The truth about emulsifiers: are they destroying our gut health?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs if excess salt, fat and several types of sugar weren’t bad enough, the ingredient lists of much ultra-processed food often end…
UK: Woman who suffered complications from vaginal mesh implant awarded at least £1m
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman who suffered traumatic complications from a vaginal mesh implant has been awarded a record settlement of at least £1m from…
Indi Gregory, eight-month old at centre of legal battle, dies after life support switched off
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndi Gregory, an eight-month-old baby girl who was taken off life support at the weekend, has died overnight, a lawyer for her…
High silver levels in some period pants could pose health risk, study says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome period pants sold by high street retailers contain high levels of silver that could have health and environmental implications for consumers,…
Daily statins taken by millions could be replaced by remarkable new gene therapy that cuts 'bad' cholesterol by up to 50% with a SINGLE dose
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDaily statins taken by millions to ward off heart attacks and strokes could be replaced ‘within the decade’ by a gene-editing jab,…
The Bank of Mum and Dad dishes out £98 BILLION in five years... more than a small nation's income
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bank of Mum and Dad has handed out an eyewatering £98 billion over the past five years – more than the…
Trapped Brazilians, whose fate hurt Israel-Brazil ties, leave Gaza
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly three dozen Brazilians who had been trapped inside Gaza for weeks, and whose predicament had driven a diplomatic wedge between Brasilia…
WHO issues warning over using sweeteners for weight control
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople should avoid using sweeteners to help with weight control, global health leaders have said. Read More
People caring for loved ones with dementia experience stigma
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeventy carers were questioned by researchers at UCL about how they thought others treated them and their own attitudes towards their roles….
Funding for social care overhaul cut by 58% - as govt accused of 'chronic neglect'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe government has cut the funding for its proposed overhaul of adult social care by 58%, according to a report from the…