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Dentist reveals devastating effect nicotine replacement gums, pouches and vapes can have in warning to ex-smokers

Dentist reveals devastating effect nicotine replacement gums, pouches and vapes can have in warning to ex-smokers

Today, smokers around the UK are being encouraged to find out how…
'America needs to wake up': Doctors and politicians praise England's 'landmark decision' to ban puberty blockers for children over fears about drugs' long-term harms - as they call for similar in US

'America needs to wake up': Doctors and politicians praise England's 'landmark decision' to ban puberty blockers for children over fears about drugs' long-term harms – as they call for similar in US

The US should follow England in banning ‘irreversible’ puberty blockers for children…
Abortion time limit should be lowered to 22 weeks, doctors urge MPs as they say current 24-week limit is out of date

Abortion time limit should be lowered to 22 weeks, doctors urge MPs as they say current 24-week limit is out of date

Abortion time limits should be scaled back to just 22 weeks, down…
'After Emily's death, it became personal'. As it's warned superbugs will claim ten million lives, meet the NHS tsar who's on a mission to beat the deadly infections that killed her goddaughter

'After Emily's death, it became personal'. As it's warned superbugs will claim ten million lives, meet the NHS tsar who's on a mission to beat the deadly infections that killed her goddaughter

Few people have a greater understanding of the threat that antibiotic-resistant superbugs…
Don't have a hair transplant without reading this! Our experts reveal the questions you MUST ask - and how to tell if a fake doctor is doing your op...

Don't have a hair transplant without reading this! Our experts reveal the questions you MUST ask – and how to tell if a fake doctor is doing your op…

Just a decade ago, only a dozen or so doctors in the…
Estate agent, 22, claims she nearly died from six blood clots after a nurse blamed her leg pain on her being a 'lazy student who laid in bed too long'

Estate agent, 22, claims she nearly died from six blood clots after a nurse blamed her leg pain on her being a 'lazy student who laid in bed too long'

An estate agent has claimed she could have died after being told…
England's STI hotspots exposed: As startling data warns of surging rates across Europe, fascinating interactive map lays bare rates of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis in YOUR area

England's STI hotspots exposed: How rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia have soared by up to 500% in parts of Devon, Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear… so how bad is the situation in YOUR area?

Some authorities in England have seen up to a 500 per cent…
England's STI hotspots exposed: As startling data warns of surging rates across Europe, fascinating interactive map lays bare rates of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis in YOUR area

England's STI hotspots exposed: As startling data warns of surging rates across Europe, fascinating interactive map lays bare rates of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis in YOUR area

England’s STI hotspots are today named and shamed by an interactive map…
Major change to NHS dentist appointments as charges will rise by 4% within weeks (if you can get one, that is!)

Major change to NHS dentist appointments as charges will rise by 4% within weeks (if you can get one, that is!)

NHS dental fees are being hiked by another 4 per cent in…
AI is going to listen to YOUR medical appointment! Health Secretary's new plan to free up doctors' time triggers outrage as critics slam 'creepy' idea and warn confidential medical info could end up in wrong hands

Outrage over 'creepy' plans for AI to listen in to YOUR NHS appointments and automatically generate notes

‘Creepy’ plans to have AI listen in to patients’ private NHS medical…
AI is going to listen to YOUR medical appointment! Health Secretary's new plan to free up doctors' time triggers outrage as critics slam 'creepy' idea and warn confidential medical info could end up in wrong hands

AI is going to listen to YOUR medical appointment! Health Secretary's new plan to free up doctors' time triggers outrage as critics slam 'creepy' idea and warn confidential medical info could end up in wrong hands

AI will listen in to doctors’ appointments and automatically generate patient notes…
Tragic actress' emotional mother reveals how her daughter died from a blood clot three weeks after her 30th birthday after her symptoms were dismissed as 'anxiety' by 'physician associates'

Tragic actress' emotional mother reveals how her daughter died from a blood clot three weeks after her 30th birthday after her symptoms were dismissed as 'anxiety' by 'physician associates'

A tragic actress’s emotional mother has revealed how her daughter died from…
Would you fire a stranger's snot up your nose to unblock it? That's the revolutionary new treatment that could herald a cure for congestion and hay fever...

Would you fire a stranger's snot up your nose to unblock it? That's the revolutionary new treatment that could herald a cure for congestion and hay fever…

Squirting a healthy stranger’s nasal mucus up your nose could help relieve…
How safe is it to give birth at YOUR local hospital? Use our interactive guide to every maternity unit in the country - as our analysis reveals that HALF of them are failing

How safe is it to give birth at YOUR local hospital? Use our interactive guide to every maternity unit in the country – as our analysis reveals that HALF of them are failing

The worrying state of maternity care in England’s hospitals is today revealed…
Protein shake could end muscle wasting side effects of new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy

Protein shake could end muscle wasting side effects of new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy

A protein shake has been developed to combat the severe muscle loss…
What's REALLY in your tap water? With millions more Britons about to get fluoride funnelled into their drinking supplies, the ultimate interactive guide on the bugs, chemicals and plastics lurking within your glass...

What's REALLY in your tap water? With millions more Britons about to get fluoride funnelled into their drinking supplies, the ultimate interactive guide on the bugs, chemicals and plastics lurking within your glass…

Earlier this month it was announced that fluoride will be added to the…
One in three who care for a loved one will be forced to quit their job in the next year at a cost of £6 billion to taxpayers, report warns

One in three who care for a loved one will be forced to quit their job in the next year at a cost of £6 billion to taxpayers, report warns

Over a third of workers caring for a relative will be forced…
There's an easy fix to end nightmare queues for the dentist, so why are dentists themselves opposed to it?

There's an easy fix to end nightmare queues for the dentist, so why are dentists themselves opposed to it?

It was the picture that perfectly captured the bleak state of NHS…
This is the STI 'morning-after' pill that could beat rising rates of potentially life-threatening syphilis in the UK

This is the STI 'morning-after' pill that could beat rising rates of potentially life-threatening syphilis in the UK

A single-dose ‘morning after’ pill could be introduced to tackle the UK’s…
My son died from an asthma attack and now I'm campaigning to make inhalers free in England - people shouldn't have to 'pay to breathe'

My son died from an asthma attack and now I'm campaigning to make inhalers free in England – people shouldn't have to 'pay to breathe'

A mother who lost her son to an asthma attack is campaigning…