‘Can menopause affect your teeth?’ – and all your other questions answered
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorld Menopause Day last week caused a big spike in articles and awareness of the menopause; Read More
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and how common is it?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTributes have poured in following the death of Friends actor James Michael Tyler, who played the beloved character Gunther. Read More
Namibia suspends use of Russian Covid-19 vaccine after SA flags HIV concerns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNamibia will suspend the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said on Saturday, days after the drugs regulator…
What is injection spiking? How common is it, is it dangerous and what are the signs of being spiked?
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice have seen a rise in reports of spiking via injection over recent weeks. Read More
‘Broken heart’ syndrome becoming more common in women
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Broken hearts are usually the stuff of poetry and love songs, but “broken heart syndrome” is quite real. Read More
GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGPs in England are threatening industrial action in protest at the government’s attempt to force them to see any patient who wants…
HIV and vitamin D deficiency: What is the link?
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople living with HIV have an increased risk of insufficient vitamin D levels, or a vitamin D deficiency. Read More
In Nigeria, COVID-19 is not the only epidemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs a nurse, I have worked in many different places. From an emergency room in Marikina City, I have worked in Libya,…
‘You shouldn’t work if your kidneys are failing – but people can’t afford not to’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the Sacuanjoche clinic in Chinandega, the largest city in Nicaragua’s sugar cane-growing region, nephrologist Nelson Garcia does the rounds of his…
Meat tax on the table in move to encourage sustainable eating
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish shoppers should be hit with higher prices on meat to help the environment, according to suggestions for a tax on “high-carbon…