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Hundreds of thousands of Crohn's patients will get a vital drug quicker to avoid drastic invasive surgery

Hundreds of thousands of Crohn's patients will get a vital drug quicker to avoid drastic invasive surgery

Patients diagnosed with a debilitating bowel disease will soon be offered a…
How Kate Middleton's shock cancer news prompted me to pay £800 to discover my own risk of the disease... and I bumped into a friend doing exactly the same thing

How Kate Middleton's shock cancer news prompted me to pay £800 to discover my own risk of the disease… and I bumped into a friend doing exactly the same thing

Less than 72 hours after the Princess of Wales revealed she had…
The heartbreaking egg-freezing scandals that show how vulnerable IVF and fertility treatments are to error

The heartbreaking egg-freezing scandals that show how vulnerable IVF and fertility treatments are to error

Two heartbreaking egg-freezing scandals that might have robbed women of ever becoming…
Cancer drug fund boost for 100,000 as NHS milestone nears after helping thousands of patients including schoolboy, 16, whose 'life was saved' by the vital scheme

Cancer drug fund boost for 100,000 as NHS milestone nears after helping thousands of patients including schoolboy, 16, whose 'life was saved' by the vital scheme

Almost 100,000 patients have now benefited from an NHS scheme that offers…
'Life is short, eat the chocolate': NHS chief who urged Brits not to eat a whole Easter egg in one go faces backlash... from fellow medics!

'Life is short, eat the chocolate': NHS chief who urged Brits not to eat a whole Easter egg in one go faces backlash… from fellow medics!

Doctors and dentists today fired back at NHS advice that urged Brits…
Why we SHOULD tell people they're fat - and the simple trick that helped my wife lose 66lb in a year, by MR MOTIVATOR

Why we SHOULD tell people they're fat – and the simple trick that helped my wife lose 66lb in a year, by MR MOTIVATOR

Where I grew up in Jamaica, if you see someone who’s tall,…
Urgent warning over counterfeit anti-choking devices made in China and sold for as little as £15 on Amazon and eBay

Urgent warning over counterfeit anti-choking devices made in China and sold for as little as £15 on Amazon and eBay

Dangerous counterfeit anti-choking devices are being sold in the UK for as…
Public satisfaction with the NHS falls to lowest level EVER amid ailing health service's 'eternal winter' and never-ending GP crisis

Chart shows how Brits have fallen out of love with the NHS: Satisfaction with £160bn-a-year service plunges to all-time low amid dire waits for treatment and GP appointment crisis

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to the lowest level on…
Public satisfaction with the NHS falls to lowest level EVER amid ailing health service's 'eternal winter' and never-ending GP crisis

Public satisfaction with the NHS falls to lowest level EVER amid ailing health service's 'eternal winter' and never-ending GP crisis

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to the lowest level on…
NHS chief 'killjoy' writes blog post urging people 'not to eat whole Easter egg in one go'

NHS chief 'killjoy' writes blog post urging people 'not to eat whole Easter egg in one go'

People should limit their intake of Easter eggs this weekend to slash…
I'm a doctor who knows Covid is usually little worse than a cold - but I'd still fork out £99 for the new private jab. And my reasons will convince you too...

I'm a doctor who knows Covid is usually little worse than a cold – but I'd still fork out £99 for the new private jab. And my reasons will convince you too…

Have you heard the good news about Covid jabs? It’s been reported…
Warning for men living in cities: Air pollution might be ruining your sex life by making you impotent and ejaculate prematurely, claims study

Warning for men living in cities: Air pollution might be ruining your sex life by making you impotent and ejaculate prematurely, claims study

Air pollution might be killing men’s sex lives. Research suggests men living…
Boots to start selling Covid vaccines privately... at almost £100 a pop! Huge shake-up of jab roll-out sees chemists offer top-up doses to all over-12s

Boots to start selling Covid vaccines privately… at almost £100 a pop! Huge shake-up of jab roll-out sees chemists offer top-up doses to all over-12s

Brits will be able to buy Covid jabs privately from Boots as…
What's YOUR risk of cancer? Figures show nearly half of Brits will develop the disease in their lifetimes - after Princess Kate's shock diagnosis... These tables reveal men and women's risk by cancer type

What's YOUR risk of cancer? Figures show nearly half of Brits will develop the disease in their lifetimes – after Princess Kate's shock diagnosis… These tables reveal men and women's risk by cancer type

It’s a question that keeps many up at night, could that new…
Fears China could cyber attack the NHS by exploiting software flaw that saw 'hostile' Beijing-backed actors access personal details of 40million Brits

Fears China could cyber attack the NHS by exploiting software flaw that saw 'hostile' Beijing-backed actors access personal details of 40million Brits

Chinese hackers could bring the NHS to its knees by exploiting a known…
Fitness coach, 22, who suffered a 'widow-maker' heart attack reveals 999 call handlers dismissed life-threatening illness for anxiety

Fitness coach, 22, who suffered a 'widow-maker' heart attack reveals 999 call handlers dismissed life-threatening illness for anxiety

A fitness coach has told how 999 call handlers dismissed her heart…
Why the NHS should have paid for my saggy skin surgery rather than forcing me to spend £8,500 to have it removed in Turkey and leaving me in agony...

Why the NHS should have paid for my saggy skin surgery rather than forcing me to spend £8,500 to have it removed in Turkey and leaving me in agony…

Hannah Thompson has a single word for what it took to get…
Alarm over mystery cancer 'epidemic' striking under-50s like Kate Middleton as scientists scramble to find cause of startling increase

Alarm over mystery cancer 'epidemic' striking under-50s like Kate Middleton as scientists scramble to find cause of startling increase

Scientists are scrambling to find the cause of a mystery cancer ‘epidemic’…
The Kate Middleton effect: Visits to cancer advice websites and NHS advice page surge five-fold in wake of Princess of Wales's shock diagnosis

The Kate Middleton effect: Visits to cancer advice websites and NHS advice page surge five-fold in wake of Princess of Wales's shock diagnosis

The Princess of Wales revealing her cancer diagnosis has led to soaring…
DR MARTIN SCURR: Getting a serious diagnosis when you're fit and healthy is devastating. Here's what to do - and why Kate's words will make a difference...

DR MARTIN SCURR: Getting a serious diagnosis when you're fit and healthy is devastating. Here's what to do – and why Kate's words will make a difference…

Sometimes the health problems that afflict us can be down simply to…