Going vegetarian or pescatarian might reduce your cancer risk, says research
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A growing number of people are choosing to eat less meat. Read More
Covid lockdowns weren’t needed, finds inquiry in the country that stayed open
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Recurring lockdowns imposed across Europe to curb Covid-19 were neither “necessary” nor “defensible”, Sweden’s official inquiry into its handling of the pandemic…
Is the NHS carrying out thousands of unnecessary circumcisions on teenage boys? New report shows irreversible surgery is carried out 10,000 times per year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Boys and young men are being circumcised unnecessarily by the NHS, risking sexual problems in later life Read More
A condom specifically made for anal sex has been approved in the US
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The US Food and Drug Administration has this week approved the first condom specifically designed for anal intercourse. Read More
Dangerously low medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine due to crisis, warn WHO Director-General and WHO Regional Director for Europe
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Reading Time: < 1 minute During the crisis in Ukraine, health must remain a priority pillar of the humanitarian response, with health systems and facilities remaining…
'People are reluctant to discuss embarrassing body complaints so diagnosis is delayed'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute One of my friends, who’s also in her eighties, has an embarrassing problem that is causing her real distress. Read More
Government plans to make some coronavirus laws permanent
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Remaining restrictions on travel could be reviewed before Easter but some laws introduced during the pandemic will be made permanent Read More
NHS lists 12 simple ways to lose weight and keep the pounds off
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Trying to lose weight and keep it off is a constant battle for many of us. Read More
How the Covid pandemic has actually affected our periods
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The coronavirus has had many impacts over the past two years – including, it seems, on periods. Read More
Breast cancer timebomb fears as NHS figures reveal a MILLION fewer women were screened for disease in first year of pandemic as units paused vital tests to focus on Covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minute England faces a breast cancer timebomb as official figures show a million fewer women were screened for the disease over the first…