Monday, June 30, 2025

Parents face hurdles vaccinating children - report

Obstacles include difficulty booking appointments and too few jab reminders, say child health experts.

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Is RFK Jr's divisive plan to Make America Healthy Again fearmongering - or revolutionary?

The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

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Exercise improves colon cancer survival, major study shows

Risk of dying was cut by a third after colon cancer patients dialled up exercise levels.

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I found a bacteria-eating virus in my loo - could it save your life?

It's hoped phages could give us new ways of treating infections which are immune to antibiotics.

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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Watchdog 'acted irrationally' over gender clinic, court told

A former nurse and a mother claim the watchdog should have imposed conditions on the clinic.

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I lost £15,000 after going to an IVF middleman

Companies that act as "middlemen" between patients and doctors are not regulated by the fertility watchdog.

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

At-home cervical screening tests offered in England

The home tests will be offered so that women can check for cervical cancer without visiting a GP.

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Can we grow a third set of teeth?