45 h. ago Certain type of coffee linked to crippling eye disease as doctors warn: Stop drinking it, NOW

Chinese researchers have suggested that drinking the beverage may lead to a seven-fold higher risk of deteriorated or blurred vision in old age.

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7 d. ago Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

Health organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to force drinks producers to include warningsCans and bottles of beer, wine and spirits should explicitly warn drinkers that alcohol causes cancer, an unprecedented alliance of doctors, charities and public experts have said.Warning labels would tackle “shockingly low” public awareness in the UK that alcohol is proven to cause seven forms of cancer and 17,000 cases a year of the disease, they claim. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say

Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a weekAir pollution in the UK is costing more than £500m a week in ill health, NHS care and productivity losses, with 99% of the population breathing in “toxic air”, doctors have said.Dirty air is killing more than 500 people a week, with health harm to almost every organ of the body caused by air pollution, even at low concentrations, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

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9 d. ago Air pollution will be linked to 30,000 deaths in UK in 2025, leading doctors warn

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

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2 w. ago Adverts for assisted dying could appear on TikTok or during daytime TV, Commons warned

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage in the House of Commons, with various amendments likely to be voted on.

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2 w. ago Doctors and psychiatrists warn over loopholes in assisted dying legislation as MPs brace for latest wave of votes

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage in the House of Commons, with various amendments likely to be voted on.

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2 w. ago Doctors' alarm after discovering frightening cancer is exploding in young people faster than colon cancer

Researchers at Vanderbilt University issued the stark warning, saying the cancer had surged seven-fold among young people compared to their grandparents.

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2 w. ago 11th hour bid to ban ‘death pods’ as MPs gear up for final votes on assisted dying

Exclusive: The move by Tory MP Greg Stafford to ban the Sarco suicide pod comes as 1,000 NHS doctors warn that Kim Leadbeater’s bill is ‘deeply flawed’

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3 w. ago New Covid variant NB.1.8.1 spreading in UK as doctors warn of nine key symptoms

The new Covid variant may spread more easily than earlier strains, experts warn

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3 w. ago Just one glass of America's favorite drink 'turbocharges' risk of deadliest form of colon cancer, doctors warn

Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common in the US and second-leading cause of cancer deaths. Since the 1990s, early-onset cases have increased by 50 percent.

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3 w. ago New COVID strain discovered in UK as doctors warn of unusual symptoms

The new NB.1.8.1 strain of Covid has been detected in Northern Ireland and, while some of its symptoms include those of previous strains, others are more unusual, such as heartburn

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3 w. ago Contagious infection that causes pus 'likely to spread in UK later this month'

With several UK festivals, including Glastonbury, only a few weeks away, doctors warn that a contagious infection is set to spread at events

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3 w. ago Millions take more than 10 pills a day. Now doctors warn results can be catastrophic, patients aren't being told

More than a million people in England are being prescribed ten or more medications a day, according to a new report by the NHS Health Innovation Network.

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3 w. ago Doctors issue urgent health warning as dangerous new Covid virus from China triggers US outbreak

Doctors have issued an urgent warning after the dangerous new Covid variant NB.1.8.1 was detected in a new US state. It has been on the rise since the beginning of May.

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3 w. ago Must Laila Soueif die from her hunger strike in London before her son Alaa Abd el

Egypt’s lack of respect for the rule of law is alarming and Britain should impose sanctions to ensure his freedomUK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena KennedyLaila Soueif is one of the most determined people I know, and for that reason, she is in grave danger. The grandmother, 69, is lying in a hospital bed in central London, perilously close to death after 245 days on hunger strike. She could still survive, but it will depend on the UK government taking strong action.Soueif stopped eating to try to save her son, the imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and winner of the 2024 English PEN writer of courage award. He has spent more than a decade in an Egyptian jail cell because of his writings on democracy. Soueif wants more than anything else to reunite him with his own son, 13, who lives in Brighton and has barely been able to spend time with his father.Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour p...

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3 w. ago Doctors warn of a horrifying new side effect of taking fat jabs

A specialist nurse said: 'This is an emerging field of research and people need to be warned.' She said it is 'essential' fat jabs (pictured, file photo) are prescribed appropriately.

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3 w. ago Resident doctors warn of ‘immensely disruptive’ potential co

The physicians formerly known as junior doctors are being balloted in England for strike action.

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4 w. ago Mother of jailed British activist at risk of ‘sudden death’ from hunger strike, doctors warn

Laila’s daughter Sanaa said it was a ‘miracle’ her mother survived the night

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4 w. ago Mother of jailed British activist admitted to hospital while on hunger strike

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 242 days in protest against the imprisonment of her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

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