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• Working from home linked to rising mental health problems - especially for those living alone, study finds

  11-06-2026 16:00 via dailymail.com
  
  A new study suggests the shift to working from home is linked to rising levels of psychological distress - with those living alone hit hardest.
  
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• The two common strength tests that may reveal how long you'll live, according to new study

  12-06-2026 19:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers in New York found that those who performed best on the tests had a 37 percent lower risk of death.
  
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• The type of drink you take your pills with may impact how well your medication works, study finds

  12-06-2026 18:21 via dailymail.com
  
  Taking your medications with certain drinks may make them less effective and lead to side effects, a new study from researchers in Hungary suggests.
  
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• When and how often you nap may reveal your risk of dying, study finds

  12-06-2026 16:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Researchers at Harvard have revealed when a nap could be a warning sign of early death.
  
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• The 30g Plan by nutritionist Emma Bardwell Week Two: Fibre

  12-06-2026 16:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Welcome to The 30g Plan by nutritionist Emma Bardwell: Week Two
  
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• Parents say children are turning 'psychotic', having seizures and dying after overdosing on common over-the-counter allergy medication: All the terrifying risks revealed

  12-06-2026 14:46 via dailymail.com
  
  This week, the Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) reported that three children in the state have died over the last two months due to overdoses.
  
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• Ireland's WORST performing hospitals exposed in new league table - proving that where you LIVE could make the difference between life and death...

  12-06-2026 14:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The comprehensive study looked at the country's nine Model 4 hospitals - which provide 24/7 emergency care, critical care, specialised services, and serve a large region.
  
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• This is how to enjoy pesto without ruining your diet, and the best (and worst) jars to pick up at the shop

  12-06-2026 13:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Made from little more than olive oil, basil, hard cheese and pine nuts, pesto is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
  
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• I was tired, forgetting words and had brittle nails and hair. Doctors blamed perimenopause... but then I found the real cause. This is what it does to your thyroid, why it's on the rise - and the 50p supplement that fixed me

  12-06-2026 13:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Like most working mothers in their mid-forties, Tamsyn Wood, 48, was no stranger to feeling tired after a long day.
  
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• NHS offered to spend £70 on taxi to deliver one 50p pill, claims top doctor

  12-06-2026 12:56 via dailymail.com
  
  A top doctor has hit out at the NHS for wasting money; offering to deliver a 50p pill in a £70 taxi.
  
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• It's oily, salty and dangerously addictive... this is how to enjoy pesto without ruining your diet, and the best (and worst) jars to pick up at the shop

  12-06-2026 12:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Made from little more than olive oil, basil, hard cheese and pine nuts, pesto is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the new Wegovy Pill - from how it works to when and where you can get it

  12-06-2026 12:42 via dailymail.com
  
  Private waiting lists have already soared as Britons scramble to secure the game-changing treatment, which can help people with obesity lose up to 17 per cent of their body weight after 64 weeks.
  
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• What is meningitis B and why is a vaccine only being offered to some teenagers?

  12-06-2026 12:40 via bbc.com
  
  Only select groups of teenagers and some young people will be eligible for the vaccine. Here's why.
  
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• Can you do the 'Asian squat'?

  12-06-2026 12:20 via bbc.com
  
  What is the 'Asian squat' and should you be able to do it?
  
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• The healthiest supermarket pestos picked out by a nutritionist... and the ones she would avoid

  12-06-2026 12:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Made from little more than olive oil, basil, hard cheese and pine nuts, pesto is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
  
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• Joseph Ana obituary

  12-06-2026 11:48
  My friend Joseph Ana, who has died aged 73, spent the best part of two decades in the UK working for the NHS as a urologist and then as a GP. But his heart was always in his native Nigeria, to where he returned to become a health commissioner. He used the knowledge and experience he had gained in the UK to help rebuild faith in the local healthcare system, overseeing, among other things, improvements in vaccination rates and the introduction of a state-wide ambulance service.Joseph was born in Z
  
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• Teenagers to get life-saving meningitis jab after deadly outbreak kills two and leaves others fighting for life

  12-06-2026 11:41 via dailymail.com
  
  Around a million Year 13 pupils and young people under 25 starting university this autumn will be eligible for the meningitis B jab under a new government programme.
  
