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Hay fever tablets run low across the country due to chlorphenamine maleate shortage

Hay fever tablets are running low across the country due to an ingredient shortage – and the timing couldn’t be worse as forecasters predict a rise in ... read more

Agony for patients as more than 65,000 a month are left waiting on cancer verdict, data shows

More than 65,000 patients a month are left waiting too long for their cancer diagnosis every MONTH, data shows Experts say the Government must be more ambitious... read more

Schools are teaching parents what to put in their children’s lunchboxes to cut obesity

Schools are teaching parents what to put in their children’s lunchboxes to cut obesity as research shows fewer than one in 60 packed meals meet nutritiona... read more

Modern couples looking to start a family are turning to IVF… because they are too busy for sex

Modern couples looking to start a family are turning to IVF… because they are too busy for sex, experts reveal Couples are advised to try to have sex ever... read more

Campaigners warn menopause symptoms go way beyond hot flushes and say women are often misdiagnosed 

The 34 menopause warning signs that GPs must recognise: Campaigners warn that symptoms go way beyond sleeping issues and hot flushes and say women are often mis... read more

GPs urged to spot the early signs of Lyme disease

GPs urged to spot the early signs of Lyme disease which infects 3,000 Britons each year More than 3,000 Britons each year are infected by the tick bourne Lyme d... read more

New treatment offers hope for asbestos cancer patients

Patients with asbestos-triggered cancers could live longer and in less pain due to a breakthrough therapy that slows the growth of tumours. At present just seve... read more

How the flu jab can half the risk of further cardiac arrests in heart attack patients

New studies show how giving a flu jab to heart attack survivors within 72 hours of their brush with death halves the risk of further cardiac arrests Heart attac... read more

Why taking an aspirin at bedtime (not first thing in the morning) can halve your risk of a stroke 

Our body clock affects everything from when we feel hungry to our sexual compatibility.  In the first part of our serialisation of his new book, in yesterdayâ€... read more

HEALTH NOTES: How a new brain zapping machine can help ex-smokers stay off tobacco

HEALTH NOTES: How a new brain zapping machine can help ex-smokers stay off tobacco By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:23 BST, 7 May 2022 | Updated: 22:26 ... read more

NHS offers new ‘wide awake’ surgery for spinal patients

Spine surgery performed while people are ‘wide awake’ – rather than under general anaesthetic – could mean patients are back on their feet and out of h... read more

Urinary tract infections rampant as HRT supplies are curtailed

Urinary tract infections rampant as hundreds of thousands of women are denied hormone replacement therapy Tens of thousands of women are unable to get their han... read more

New jab to help prevent urinary tract infections

People over the age of 60 could soon get a vaccine to protect against urinary tract infections, drastically reducing the number of people who suffer with the pa... read more

Why does a Bomber Command hero have to pay lawyers £4k to access NHS services?

As a Second World War veteran, Andrew Gauld has faced his fair share of battles. A rear gunner in the RAF’s Lancaster bombers regularly flying on dangerous mi... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: How do I tell my doctor I want to die?

I was recently diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive incurable cancer. I’ve been referred to palliative care, but I’m often in so much pain I end up i... read more

Is the ‘holy grail’ cystic fibrosis medication worth the risk?  

Cystic fibrosis treatments dubbed ‘the holy grail’ by doctors due to their remarkable health benefits may be triggering anxiety, depression and suicidal tho... read more

Study finds every extra 2 inches around women’s waists raises risk of fractures by 7%

The dreaded middle-age spread raises the risk of women fracturing their bones, a study suggests. Experts from Canada followed 20,000 men and women aged 40 to 70... read more

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Shame on cereal giants making legal demands that will make more children fatter

I was angered, but not surprised, by the news that Kellogg’s is trying to wriggle out of new junk food rules that mean some of its more sugary products cannot... read more

Pharmacists call on No10 to allow chemists to prescribe alternative HRT medication

Women are having to deal with a shortage in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) supplies amid rising demand for such treatment. What is HRT?  Hormone replacement... read more

Covid? What Covid? UK’s daily hospital admissions and deaths fall again while cases tumble to 11,000

Restriction-free Britain’s Covid outbreak is still firmly in retreat as cases and hospitalisations and deaths continue to tumble. Daily UK Health Security... read more

NHS hospitals have spent £800,000 on building nearly 740 gender-neutral toilets over past four years

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust  Gender neutral toilets: 63 Total cost: £586,080 A spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘The FOI request did not specify a def... read more

US daily Covid cases surge 59% in two weeks as New York records most infections since January

America’s daily Covid cases have surged 59 percent in two weeks, data show — as New York records the most infections in 24 hours since January amid warn... read more

Covid UK: England’s outbreak slumps to lowest size since BEFORE Omicron took off in mid-December

Restriction-free England’s Covid cases have plunged to the brink of a five-month low, official data revealed today in another justification for the Govern... read more

Vietnamese man, 24, needed to get a 2cm-thick steel nut DRILLED off his ‘strangled’ penis

A 24-year-old Vietnamese man had to have a steel nut cut from his penis using a drill after getting it stuck while pleasuring himself. The unidentified patient ... read more