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Children who play team sports are less likely to suffer depression or anxiety
Children who play team sports are less likely to suffer depression or anxiety but individual ones like tennis raise the risk,...
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Walking more slowly in older age could be a warning sign for dementia, major study finds
Slowed walking speed in older age could be a sign of dementia, study finds, as part of brain that controls pace begins to...
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Rates of esophageal cancer among middle-aged Americans doubled over a five year period
Rates of esophageal cancer among middle aged Americans have rocketed in what one expert calls an ‘alarming’ finding. An...
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‘Outdoorsy’ Father-of-two, 60, left suffering memory problems with Lyme disease
An ‘outdoorsy’ father-of-two died after memory problems triggered by Lyme disease that left him struggling to...
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Britain’s monkeypox outbreak is linked to ‘gay bars, saunas and Grindr’
Britain’s monkeypox cases are linked to gay bars, saunas and dating apps, health chiefs revealed as the cumulative...
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Vulnerable adults set for autumn Covid booster jab
Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, said it seemed like a “sensible approach”.
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What is monkeypox and how do you catch it?
Initial symptoms include fever, headaches, swellings, back pain, aching muscles and a general listlessness.
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Child hepatitis cases continue to rise in UK
Dr Renu Bindra, senior medical adviser at UKHSA, said: “We continue to remind everyone to be alert to the signs of...
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Covid infections down again to one in 50, says ONS
A form of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, called BA.2, is the most common cause of Covid, but two others – BA.4...
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UK monkeypox cases double to 20
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.
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4million people in England left without an NHS dentist after 2,000 quit in just a year
Millions of people have been left without access to dental care after 2,000 dentists quit the NHS in England last year, a...
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Man who regrew his penis on his ARM over six years finally has it reattached to its correct place
A man has finally had his new penis attached to its correct place after living with it on his arm for six years. Malcom MacDonald,...
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EXCL: Women begin flogging HRT gel for double price on eBay
Women are having to deal with a shortage in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) supplies amid rising demand for such treatment. What...
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Forget Botox: Regular brisk walks make you look AND feel 16 years younger by middle age
A lifetime of brisk walking can make you feel 16 years younger by the time you reach midlife, scientists say. University...
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Three children die from hepatitis in Indonesia bringing global death toll to four amid outbreak
Three children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious hepatitis which, if confirmed, would bring the global death toll...
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‘Shielding’ strategies instead of lockdowns would have led to tens of thousands more deaths, new modelling shows
Shielding strategies or “focused protection,” as advocated for in the Great Barrington Declaration, would have...
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Japanese population projected to live longer without dementia
Taking care of the older members of society is a common concern around the world. Japan is famous for its long-lived residents,...
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Selection bias may lead to underestimation of risk of CTE in former football players
Now a novel study by researchers from BUSM and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) provides further evidence...
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Keep your waist to less than half your height, guidance says
But Professor Rachel Batterham, consultant in obesity, diabetes and endocrinology, who is on the guidelines committee, said:...
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Miscarriage: Tens of thousands have PTSD symptoms
Kellie said she did not get any NHS follow-up or mental health support after she left hospital, and went on to develop PTSD,...
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Covid infections show signs of plateauing in UK
Sarah Crofts, from the ONS, said: “While infections remain high, there are early signs in our latest data that they...
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Queen reveals Covid left her ‘very tired and exhausted’
Mireia Lopez Rey Ferrer, a senior sister who has worked at the hospital in Whitechapel, east London, since 2008, told the...
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Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows
Psilocybin, a drug found in magic mushrooms, appears to free up the brains of people with severe depression in a way that...
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Stop calling it the G spot! Sexual health experts say it’s actually a ‘ZONE’ made up of 5 regions
Stop calling it the G-Spot! Sexual health experts say it’s actually a ‘ZONE’ made up of five ‘erotogenic’...
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Stay at home for THREE days, not five if you’ve got Covid, school pupils are told
Children who test positive for Covid should self-isolate at home for three days instead of five, according to updated guidance. The...
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Revealed: Seventy-four Britons have had Covid FOUR times, official figures show
Dozens of Britons have caught Covid four times since the start of the pandemic, new data suggests. The UK Health Security...
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UK’s daily Covid cases fall AGAIN despite warnings that virus is more rife than ever
Britain’s daily Covid cases have now fallen for five days in a row, despite warnings that the virus is more rife than...
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Covid is now more prevalent than EVER in England… so how rife is virus in YOUR town?
Covid is now more rife in England than at any other time during the virus crisis, the biggest Covid surveillance scheme suggested...
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Covid boosters: Who will get a fourth dose?
An autumn booster programme, aimed at a wider group of people, is also planned, but details have not yet been confirmed.
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Covid: How could the pandemic have affected your brain?
Sannan, whose condition affects his mobility, remembers being “glued to the television” when Covid hit the UK,...
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More support needed for GPs to treat eating disorders
“Eating disorders, indeed all mental health conditions, are complex – they may also not be the primary reason...
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Another life-saving Covid drug identified
One of the patients enrolled on the trial, Mark Rivvers, 51, from Cambridge, said: “I was in hospital for almost a...
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Patient scarred for life after a botched operation left him with severe burns on his buttocks
Scarred for life by a botched NHS op: Man, 43, sues hospital after being left with severe burns on his buttocks and thighs...
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Former FDA chief predicts US will NOT get hit with another Covid surge until late 2022
Covid cases in America are continuing to plummet, and with the White House unveiling plans this week to tackle the virus...
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White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO
White House to share COVID-19 technology innovated by US government with the WHO in effort to fight pandemic overseas The...
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UK’s daily Covid cases rise again: Infections jump 17% in a week to 45,656
Britain’s daily Covid cases rose for the second day in a row today amid signs the country’s outbreak is no longer...
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Sticking a price cap on CIGARETTES would stop people taking up smoking, experts say
Putting a price-cap on cigarettes would limit the number of people who take up smoking, experts say. Currently tobacco companies...
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Compulsory Covid jabs for care home staff scrapped
There will be outrage from those who say they had to leave their job when the policy began, meaning anyone working in a Care...
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White people at much higher risk of most cancers in England, study finds
Asian is defined in the study as people from Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, any other Asian background. Black is...
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Vaccines could mean only one smear test a lifetime
“There’s a new vaccine which will be used in the UK from the next school year, which protects against even more...