Health

The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off

Among the waste products the system clears are proteins called amyloid and tau, the deposits that accumulate in the brains…

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Women’s pain normalised in NHS, Cardiff health summit told

An operation nearly 20 years ago left Donna Davies in constant pain but she only felt believed by medics after…

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Doctors didn’t spot my condition for so long I was left permanently disabled

Wentworth, who describes himself as "queer and disabled", has recently had a series of urological problems. He says doctors often…

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Father warns of 'brain-eating amoeba' after son's death

Cases caused by the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, have numbered in the hundreds since 1960 – but it can quickly prove…

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Newborn babies in England to be tested for SMA

All newborn babies in England will be tested for the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as part of a…

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What type of procrastinator are you – and how to fix it now (not later)

The cause can be hidden or buried, says Dr Itamar Shatz, a lecturer at Cambridge University who is publishing a…

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Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England from April

The ban comes after 1,100 responses to a consultation which strongly supported introducing an age restriction on the drinks, external.The…

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Teenagers from 15 should be given free meningitis B vaccine, say experts

All teenagers should be offered a free vaccine against meningitis B (MenB) at around the age of 15, UK experts…

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Buddhist monk: Herefordshire is the place to spiritually develop

Herefordshire is the place in the UK for "people who want to spiritually develop themselves", a monk says. Venerable Dhammaloka,…

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Lampard Inquiry: Manager says trust wanted 4,000 reports ‘gone’

O'Donnell told the inquiry that, at the end of 2024, he was asked to review thousands of incident reports raised…

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