An Ozempic boom could be on the horizon amid reports that doctors have begun prescribing weight-loss drugs to women struggling to get pregnant. Ozempic and its sister drug Wegovy have …
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Doctors thought I had acid reflux – now I’ve got six months to live: Agony of mother, 34, diagnosed with bowel cancer who fears her three-year-old daughter ‘will forget me’
by Elijahby ElijahA cancer-stricken mother who has six months to live has heartbreakingly told of her fears that her daughter will “forget me”. Sophie Louise Wright, 34, from Torquay, Devon, was at …
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Doctors Warn About the One Skin Care Mistake That’s Aging Thousands of Women Under 30
by Elijahby ElijahBy Belinda Cleary for WhatsNew2Day Australia Published: 19:46 EDT, April 17, 2024 | Updated: 19:49 EDT, April 17, 2024 Women under 30 are using powerful anti-aging skin care products too …
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NHS hospitals that rely heavily on locum doctors charging up to £850 per shift are ‘undoubtedly’ putting patient safety at risk, study warns
by Alexanderby AlexanderHospitals that rely heavily on locum doctors are “undoubtedly” putting patient safety at risk, according to a study of NHS practice. While temporary staff are a “vital resource” to fill …
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How this A Place In The Sun presenter had to be talked down from a building after doctors misdiagnosed her and gave her antidepressants
by Alexanderby AlexanderCrying silent tears and shaking, Leah Charles-King queued at her GP’s surgery, a handwritten message in her hand. He said: ‘If you send me home, I’m going to kill myself. …
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Doctors thought a 77-year-old woman had cancer… then they discovered she had a brain-eating amoeba.
by Alexanderby AlexanderBy Emily Joshu, Health Reporter for Dailymail.Com Published: 12:40 EDT, April 15, 2024 | Updated: 12:40 EDT, April 15, 2024 A woman in China has died from a rare brain-eating …
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Tommy John surgery rescued Shohei Ohtani and saved the careers of hundreds of pitchers… but 50 years after it was first performed, the man who rebuilt the $700 million MLB star fears doctors can’t keep up with baseball’s elbow ‘pandemic’ forever.
by Jackby JackA thick scar runs down Shohei Ohtani’s right arm. There is also more evidence left under the skin. “I’d like you to say, ‘This looks like a normal ligament…”‘ says …
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The world’s oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62: Their sister and transgender brother whose skulls were fused die in Pennsylvania, after defying doctors who said they would not live past 30
by Jackby JackThe world’s oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, died at the age of 62. Lori and her transgender twin George died Sunday in a Pennsylvania hospital of undisclosed causes, …
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UCLA medical residents say at a conference that it is wrong to “stigmatize” people who burn themselves to death to protest Gaza, even though doctors are prohibited from promoting self-harm.
by Jackby JackTwo doctors from the UCLA psychiatry department have given a lecture in which they went against medical norms by suggesting that self-immolation, the act of setting oneself on fire, should …
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Hip New York midwifery company Oula, backed by Chelsea Clinton, is being sued by a Brooklyn couple who say shoddy doctors left their baby with permanent brain damage during an emergency C-section.
by Jackby JackModern midwifery company Oula, backed by Chelsea Clinton, has been the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the clinic left a baby with permanent brain damage. The baby’s parents, who …