Scotland first to ban environmentally harmful anaesthetic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it…
Kerala: Woman's fight to find doctors responsible for forceps left in her body
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman in the southern Indian state of Kerala who suffered through years of excruciating pain because of a botched surgery says…
A graduation ceremony with a difference: Celebrating the success of keeping babies HIV-free
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmiling and singing, a group of mothers in the Oshana region are celebrating the graduation of their children. Read More
How to tell if you're really overweight - and it's NOT by checking your BMI
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035, a damning report warned today. Read More
More than HALF of world's 8billion people will be overweight by 2035, damning report warns - so how many will be fat in YOUR country?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than half the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 – wiping trillions of pounds off the potential value…
I'm a cardiologist - these are the 10 symptoms you should NEVER ignore
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHeart disease kills hundreds of thousands of people across the UK and US every year. Read More
Black NHS midwife who sued hospital for race discrimination after staff 'joked' they should 'check their bags' on her last day at work wins her claim
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A black NHS midwife successfully sued her workplace for race discrimination after staff ‘joked’ they should ‘check their bags on her last…
Government ‘sorry on behalf of society’ for ‘appalling’ treatment of unmarried mothers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lack of formal government apology to unmarried mothers who faced “appalling treatment” in decades past, including unwanted adoptions, has been labelled “disappointing”….
Florida man dies from brain-eating amoeba - possibly after rinsing his nose with tap water
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA US man has died from a brain-eating amoeba – possibly after rinsing his nose with tap water, health officials have said….
Asylum seekers rescued at sea can be lawfully prosecuted, Court of Appeal rules
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAsylum seekers who arrive in the UK illegally after being rescued at sea can be prosecuted lawfully under new legal powers, the…