UK patients going private to escape referrals ‘black hole’, say GPs
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePatients are increasingly turning to private healthcare to escape a referrals “black hole”, GPs have warned, as the NHS struggles with a…
What happens to your brain when you go without sleep
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn recent years, sleep – or our lack of it – has become a national preoccupation – if not a competitive sport. …
Sons get more help than daughters to get on housing ladder, survey finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe gender pay gap might even extend to the bank of Mum and Dad, a new survey has suggested, after it found sons…
Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who live in sprawling camps in Bangladesh on Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of…
Loneliness rising due to disappearance of a once-common home feature
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmericans have never been as lonely as they are today, figures show, and it could be because something which used to be…
Young, old and marvellous: how a care home built a nursery – and everyone thrived
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is lunchtime in the bistro at Belong and half a dozen toddlers are tucking into sausage cassoulet, mash and seasonal vegetables….
Barbers to test blood pressure to fight inequality
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA pair of barber shops in south London are offering customers free blood pressure tests to tackle undiagnosed health issues amongst black…
Amnesty International’s contempt for Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria’s August 1-10 hunger protests coincidentally occurred at the same time with the United Kingdom’s violent anti-immigrant protests. Read More
People living with HIV may develop more severe Mpox
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA substantial proportion of people who contracted mpox (the newly designated name for monkeypox) in the 2022 outbreak were living with HIV,…
Horror as man dies after brutal attack on stairs at London Underground station
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe man passed away on Saturday evening with his family by his side. A suspect was arrested on Friday morning in connection…