22 h. ago NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn

Exclusive: NSPCC calls on Wes Streeting to protect safeguarding roles to help keep children safe

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24 h. ago Resident doctor strikes are unaffordable and 'patients will suffer', NHS trust leaders warn

NHS strikes are unaffordable and would negatively impact the delivery of patient care, according to NHS Providers

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26 h. ago No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

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6 d. ago NHS waiting list falls to its lowest in two years – but doctors’ strike threatens to reverse it, experts warn

The NHS waiting list for England has dropped to 7.36 million, new data reveals

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6 d. ago Tens of thousands of patients face cancellations during doctors’ strike, NHS bosses warn

Wes Streeting urges doctors to call off the strikes as action is likely to see tens of thousands of operations and appointments cancelled

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9 d. ago Doctors warn millions of people will be diagnosed with stomach cancer because of common infection

Called Helicobacter pylori the bacteria is estimated to cause just under half of all stomach cancers in the UK and although 40 per cent of Britons have it the vast majority show no symptoms.

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9 d. ago Doctors warn of 'BBL smell' as it's harder to wipe bum afterwards

The procedure is used to make buttocks bigger, more rounded or lifted, but some women have reported it is harder to clean their bums afterwards, while others have said their wounds stink

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1 week ago More than 100 NHS doctors warn Wes Streeting to honour promise to roll out screening clinics for osteoporosis

The doctors, part of the Royal Osteoporosis Society's clinical network who are backing the charity's campaign for universal Fracture Liaison Services.

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1 week ago ‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babiesDoctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as Israel continues to restrict the humanitarian aid that can enter the beleaguered strip.Dr Ahmad al-Farra, the head of paediatrics at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, said his ward had only about a week’s worth of infant formula remaining. The doctor has already run out of specialised formula meant for premature babies and is forced to use regular formula, rationing it between the infants under his care. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Legendary bodybuilder is fighting for his life doctors warn a common gym misstep could mean the same for you

Since his sudden hospitalization, doctors want to caution those looking to bulk up due to the dangerous effects it can have on the body.

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2 w. ago Hidden breast cancer risk factor that means you're SIX times more likely to get it. Other countries warn women... no wonder doctors now say: 'Patients have a right to know. Too many have died'

If you had a risk factor for breast cancer , would you want to know? And what if that same risk factor meant that any tumours that did occur would be harder to spot on standard scans?

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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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4 w. ago Fears legalising assisted dying may 'break the NHS' and lead to cuts in care as minister confirms there is no extra money for helping people die

Dame Siobhain McDonagh warned that an assisted dying service could 'rob our stretched NHS of much needed resources' after Wes Streeting spoke in the Commons.

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