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Doctors vote to go ahead with this week's five-day strike
It comes after ministers made fresh offer amid warning the walkout is risky as NHS battles wave of flu.
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Emotions Play a Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups. Altered processing of pain in response to...
Briankmills7
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The Roots of Dementia Trace Back to Childhood
Michael Irving, Science Alert Dementia is often associated with older people,...
Abaskette
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Normalizing Blood Sugar Cuts Heart Attack Risk in Half
Universitat Tubingen For the first time, an international analysis has shown that when people with prediabetes bring their blood glucose back into the normal range through lifestyle changes,...
Dbaker26
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Watch: How Sir Chris Hoy's family found strength after his cancer diagnosis
Sir Chris Hoy and wife Lady Sarra talk about how they have helped their children understand his terminal cancer diagnosis.
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Indoor tanning triples melanoma risk and seeds broad DNA mutations
Researchers discovered that tanning beds cause widespread, mutation-laden DNA damage across almost all skin, explaining the sharply increased melanoma risk. Single-cell genomic analysis revealed dangerous mutations even in sun-protected regions. Survivors’ stories underscore how early tanning habits…
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Don't call it a 'super flu' - but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar
An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous positionProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghYou might be feeling stressed out seeing the headlines about “super flu” and comparing th…
Meg
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Tell us: have you ever had an allergic reaction caused by your clothes?
Synthetic fabrics, particularly from fast fashion retailers, can be treated with a range of hazardous chemicals which can cause an allergic reaction. If you think this is happened to you, we’d like to hear from youHave you suffered any personal health repercussions you suspect may have been caused b…
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Artificial Tanning Genetically Ages Skin by Decades
UC-San Francisco Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly...
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STAT+: Child’s sudden death unnerves a promising area of gene therapy research
Researchers hoped they had finally found a way to get gene therapies past the blood-brain barrier. Then the first patient died.
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Opinion: My patient was gone. I had to help his family see it
My patient was brain-dead, but the ICU machines made him look alive.
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Opinion: Siddhartha Mukherjee: Metabolism is the next frontier in cancer treatment
Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist and author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” asks: What if we change what a tumor can eat?
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Cliff Richard reveals year-long prostate cancer treatment and backs screening call
Singer, 85, says disease has ‘gone at the moment’ and hopes to join forces with King Charles to raise awarenessCliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year. The 85-year-old singer said his cancer had “gone at the moment” and backed calls for a national screeni…
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People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds
Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch EnglandPeople needing emergency dental care in England are being denied help from the NHS despite guidance saying that it should be available, in some cases resorting to risky self-treatment…
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Researchers identify viral suspects that could be fueling long COVID
Scientists are uncovering a new possibility behind long COVID’s stubborn symptoms: hidden infections that awaken or emerge alongside SARS-CoV-2. Evidence is mounting that viruses like Epstein-Barr and even latent tuberculosis may flare up when COVID disrupts the immune system, creating lingering fat…
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Winter weather hampering travel plans for millions of Americans
Travelers dealt with slowdowns at airports Sunday thanks to the arctic blast affecting parts of the country. Nicole Valdes reports.
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Parcopresis Restricts Where People Can Poop. Here's Why It's a Problem.
Germans have a word for this kind of thing.
Max
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So many button batteries I've tested have hidden dangers - but this brand gets it right
Button cell battery ingestion leads to thousands of injuries - and even deaths - in the US each year. Here's the only brand I trust now.
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California warns against foraging mushrooms after cluster of poisonings, 1 death
California's public health department said one person has died and several others have suffered severe liver damage due to eating toxic mushrooms that were foraged.
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Poor Sleep Can Trigger a Vicious Cycle Your Brain Can't Break, Experts Warn
It’s important to get help.
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