One dead and several hospitalised after Champagne spiked with ecstasy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne man has died and eight have been hospitalised after a three-litre bottle of Moët & Chandon Champagne was spiked with ecstasy…
NHS long Covid mobile testing units could be rolled out in areas worst hit by pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA trial of the testing programme in Essex is focusing on spirometry, a diagnostic test for lung conditions such as chronic obstructive…
Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health - study
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePollution of the world’s rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a “threat to environmental and global health”, a report says. Read…
Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs found in rivers across the world
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Potentially toxic levels of pharmaceutical drugs were found in a quarter of river locations that were examined across the world, a…
Risk for myocardial infarction increases among people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe risk for myocardial infarction has increased in recent years among people with HIV in the United States, data presented at the…
Gambia: Alarming - Estimated 24000 People Living With HIV in Gambia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite the existence of HIV since March 1986, many people living with the Virus (PLHIV) have been affected and some have undergone…
Users of rave drug speed are FIVE times more likely to suffer from psychosis at some point in their life, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who take the illicit party drug ‘speed’ are five times more likely to suffer from psychosis at some point in their…
Mammogram delays could mean 700 extra breast cancer deaths after Covid pandemic saw routine screening scrapped, study shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 700 more women in England could die from breast cancer as a result of the pandemic, a study shows. Read More
'Covid targets not only the lungs but the heart, the brain and other vital organs'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and a brain injury can change behaviour by altering brain anatomy. Now it seems coronavirus can too. Read More
Three jabs a year of new drug could save eyesight in 800,000 Brits
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo eye conditions that cause blindness can be treated with a breakthrough drug that dramatically slows the loss of vision. Read More