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NHS rejects ketamine for depression as psychiatrists accuse NICE of mental health discrimination

A row has broken out between NHS spending watchdogs and top mental health doctors over approval of a controversial ketamine-based antidepressant. Spravato, a na... read more

The tragedy of young sepsis deaths is that many are preventable, writes DR RON DANIELS

Last weekend, Guardian journalist Merope Mills wrote, in harrowing detail, of the catastrophic hospital failures that led to the death of her 13-year-old daught... read more

DR ELLIE CANNON: I’m anxious but not depressed – so why is my GP offering antidepressants?

I keep getting bouts of extreme anxiety – a panicked feeling that washes over me every few months, each time lasting just a couple of days. The GP suggested I... read more

Dr MICHAEL MOSELY says eating your biggest meal in the day does matter

You’ve probably heard the claim that if you want to lose weight you should ‘breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper’. The sugge... read more

Babies exposed to some pesticides while in womb are more likely to develop rare eye cancer

Fetuses exposed to pesticides often used on citrus and apple trees are up to 87 percent more likely to develop a rare type of eye cancer, a study suggests. Scie... read more

Man, 35, finds nose ring lost five years ago IN HIS LUNG

A Cincinnati man has re-discovered the nose ring he lost five years ago — lodged in his lung. Joey Lykins, 35, was rushed to the ER late last month with a sev... read more

Regular vaping can cause damage to the airways of a person’s lungs

Regular vape users could be putting themselves at risk of suffering obstructions to their lungs’ airways and asthma like symptoms, a new study finds. Rese... read more

Highly contagious virus killing rabbits can be transmitted by humans

Highly contagious virus has killed over a dozen rabbits in Connecticut and South Carolina this week: Virus can be transmitted by humans but won’t infect t... read more

Is Covid about to bounce back? England’s outbreak flattens off

Covid may be on the brink of flaring up again, leading experts claimed today amid signs that the virus has already bounced back in parts of England. Official fi... read more

E. coli outbreak linked to ground beef in popular HelloFresh meal kit service has hospitalized six 

E. coli outbreak linked to ground beef in popular HelloFresh meal kit service has hospitalized six An E. coli outbreak that has caused six hospitalizations link... read more

Chrissy Teigen reveals that the loss of late son Jack was the result of a life-saving abortion

Chrissy Teigen has revealed that her late son Jack’s passing in September 2020 was the result of a life-saving abortion, not a miscarriage as she original... read more

Netflix star Ava Michelle breaks down in tears as she issues warning about dangers of fentanyl

Netflix actress Ava Michelle has shared a stark warning about the dangers of fentanyl in an emotional video, one year after she suffered from the tragic loss of... read more

Feeling stressed? Reach for the stereo, not the snacks!

Feeling stressed? Reach for the stereo, not the snacks! Experts say listening to music by the likes of Amy Winehouse and Eminem can stop you comfort eating Ofte... read more

British Medical Journal faces backlash from leading scientists

Britain’s preeminent medical journal was today accused of giving hardline Covid scientists too much clout and risking being one-sided with its ‘Covi... read more

Surgeons use ELECTRIC GRINDER to remove metal ring from man’s penis after failed experiment

Surgeons use an ELECTRIC GRINDER to remove metal ring from man’s penis after it got stuck during ‘experiment with friends’ He confessed to med... read more

8 Ways to Implement Protein Powder Into Your Daily Routine

If you’re trying to boost your health, you may have heard a few good things about protein powder. Especially if you’re trying to figure out how to build up ... read more

Exposure to blue light can up the risk of early onset puberty and even disrupt fertility

Exposure to blue light from phones and tablets in childhood can increase production of reproductive hormones and up the risk of early onset puberty and even dis... read more

Revealed: Drinking a glass of milk and eating a yoghurt every day ‘could help stave off type 2 diabetes’

Drinking a glass of milk and eating a yoghurt every day may help to stave off type 2 diabetes, research suggests. But too much red, processed and even white mea... read more

Injections can reduce skin rashes and itches from severe eczema in children under 5, study finds

Millions of babies, toddlers and preschoolers with severe eczema could sleep through the night and see their skin rashes ease thanks to a monthly injection, a s... read more

Starbucks ‘Vanilla Espresso Triple Shot’ drink recalled over metal fragment fears

Starbucks ‘Vanilla Espresso Triple Shot’ drink recalled after metal fragments are found in the bottles Regulators issued the recall for 2,600 cans o... read more

Vast majority of Americans aged over-50 suffer joint pain

Vast majority of Americans aged over-50 suffer joint pain – and a third say it limits their day-to-day activities, worrying new study reveals Around 70% o... read more

NHS crisis: More than 1m patients left waiting 12 plus hours in A+E over last year, data reveals

More than a million patients faced 12-hour waits in overwhelmed A&E units last year, according to official statistics which lays bare the horrifying scale o... read more

YouTube causes more loss of sleep in teenagers than competing service Netflix

YouTube may be more harmful to the sleep of teenagers than Netflix or traditional TV, a new study finds.  Researchers at Flinders University, in Australia, fou... read more

Study shows 40% of patients treated with ketamine had depression symptoms disappear

While its use as an antidepressant may be controversial among health experts and regulators, the anesthetic drug ketamine has shown great affect as an antidepre... read more