31 h. ago Revealed: Britain's ticking asbestos timebomb in our SUPERMARKETS. Just a few fibres can cause incurable cancer... now our shocking exposé reveals deaths of staff and millions more at risk

When David Paul fell ill and doctors asked whether he worked with asbestos, his reply was a firm 'no'.

Events

69 h. ago The terrifying truth about CT scans: Doctors say they are necessary to diagnose illness

They have become a routine way of ruling out more serious diagnoses, offering peace of mind to patients, or getting to the crux of a health issue more quickly. But there are downsides to CT scans.

Science

2 d. ago ‘British feminism needs reshaping’: Kate Nash on her new single about trans rights

The British pop musician questions the gender-critical movement in her new song Germ, and argues that cis women need to stand up for the trans communityIn Kate Nash’s new single, released last week, the 37-year-old musician and actor has coined a new acronym, Germ: “girl, exclusionary, regressive, misogynist”. In the lyrics, she states: “You’re not radical You’re not rad at all,” and that “using feminism to erase the rights of others and endanger them is inherently un-feminist”. It arose from Nash seeing “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” – the contentious term “terf” – as something of a misnomer. Those who espouse gender-critical views are, in her opinion, neither radical nor feminist.The song was written in response to last month’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of “woman” ought to be based on biological sex (a judgement that doctors at the British Medical Association have called “scientifically illiterate”). “I have a lot of trans people in my life that I care ...

Politics

6 d. ago Parents' intuition 'better at predicting serious illness than doctors'

Parental intuition is more likely to predict critical illness in children than various vital signs used to measure health, researchers have found.

Society

6 d. ago New study says parental intuition more likely to predict illness in kids than doctors

Parents should be treated as part of a child's care team in hospital, experts have said

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7 d. ago Parents’ intuition more likely to predict child’s critical illness than checking vital signs, study finds

In almost one in five cases studied, parents raised concerns about deterioration before various vital signs

Society

2 w. ago Doctor warns 5.8 million people about holidaying with common illness

Doctor Ashwin Sharma says there are additional risks and steps you need to take to stay safe

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2 w. ago My online shopping sprees were signs of a serious illness. Millions suffer like Rachel but it took doctors 20 years to diagnose her. The impact can be devastating

In her 20s, Rachel was misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder and missed out on the right treatment which led to multiple hospital visits.

Economics

2 w. ago Graham Norton had body part removed unnecessarily after lying about illness

Eurovision presenter Graham Norton has revealed that he once had surgery after lying about feeling ill to his mother, who took him to the doctor and resulted in a very unnecessary operation

Politics

3 w. ago Celebrity Traitors' Celia Imrie survived 'horrors' under doctor who 'electrocuted' patients

A British doctor who presided over inhuman experiments to cure patients of 'illnesses' from eating disorders to unsuitable love affairs may also have been involved with the CIA's mind-control experiments says author Jon Stock

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