22 h. ago 'Fit and healthy' stepdad told he had constipation...two weeks later he was dead

A heartbroken woman has told of her shock at losing her healthy stepfather to cancer after his symptoms were initially brushed off as constipation.

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61 h. ago Shakira concert ravaged by highly infectious disease as health warning issued

Shakira recently performed for a crowd of tens of thousands of people, but health officials have issued a warning that concert attendees may have been exposed to an infectious disease

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4 d. ago Warning over 'worrying trend' as thousands more die from one health problem

"It's been the worst start to a decade for heart health for half a century," experts warn

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6 d. ago Thousands of insomnia sufferers may be missing out on a groundbreaking treatment

Thousands of insomnia sufferers may be missing out on a groundbreaking treatment - simply because doctors don't know it exists, experts warn.

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9 d. ago 'Healthy' man, 32, had common pain...months later he was dead

A heartbroken widow has told of her shock at losing her 32-year-old husband to deadly heart failure, as she warns thousands could be at risk of untimely deaths.

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1 week ago People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three days in A&E before they get a bed, with conditions “close to torture” for those in such a distressed state.At one hospital, some patients have become so upset at the delays in being admitted that they have left and tried to kill themselves nearby, leading nurses and the fire brigade to follow in an attempt to stop them.Some trusts that previously had no long waits for mental health patients now have hundreds.The number of people seeking help at A&E for mental health emergencies is rising steadily and reached 216,182 last year.The recruitment of mental health nurses has lagged far behind the rise in demand.The number of beds in mental health units has fallen by 3,699 since 2014. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Is Britain breaking international law over Israel to avoid offending Trump? We may find out in court this week | Yasmine Ahmed

The UK’s arms exports to Israel will be tested again as a Palestinian rights group challenges the governmentYasmine Ahmed is UK director of Human Rights WatchOn Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel. As the government’s lawyers take the floor to deliver their opening remarks – in a case that was brought by the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and is supported by Human Rights Watch – thousands of children in Gaza will be starving. This is the result of an Israeli blockade on food, aid and medical supplies that defies the binding orders of the international court of justice.Thousands of mothers will be mourning the children they have lost in an assault on Gaza that is estimated to have cost the lives of more than 50,000 people, according to the Gaza ministry of health. Thousands of people will be homeless, forcibly displaced and living among the rubble of the towns and cities they no...

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2 w. ago Renfrew man who ran 300 kilometres in 30 days raises thousands of pounds for mental health charity

Adam Donnelly, who detailed his journey to his tens of thousands of followers on TikTok, presented a cheque worth around £2,500 to Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH).

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2 w. ago Thousands of veterans to get better access to housing, health and welfare support

Thousands of veterans will get better access to housing, employment, health and welfare support after a £50million funding boost to create a new scheme called VALOUR

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3 w. ago How the Trump administration’s health cuts could kill thousands of test animals

Hundreds of lab animals in West Virginia have reportedly already been euthanized

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last month Hidden symptoms of 'hole in the heart' that thousands have without knowing

In an Instagram post, she said she had recently had 'keyhole heart surgery' at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. But she only received her diagnosis last year.

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