Massive 16-month-old baby in Indonesia weighs the same as an eight-year-old
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A baby boy has become so big that he weighs the same as an eight-year-old and has to wear his father’s clothes. …
Trans patients who take hormone drugs are up to SEVEN times more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack — as researchers say medically transitioning is 'not a risk-free endeavor'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hormone drugs taken by a rapidly rising number of transgender patients may raise their risk of a deadly stroke or heart attack by…
UK’s modern slavery programme at ‘breaking point’ as demand from victims soars
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Victims of modern slavery are being failed because the government programme designed to help them is at “breaking point”, a charity has warned. …
Man 'trafficked from Nigeria to give kidney to senator's daughter' lied to police, court hears
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A market trader who was allegedly trafficked from Nigeria to provide a kidney for a senator’s daughter has been accused of lying…
'He's not going to last' Man's organs fail after catching Avian flu on skiing holiday
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An artist who contracted avian flu on a family holiday suffered multiple organ failure and was in a coma for two months….
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China
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Reading Time: < 1 minute -An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude occurred in Tajikistan at around 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT), at a depth of 10 km (6…
A woman dies every two minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In 2020, one woman died every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report published…
Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas users risk spine damage, say doctors
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Doctors at an east London hospital say they are seeing so many risky cases of laughing gas misuse that they have drawn…
Over 65? Take Harvard's quiz to see your percentage risk of dying in the next four years
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An eye-opening Harvard University study last week revealed eight surprising factors that raise the risk of suffering an early death — such as living…
Kenya launches probe into sex abuse claims at UK tea firms
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyan prosecutors on Wednesday said they will investigate accusations of sexual abuse on tea estates that supply some of Britain’s most popular…