3 h. ago Stop filming medical treatments for TikTok, NHS staff warn patients

Medic says patients putting themselves at risk by trying to record appointments for social media

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6 h. ago Patients putting themselves and others at risk with filming trend

Staff are calling for a ban to protect everyone involved

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13 h. ago Patients who record NHS care for TikTok or Instagram ‘put themselves at risk’

The Society of Radiographers also said that filming doctors and treatments was causing NHS staff unnecessary anxiety.

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4 d. ago New NHS 'trojan horse' drug gives cancer patients years longer with loved ones

Terminal patients could get years more with their loved ones as the NHS offers Blenrep, which can put some blood cancer patients in remission

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2 w. ago Majority of social media posts on fertility misleading, untrustworthy and put patients health at risk

The content poses a serious threat to public health and could put people at risk during one of the most time-sensitive and emotionally charged stages of their life, researchers warn.

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2 w. ago Mental health A&E units won’t cut trolley waits and will put patients at risk, doctors warn

‘ I have real concerns about the safety of patients who may have undiagnosed physical problems’ warns professor Robert Howard

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3 w. ago No meat, no beer and hopefully no poison: the curious tale of Hitler’s food tasters

Based on Margot Wölk’s extraordinary account, Silvio Soldini’s film The Tasters sees a group of women seemingly risk their lives with each bite. But does the story add up?The story is almost too compelling to be true: a group of war-weary young women, long deprived of sufficient food, are herded together to dine on abundant vegetarian delicacies three times a day. The only price: risking their lives with each bite as they may have consumed deadly poison intended for Adolf Hitler.The extraordinary account by then 95-year-old Margot Wölk created a sensation when it first appeared in a Berlin tabloid more than a decade ago. Her decision to break what she called decades of silence about her wartime experiences captured the imagination of German reporters, then global media, finally inspiring a documentary, two novels and a play. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Inside the chilling true story of hospital worker who murdered 87 patients to put them 'out of their misery'

For 17 years, Donald Harvey brutally killed over 80 patients while working at various medical facilities. After he was caught, he described his actions as 'mercy killings.'

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