Health
'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'
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'I've had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer'
Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists
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Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists
Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
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Here's how to cool down at home when heatwaves hit
‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
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‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
'Knock for a drink or an ice lolly!': How Brits are helping those working outside in the heatwave
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'Knock for a drink or an ice lolly!': How Brits are helping those working outside in the heatwave
Bosses are being told to let staff work from home during the heatwave
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Bosses are being told to let staff work from home during the heatwave
Sam Delaney: A CPAP machine is breathing new life into me
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Sam Delaney: A CPAP machine is breathing new life into me
Steve Barclay: How the new health secretary has voted on abortion, assisted dying and the NHS
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Steve Barclay: How the new health secretary has voted on abortion, assisted dying and the NHS
Covid stole my sense of smell – but I never gave up hope of finding it
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Covid stole my sense of smell – but I never gave up hope of finding it
Life as a midwife aid worker: 'Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed'
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Life as a midwife aid worker: 'Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed'
Teenage activists deliver wheelbarrows of mud to Kellogg's factory to protest 'misleading' health claims
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Teenage activists deliver wheelbarrows of mud to Kellogg's factory to protest 'misleading' health claims
Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions
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Cost of living: Why you should check if you're eligible for free prescriptions
Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'
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Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'
Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest
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Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest
Weighing up BMI bemusement when you're heavy but healthy
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Weighing up BMI bemusement when you're heavy but healthy
Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year
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Rented homes that pose a serious threat to health cost the NHS £340m a year
5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
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5 things we can learn from Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?
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Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?
'Find and Treat' van helping thousands of vulnerable Londoners gets upgrade for mobile diagnosis
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