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This Is Your Body On Vaping
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How dad saved son from ‘scalding cuppa’ scars
Scott Gray had made a cup of tea at home and left it on the side while playing with his sons, four-year-old Archie and two-year-old Freddie. Moments later, Archie had knocked the tea off the side and on to himself. Scott said: “I pulled his trousers and his skin came off too. It was horrendous. […]
NHS screening ‘needs to fit with busy lives’
There needs to be easier access to NHS screening programmes in England, including evening and weekend clinics, to increase uptake, a review says. The report by Prof Sir Mike Richards also called for tests to be offered in a wider variety of locations, including mobile units. And it recommended using social media to promote what […]
Deadly parasite ‘jumped’ from gorilla to humans
A rare and unfortunate sequence of events allowed a deadly type of malaria in gorillas to “jump” species and attack humans, according to scientists. Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria every year and Plasmodium falciparum – the type the researchers studied – accounts for most cases. African great apes were the original host […]
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Undergoes Surgery For Prostate Cancer
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Children illegally sold vaping products
Almost 40% of sellers targeted by councils in England have been caught illegally allowing children to buy e-cigarette products, a report has found. Ninety of the 227 premises tested sold vaping goods to under-age teenagers in 2018-19, data from 34 councils showed. Trading Standards – which compiled the research – has called for greater resources […]
More than half of A&Es ‘not good enough’
Half of A&Es in England are not good enough – and there are no guarantees services will get better despite the extra money going into the NHS, the regulator says. The Care Quality Commission said people were turning to A&E in a crisis because of a lack of support in the community. It said services […]
Head injuries: Cheap drug ‘could save thousands of lives a year’
A cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year worldwide if it was routinely given to people brought into hospital with head injuries, UK doctors say. Tranexamic acid helps stop bleeding in and around the brain when blood vessels have been torn. A large international study in The Lancet […]
Questions remain over puberty-blockers, as review clears study
Over the past year, there have been mounting criticisms of a study into the effects of puberty-blocking drugs when used to treat young people with gender dysphoria – including concerns raised by Newsnight. The study was carried out at the Gender Identity Development Service (Gids) at London’s Tavistock Clinic – England’s only NHS youth gender […]
Suicide Attempts Among Black Teens Are Increasing
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Batten disease girl given custom-made drug
A girl with a deadly brain disease has been given a unique drug that was invented from scratch just for her and in a fraction of the normal time. Mila Makovec, now aged eight, was diagnosed with fatal and untreatable Batten disease. In less than a year, doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital in the US […]
Slow walking at 45 ‘a sign of faster ageing’
How fast people walk in their 40s is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their bodies, are ageing, scientists have suggested. Using a simple test of gait speed, researchers were able to measure the ageing process. Not only were slower walkers’ bodies ageing more quickly – their faces looked older and […]
Jameela Jamil Reveals She Tried To Kill Herself 6 Years Ago
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‘Unacceptable’ delays in diagnosing secondary breast cancer
One in four patients with secondary breast cancer had to visit their GP three or more times before they got a diagnosis, a survey suggests. A breast cancer charity said there should be more awareness that the disease can spread to other parts of the body. GPs said they were doing their best for patients […]