Mental health: NHS crisis lines failing to answer suicide calls
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSuicidal patients in England are being put at risk of serious harm, with one in five calls to NHS helplines going unanswered,…
Global Push to treat HIV leaves kids behind
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe stories the mothers tell when they gather at the Awendo Health Centre in western Kenya are a catalogue of small failures,…
‘It’s not medical tourism, it’s desperation’: rising number of Britons resort to treatment abroad
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCathy Rice had been in all-consuming pain for 18 months when she decided to fly to Lithuania. Read More
UNESCO names Senegal as the true home of Jollof Rice over Ghana and Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUNESCO has officially recognised Senegal as the origin of Jollof rice, settling a long-standing debate between West African nations Ghana, Nigeria and…
Russia: HIV-positive teens refusing treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“When the three of us were between 7 and 8 years old, our adoptive mother said she had to tell us two…
NHS leaders voice alarm as 10 more ambulance strikes planned
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHS leaders have voiced alarm after a leading health union unveiled plans for 10 more strikes that will severely disrupt ambulance services…
Postpartum haemorrhage: Niger halves blood-loss deaths at clinics
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers working with Niger’s health ministry say they have managed to more than halve the number of women who bleed to death…
Parenting expert on why you should never take a child's phone away as punishment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteElectronic gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops can bring their fair share of worry to parents – who may be…
Now council tells families they need to de-ice their bins or they may not be collected
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFamilies have followed a myriad of rules for years about bin collections. Read More
Heart attack care is ‘going back in time’ and driving avoidable deaths, doctors warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePatients are being left with heart failure and thousands missing out on vital stroke treatment as ambulance and A&E delays “dismantle” live-saving…