49 h. ago Combination of two cheap drugs could save lives after heart attack, study finds

Giving patients statins and ezetimibe after a heart attack can reduce risk of second attack or stroke, say scientistsThousands of heart attacks or strokes could be prevented and lives saved with a combination of two cheap drugs, a study suggests.Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, with heart attacks the most common acute event. For those who survive an attack, the risk of another one is highest in the first year because blood vessels are more sensitive, making it easier for blood clots to develop. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago MPs and Lords head to parliament as PM aims to pass emergency law today to save British Steel – live

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companyBlast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the Industrial Revolution. This weekend, parliament will sit for the first Saturday in decades as it tries to keep the last two furnaces running for a bit longer.Keir Starmer has recalled MPs to discuss emergency powers to direct steel companies, including British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks, to “preserve capability and ensure public safety”. The move would be short of nationalisation, but it would give the government more influence on the steel industry than at any point since Margaret Thatcher. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago A national prostate cancer screening programme is a step closer after Wes Streeting supports plan and orders review in major boost to Mail's campaign to save lives

The health secretary told MPs he would like to see the NHS proactively offer men tests for the disease in a move that could prevent thousands of needless deaths.

Politics

8 d. ago Wes Streeting signals support for national prostate cancer screening programme as Health Secretary hails Mail's 'really important' campaign to save lives

The health secretary said he is 'particularly sympathetic' to the arguments being made for the need to proactively offer tests to men at highest risk of the disease.

Society

9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Grace on ITV1: If you need extra time to save lives at a football match, just whistle for it

Detective Chief Inspector Roy Grace, I wonder if you could spare a few moments to help with our enquiries, please.

Sport

1 week ago 'We said goodbye, I told her I loved her and I never saw her again'

Hollyoaks actress Frankie Jules-Hough and her unborn baby were killed on the M66 as a new campaign has been launched to help save lives

Politics

1 week ago ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers• Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen againGaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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1 week ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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1 week ago In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence

Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings

Events

1 week ago I live in a 7t lorry complete with a flatscreen TV and a king

A firefighter from the south of England has revealed how his home is a 7.5ft lorry, which boasts a king-size bed, 43' TV, underfloor heating, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

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1 week ago I live in a 7ft lorry complete with a flatscreen TV and a king

A firefighter from the south of England has revealed how his home is a 7.5ft lorry, which boasts a king-size bed, 43' TV, underfloor heating, kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Politics

2 w. ago UK drivers warned mixing up two dashboard buttons can be 'very dangerous'

This knowledge could save lives.

Events

2 w. ago NHS challenges companies to give staff time off for lifesaving cancer checks

Outgoing NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said that ‘simple steps can save lives’.

Politics

2 w. ago NHS could offer this simple DNA test to predict drug reactions and save thousands of lives

A landmark study looking at all adverse drug reactions ever recorded in Britain since 1964 reveals just three genes could be responsible for many of them - and a simple test could save lives

Events

2 w. ago Screening test invite that could save the lives of men aged over 65

AAA screening is the simplest and best way to find out if you have an aneurysm, and all Ayrshire and Arran men aged 65 years are being invited to attend.

Politics

3 w. ago Martyn's Law 'to receive royal assent within weeks' after clearing House of Commons

'Martyn's Law will not bring back those who were taken from us. But it will save lives. And in doing so it will stand as a lasting tribute to Martyn and Figen Murray, and to the people of Greater Manchester'

Society

3 w. ago Internet laughs at ‘cringe’ music video that celebrates Musk and his ‘master plan to save our lives’

Alessandra Basher’s music video paying tribute to the world’s richest man has been branded the ‘most cringe thing on the internet right now’

Culture

3 w. ago Chris Stark makes emotional return to Capital Breakfast after revealing secret cancer battle

The radio DJ opened up further about his diagnosis and his hopes that by being open it could help to save other lives

Events

3 w. ago Drug breakthrough could 'slash heart attack and stroke risk' as scientists claim it 'could save thousands of lives'

Taking two common cholesterol drugs together could slash the risk of cardiovascular problems, a new study suggests

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