Kombucha used to be “just” the carbonated, vinegar-flavored health drink you could find at farmers markets. But now it is truly common. Fermented tea, first brewed in China more than …
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Are you living in a fat hotspot? Our interactive map reveals areas where four in ten adults are obese… and eight in ten are overweight
by AlexanderEngland’s growing obesity crisis is laid bare today in a sobering interactive map that reveals the areas where most people face health risks from excess fat. Raw figures show four …
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‘Thousands’ could have been infected by contaminated blood…and they STILL don’t know it. So what are the hidden signs to look out for and how to get tested?
by AlexanderThousands of Britons are known to have died or suffered due to the infected blood scandal, dubbed the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. But hundreds more, …
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‘This could help millions of women’: Rishi Sunak praises first-of-its-kind AI breast cancer screening trial to be rolled out across NHS in bid to detect lumps earlier than ever
by AlexanderAn AI ‘doctor’ will assess the mammograms of thousands of British women in a real-time clinical trial aimed at improving early detection of breast cancer, Rishi Sunak will announce this …
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Max Pemberton: How did we allow maternity care to deteriorate so much that the miracle of birth is now fraught with danger and fear?
by MerryThe birth of a new baby should be a time of joy and celebration, and yet more and more women are finding it a time of lasting trauma and heartbreak. …
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The truth about foreign cancer clinics: Desperate families often raise millions to give hope to a terminally ill child, but leading experts are sounding the alarm about their “unorthodox” and “unproven” treatments…
by AlexanderDesperate families raise millions of pounds each year to send their terminally ill children abroad to receive “unproven” brain cancer treatments that “don’t work”, experts warn. Foreign clinics offer clinical …
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Huge rise in demand for hepatitis C testing after it emerged that 1,700 people who contracted it in the blood transfusion scandal have not been diagnosed.
by AlexanderA huge surge in demand for hepatitis C testing has emerged after it was revealed that 1,700 people who contracted the disease in the blood transfusion scandal had still not …
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‘I was paralyzed after receiving the vaccine… but the payment will not cover the cost of my disability’: AstraZeneca victim, mother of three, slams ‘woefully inadequate’ vaccine injury payment scheme
by AlexanderLike tens of thousands of Brits, Clare Bowie’s life was turned upside down during the Covid pandemic. But the 56-year-old from Dumbarton, near Glasgow, did not have to fight for …
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Ministers could shelve plans to deploy “dental vans” in an effort to address a shortage of professionals due to “limited availability” of vehicles.
by AlexanderMinisters have been accused of abandoning plans to send dentists in vans around the country in an effort to address a shortage of dental workers. The vehicles, which are equipped …
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Coronation Street star Lisa George reveals she could go BLIND due to eye condition and fears she will never act again
by MerryCoronation Street actress Lisa George has been diagnosed with a genetic eye condition that could leave her blind, she has revealed. The much-loved actress, who has played seamstress Beth Sutherland …