 5 November). As part of this, we should also specifically acknowledge the impact of women’s
  
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• Older people playing pickleball isn’t risky – it’s medicine | Letter

  09-11-2025 18:01 via theguardian.com
  I’d rather see active, smiling people with the odd strain than a generation glued to the sofa, says physiotherapist Christien BirdSo what if a 2020 study found that 91% of pickleball injuries involved people aged over 50 (You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why, 3 November)? Most pickleball players are over 50! I’d rather see active, smiling people with the odd strain than a generation glued to the sofa. The real health crisis isn’t
  
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• Hair loss expert names the trendy hairstyle causing women to go bald: 'It causes repeated stress and breakage'

  09-11-2025 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trichologist Rachel Valentine posted on TikTok that she had recently seen two clients with similar breakage around their crown area.
  
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• Can't stop clearing your throat? This is the surprising reason why, when you should be worried - and exactly how you can get rid of the irritating problem for good

  09-11-2025 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's a sensation we've all experienced before. The feeling of having to clear your throat that usually proceeds - or follows - a cough or cold and tends to go away soon after.
  
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• Hair loss expert names the trendy hairstyle causing women to go bald: 'It  causes repeated stress and breakage'

  09-11-2025 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trichologist Rachel Valentine posted on TikTok that she had recently seen two clients with similar breakage around their crown area.
  
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• What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart

  09-11-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itselfThe computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her – my dear friend – to a recent doctor’s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has been getting short of breath climbing the front stairs to her apartment. In the exam room, she spoke slowly and self-consciously, the way people oft
  
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• She left her desk job and walked 3,541 miles from Mexico to Canada: ‘Give yourself permission’

  09-11-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Jessica Guo hiked 30 miles a day, becoming the first woman to continuously hike two historic US trails in a calendar yearJessica Guo had only slept for two-and-a-half hours on an overnight bus when she arrived at the Mexico-US border near Lordsburg, New Mexico, in April. Out of the window she saw a flat, shadeless landscape. First-day jitters had Guo questioning what she was doing there.The former consultant had left corporate America to attempt something no woman had completed: a single, contin
  
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• If you’re feeling anxious, take a moment to pause before pouring that glass of wine | Diane Young

  09-11-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Anxiety can can disrupt relationships, affect sleep and lead to harmful coping behaviours. Early awareness is crucialThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workWhen Mia*, 35, walks into my office, she looks composed and ready to start her day fresh with a counselling session. But having seen Mia for almost half a year now, I know she masks the truth behind her polished facade, and I notice the subtle tension in her shoulders that gives it
  
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• I spent 10 days in total silence... it was brutal but EVERYONE should do it at least once in their life

  09-11-2025 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Alison Weihe found herself at a crossroads in her life she decided to take a path she had never travelled before-she went inwards.
  
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• California’s drying Salton Sea harms the lungs of people living nearby, say researchers

  09-11-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Experts suspect that dust from the sea contains endotoxic bacteria membranes caused by fertilizer runoffChemical-laden dust from southern California’s drying Salton Sea is likely harming the lungs of people around the shrinking body of water, and the effects are especially pronounced in children, new peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Irvine, shows.A separate peer-reviewed study from the University of California, Riverside, also found the Salton Sea’s contamina
  
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• The truth about alcohol and what just one drink REALLY does to your body: DR BRAD MCKAY

  09-11-2025 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sydney general practitioner Dr Brad McKay says alcohol is far more damaging than people realise.
  
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• How waking up in the night is a relic of the 'lost' medieval habit of 'two sleeps' - which could be good for you... and your sex life

  09-11-2025 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As hundreds of written records reveal, the practice of 'two sleeps' - known as segmented, or biphasic sleep - was once the norm.
  
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• Gynaecologist shares six ways to prevent developing a burning-hot UTI - and what to do if you just can't shift a nasty water infection

  09-11-2025 12:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cases of urinary tract infections are soaring and making life miserable for millions but experts say that following their simple tips can help keep them at bay.
  
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• How to get rid of your crusty toenails for good... as leading researchers reveal simple 'game-changing' new treatment

  09-11-2025 12:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crusty fungal toenail infection patients could soon get a treatment on the NHS that can banish the unsightly and hard-to-treat condition for good.
  
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