16 h. ago 'When doctors finally told me what my rash was, I considered dying'

Mum Rachel, 46, had been suffering 'eczema' for two years before she got a proper diagnosis

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16 h. ago 'Doctors said I had eczema, but the truth made me want to die'

Mum Rachel, 46, says when she got the diagnosis she considered letting her body 'die naturally'

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4 d. ago Why the victims of mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson died in agony: As she is found guilty, how doctors treated them with a 'virtually useless' drug... and their heartbreaking final moments

A world expert in death cap mushrooms has made bombshell revelations about Erin Patterson which show how the accused poisoner's lunch guests might have been saved.

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9 d. ago 'Katherine Ryan was right advocate for her skin cancer – I pushed for months to get results'

Influencer Stefanie Wright reveals how, like Katherine Ryan, she had to fight to be heard by doctors and finally get her results after months of phone calls and chasing

Politics

9 d. ago Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel

The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s warTonight, audiences can finally watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Channel 4 and Zeteo. This timely film was originally produced for the BBC by award-winning production company Basement Films. The BBC has been delaying it since February, arguing it couldn’t go out before a review into an entirely different film, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, had culminated. That was a poor editorial decision with no precedent. But poorer still: after months of leaving the film in limbo, last week the BBC announced it wouldn’t air it – leaving it for Channel 4 to pick up.Why? The BBC said it might create “the perception of partiality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was lifted from a dystopian novel. Perception, after all, has nothing to do with impartiality – at least in an ideal world. The BBC seems to have said the quiet part out loud. Impartiality, as far as ...

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9 d. ago Gaza: Doctors Under Attack: documentary dropped by BBC to finally be broadcast on Channel 4

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is set to be broadcast on Channel 4 📺

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3 w. ago Assisted dying latest: MP who works as doctor explains why he changed mind on historic bill ahead of final vote

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for vote in Commons

Science

4 w. ago Family's tragic final selfie: Doctor couple and their children snapped photo in Air India cabin to celebrate 'new beginnings' just moments before disaster

The picture was taken to celebrate 'new beginnings' as Komi Vyas had quit her job and was moving to join her husband, Dr Prateek Joshi, in London with their three children.

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