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• Funding cuts and repressive laws raise risk of new HIV epidemic, says UNAids

  12-06-2026 11:30
  UN agency head warns of ‘major threat’ as global testing and treatment fallsA funding crisis and increasing repression of human rights are making the resurgence of an HIV epidemic more likely, the international agency tackling Aids has warned.Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAids, said: “It’s the biggest disruption since the global HIV response was put together and it poses a major threat to the progress we have had.” Continue reading...
  
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• A new test claims to tell how well you’re ageing – and even when you’ll die. But I’d rather not know | Helen Pilcher

  12-06-2026 11:00
  I think I’ll leave new methods to measure biological age to the Kardashians. Too much knowledge about your mortality can be bad for your healthIn the season 5 finale of The Kardashians, the family took a commercially available blood test to discover how fast their bodies were ageing. It came as little surprise, given their privileged lifestyles, that the reality TV stars were said to be ageing more slowly than most mortals of the same age. Khloé, then 39, found she had a biological
  
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• The trendy 'raw' cheeses linked to deadly listeria case - as experts warn of hidden risks

  12-06-2026 08:00 via dailymail.com
  
  Health experts have issued a warning over trendy 'raw' cheeses after a man died from listeria poisoning , as the popularity of unpasteurised dairy surges in the UK.
  
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• Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

  12-06-2026 07:00
  Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zonesLow emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave.No
  
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• Parents say children are turning 'psychotic', having seizures and DYING after overdosing on common over-the-counter allergy medication: All the horror risks revealed

  12-06-2026 04:12 via dailymail.com
  
  This week, the Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) reported that three children in the state have died over the last two months due to overdoses.
  
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• 'I've never been this good' – revolutionary immune reset puts lupus in remission

  12-06-2026 01:31 via bbc.com
  
  Patients on the trial have not needed medication to manage their condition.
  
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• 'I spent uni savings on getting my teeth fixed' - the real cost of NHS dentist shortage

  12-06-2026 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  People tell BBC Your Voice the rising cost of private dentistry is putting them in a difficult position.
  
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• Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people

  12-06-2026 01:02 via bbc.com
  
  The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.
  
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• UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine

  12-06-2026 01:01
  One-off programme to begin in July after recent MenB outbreaks in Kent, Dorset and Berkshire killed three peopleTeenagers in their final school year and young people starting university will be offered two doses of a vaccine to protect them against meningitis B, the government has announced.The one-off vaccination programme, which will begin in late July, comes after an unprecedented outbreak of meningitis B in Kent earlier this year along with clusters of cases in Dorset and Berkshire that, tog
  
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• Lupus patients in England in remission after pioneering NHS trial of GM therapy

  12-06-2026 01:01
  Doctors say therapy that genetically modifies person’s T-cells could offer cure for chronic autoimmune diseaseFive lupus patients in England are in remission after being treated with a revolutionary therapy that genetically modifies their own cells, in a medical breakthrough that could offer people a cure, doctors have said.CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T-cell therapy involves removing a type of white blood cell also called T lymphocytes, which are crucial for hunting out infected or dam
  
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• NAMED AND SHAMED: Ireland's WORST performing hospitals exposed in new league table, with one having BY FAR the fewest number of consultants per patient...

  12-06-2026 00:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The comprehensive study looked at the country's nine Model 4 hospitals - which provide 24/7 emergency care, critical care, specialised services, and serve a large region.
  
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• A few lines of cocaine in my teens spiralled into £1,500-a-night binges that destroyed everything I loved... but I've come back from the brink, thanks to a VERY unusual therapy

  11-06-2026 20:24 via dailymail.com
  
  At its worst, Lewis Milton's habit saw him rack up debts with dealers; lose jobs and friendships; and suffer devastating health consequences.
  
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• Top healthcare group breaks with Trump's CDC and issues its own vaccine recommendations in shocking move

  11-06-2026 20:15 via dailymail.com
  
  A leading medical group has diverged from America's top public health agency and issued its own vaccination recommendations for the first time ever.
  
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