9 h. ago Voices: Why I’m disappointed so many of my colleagues are leaving the NHS

The NHS may not have the perks of working for a big financial firm, but when it works, it is like nothing else, says Dr Ammad Butt. The government must find compromises to help stop the brain drain of UK doctors to Australia and the private sector

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33 h. ago Doctors find thermometer that was lodged inside woman's bottom for 22 years

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. More than 20 years after she accidentally ended up with a thermometer lodged in her bottom, a woman has finally had the glass instrument removed. And doctors have warned she could have faced a much more serious fate

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2 d. ago Man suffers extreme pain after chicken dinner before doctors make horror find

Warning: distressing images. The man's pain was located in the lower abdomen, and had worsened after he had eaten his evening meal, which contained chicken.

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3 d. ago Man suffered extreme pain after chicken dinner before doctors made horror find

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Doctors initially believed that the man had accidentally swallowed a chicken bone - but the truth was far more bizarre, and posed a serious threat to their patient

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5 d. ago What is heart disease? Signs and symptoms as study finds blood thinner to be helpful drug

These findings are likely to impact the medications doctors prescribe to their patients

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7 d. ago Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks

Discovery that clopidogrel is a more effective blood thinner could transform health guidelines worldwideDoctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk of experiencing a serious cardiovascular event. A daily low-dose aspirin makes blood less sticky and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Home Office minister praises joint EU operation to smash drug smuggler gangs

Operation White Sea has led to the seizure of cocaine worth £66 million from reaching the UK and EU.

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1 week ago Girl, 11, 'robbed of childhood' as she gives birth at home in 'unsanitary' conditions

A couple face child neglect charges after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth at home with no medical help, with investigators finding she hadn't been to the doctor for over a year

Society

3 w. ago I taught Bryan Kohberger about mass killers, here's why we must study his brain

Bryan Kohberger's criminology professor has said she is 'horrified' that one of her former students went on a stabbing rampage that shocked the nation.

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3 w. ago Gran's terrifying seizure at work led to doctors finding mass on her brain

Doctors initially put Lesley Arnott's unexpected seizure down to epilepsy before a scan revealed something more sinister.

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3 w. ago 'I'm terrified to leave my daughter alone with her mean granny'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a mum who's unhappy her 'fearsome' mother-in-law is babysitting her daughter so she can go away with her husband

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