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Is my twice-yearly chest pain a worry? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

For the past 15 years I have had two or three episodes of chest pain a year, each lasting around 20 minutes. The pain doesn’t happen on exertion but radiates ... read more

Pill made from donated gut bacteria to beat nut allergy 

Pills containing donated gut bacteria could help treat people with food allergies, a trial suggests. The treatment is based on the theory that having the ‘wro... read more

Why nearly 40pc of cancers are only diagnosed when patients turn up at A&E

Today, Caron Nolan is undergoing major surgery for advanced bladder cancer. The mother of two from Bexley, Kent, is having her entire bladder and nearby lymph n... read more

The latest way to treat everything from obesity to sore knees? Block your blood vessels

Blocked blood vessels cause millions of heart attacks and strokes around the world every year. However, doctors are now clogging blood vessels deliberately as a... read more

Women are more likely than men to suffer headaches

Women are more likely than men to suffer headaches… with some falling unwell for at least half of every month, study reveals Researchers found that 6 per ... read more

Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics can double women’s risk of diabetes, study claims

Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics and non-stick pans may DOUBLE women’s risk of diabetes, study claims US researchers looked at 3,... read more

What IS the best condition to eat your banana in?

Some people prefer their bananas yellow with a tinge of green, while others prefer the sugary sweetness of a banana that has brown spots on the peel. But it’s... read more

Premature baby weighing 1lb is the smallest ever to survive an incomplete esophagus, doctors say

Baby born at 23 weeks weighing just ONE POUND and with an esophagus that did not connect the mouth and stomach is ‘smallest ever’ to survive the con... read more

How drones delivering defibrillators could save lives in Britain

Earlier this year, a 71-year-old man in the Swedish city of Trollhattan was shovelling snow outside his house when he suffered a cardiac arrest — his heart su... read more

Miracle Michigan mom, 31, survives two high-risk pregnancies in just two years

A Michigan woman who was born with a severe, potentially deadly, heart defect believed it would be too dangerous for her to ever have children, but is now livin... read more

Would YOU volunteer to test a vaccine for Ebola? Dental nurse was the first in the world to have it

Dental nurse Caroline Heath readily admits she’d never have considered taking part in a trial for a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus if she hadn’t hap... read more

Smoking cannabis out of a bong triggers four times more toxic fumes

Breathing in second-hand cannabis smoke from a bong exposes people to four times more toxic pollutants than those from a standard cigarette, a study has found. ... read more

Philadelphia to BRING BACK mask mandate as ‘stealth’ variant fuels rise in cases

BREAKING: Philadelphia to BRING BACK mask mandate as ‘stealth’ variant fuels rise in cases Philadelphia is reinstating its indoor mask mandate start... read more

Moderna launches clinical trials of flu vaccines using mRNA technology deployed in Covid jabs

Moderna launches clinical trials of flu vaccines using mRNA technology deployed in Covid jabs US-based company will administer one dose of the vaccines to 560 p... read more

UK’s Covid cases continue to plunge and hospital pressure eases

Covid cases continued to plummet today as Downing Street rejected calls by NHS chiefs for the return of masks amid record infection rates.  Another 91,304 n... read more

Girl, three, was left ‘dead behind the eyes’ after ‘suffering food poisoning from Kinder Surprise’

A girl was left looking ‘dead behind the eyes’ after allegedly contracting salmonella from a Kinder Surprise chocolate egg. Charlotte Wingfield, tho... read more

White House pandemic chief says he is not ‘overly concerned’ about increase in Covid cases

Covid cases are starting to slightly rise once again in parts of the U.S. after nearly three months of declines coming off of the massive winter Omicron surge. ... read more

Scientists reckon they’ve got a cure for premature ejaculation.. but it involves ZAPPING the penis

Zapping the penis could combat premature ejaculation, doctors claim. One man who underwent the therapy was able to last roughly seven times longer in bed. He un... read more

Malaysian woman, 63, develops a 5cm-long ‘HORN’ on her breast after rare case of itchy viral warts

Malaysian woman, 63, develops a 5cm-long ‘HORN’ on her breast after rare case of itchy viral warts Patient told doctors growths spontaneously appear... read more

Woman born with vocal chord paralysis

Woman, 29, with vocal chord paralysis who struggles to speak loudly reveals she’s been forced to quit her job at a dog groomers and can never go to the pu... read more

Schoolgirl, 12, left on the brink of death hours after A&E doctors dismissed meningitis as a cold

A 12-year-old schoolgirl was left on the brink of death after doctors dismissed meningitis as a common cold. Harri Tuson, now 13, from Eltham in London, was tak... read more

NHS chiefs call for the return of masks and limits on indoor mixing

Health chiefs want Britons to follow a string of new Covid measures to fight record infection rates in the UK and ease pressure on the NHS. NHS Confederation a... read more

Having a sense of purpose in life can slash risk of developing dementia, study suggests 

Having a sense of purpose in life can slash risk of developing dementia, study suggests Feeling a sense of purpose can lower risk of developing dementia, study... read more

Why are doctors warning against £300 blood test that can spot dozens of diseases before they strike?

Covid testing chain Randox is poised to convert its high street walk-in centres into blood-testing clinics offering a universal screening that can spot the earl... read more