Get yourself checked: Don’t ignore signs of cancer, urges NHS chief
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople with symptoms of cancer are being urged to come forward amid concern that tens of thousands are “risking their lives” because…
COVID tests for international travel reduced to £68 each to 'remove excessive costs'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe cost of NHS coronavirus tests for international travel are being reduced from £88 to £68 each from today, the government has…
Nearly one million people became addicted to alcohol during lockdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly one million people in England became addicted to alcohol as a result of Covid lockdowns, official data suggests. Read More
Study: Bimonthly, injected PrEP better than daily pill at preventing HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the antiretroviral regimen known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, was launched nearly a decade ago, Read More
WHO-led trial is studying three anti-inflammatory drugs - used for malaria, leukemia and autoimmune diseases - as potential COVID-19 treatments
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA clinical trial led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is looking at three anti-inflammatory drugs as potential treatments for COVID-19. Read More
Herbal tea infusions for health and happiness
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you looking to naturally improve your health? Well, how about starting by drinking more herbal tea—beverages made from the infusion of herbs,…
Covid may have begun with Chinese scientist collecting bat samples, says WHO investigator
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Chinese scientist may have started the pandemic after being infected with coronavirus while collecting bat samples, Read More
Middle-aged spread is a myth - metabolism doesn’t drop off until 60
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe research, published in the journal Science, surveyed 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, in 29 countries. Read…
Jabs have saved more than 84,000 say PHE figures
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisations at PHE, said the jabs were having a “remarkable impact on saving lives and reducing the…
Battle of the bulge: Scientists discover the real reason for middle-age spread
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePiling on the pounds in middle age is an affliction familiar to many, but the common excuse of a slowing metabolism is…