Sunday, January 21, 2024

Bowels, bladders and sex: Rediscovering life after mountain crash

Extreme sportsman Niall McCann talks frankly about life after crashing into a mountain at 50mph.

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Saturday, January 20, 2024

England's sexual health services 'at breaking point'

Soaring rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections threaten to overwhelm services, experts warn.

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My agonising headaches make me bang my head off walls

Daren Frankish says his cluster headaches are like being hit with a baseball bat and stabbed in the eye.

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Friday, January 19, 2024

'Call to action' on measles issued by UK top health official

The UK Health Security Agency has now declared the measles outbreak a national incident.

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Removing large wine measures cuts drinking by 7.6% in study

With the largest measure off the menu, 7.6% less volume of wine was sold daily, researchers found.

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Cambridge lab grows 'mini-placentas' for pre-eclampsia study

Pre-eclampsia affects millions of women worldwide yet is little understood, say scientists.

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Measles outbreak: Your questions answered

Cases are rising across England, with health officials encouraging people to get vaccinated.

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How to treat heat exhaustion

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