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Elderberry for Colds and the Flu: Is It Really an Effective Cure?

Elderberry is an immune-boosting supplement that has been used for centuries to fight off the flu. Since it’s cheap and easy to make, elderberry is a popu... read more

Male pride could be causing older women to miss out on IVF, experts warn

Male pride could be causing older women to miss out on IVF, experts warn 25 per cent of UK couples who opt against IVF do so because a partner objects Average c... read more

Compulsory Covid jabs for NHS staff could be delayed for half a year after Tory revolt and protests

Mandatory vaccines for NHS staff could be pushed back by half a year, it was revealed last night, following nationwide protests over the requirement and amid de... read more

GP complaints treble in a year: ‘majority’ of concerns over patients struggling to make appointment

Complaints about GPs have almost tripled in a year with the ‘vast majority’ of those coming from people who were unable to book an appointment due t... read more

Donating Blood: Advantages, Side Effects, and More

There are a lot of benefits of giving blood to those who are in need. As stated by the American Red Cross, one blood donation can save about three lives. Moreov... read more

Boris and Carrie’s baby daughter Romy suffered ‘quite badly’ with bout of Covid

Experts warn parents not to panic about Omicron’s effect on children, after it was revealed Boris Johnson’s six-week-old daughter Romy suffered R... read more

As exercise bikes are linked to incontinence DR PHILIPPA KAYE asks if spin class could be root cause

The patient, in her 50s, wasn’t so much embarrassed as perplexed.  She had, in recent months, begun to suffer an inability to hold on when she had the urge t... read more

Cancer patients set to receive tucatinib tumour-melting wonder drug ahead of wider NHS rollout

A breast cancer drug that can melt away tumours in weeks has been given the green light for NHS patients in Scotland – raising hopes that health chiefs across... read more

Doctors debate if women should be given a smear test ever five years as people explode at prospect

At the start of this year, health chiefs in Wales announced a big change to their cervical cancer screening programme – women would get a smear test every fiv... read more

HEALTH NOTES: The mushroom extract chewing gum that fights Covid

HEALTH NOTES: Mushroom chewing gum fights Covid By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 22 January 2022 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 22 January 2022 Chewing g... read more

400,000 NHS patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis to benefit from new daily pill rollout

All NHS patients with a painful type of arthritis triggered by the skin condition psoriasis will now be able to benefit from a drug that dramatically reduces sy... read more

Covid experts say it’s time to stop subjecting school pupils to weekly swab tests

Over the past 11 months, Tilly Ward, who is just two, has been tested for Covid-19 no fewer than nine times. Every time she gets a tickly throat, she’s requir... read more

Can my husband stop the spread of his itchy red rash? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

My husband has had a dark red, itchy rash since last August.  It started on the back of his knees and has spread to his inner thighs, armpits, ankles, arms an... read more

WHO lowers recommended age for children to be eligible for Pfizer Covid vaccine to five years old

The World Health Organization (WHO) has lowered its minimum recommended age for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine from 12 to five years old. The organization no... read more

Covid booster shots can reduce risk of hospitalization from the Omicron variant by 90%

Receiving a COVID-19 booster shot can reduce a person’s risk of being hospitalized with the Omicron variant by 90 percent, a new report from the Centers f... read more

Pharmacists can now refer obese people to free weight loss courses to help reduce burden on NHS 

Pharmacists can now refer obese people to free weight loss courses to help reduce burden on NHS Pharmacists can from today refer obese people to free weight los... read more

Covid cases are already rising again among primary school children, official data shows 

Covid infections are rising among primary school children in England, official data shows in what could be a sign of the back-to-school effect. Statisticians at... read more

Half of the 3,187 ‘Covid patients’ in Massachusetts hospitals admitted for an unrelated condition 

Almost half of ‘Covid hospitalizations’ in Massachusetts are among people who were admitted for a non-virus related reason. The revelation by state ... read more

Ministers slammed over classroom ventilation scheme as children sit in freezing classrooms

Ministers have been accused of leaving thousands of schoolchildren to shiver through a second Covid winter in freezing classrooms by being slow to act over vent... read more

Could CBD help in the fight against Covid?

CBD — the trendy cannabis-derived supplement — may help fight off a Covid infection, a lab study suggests. A team of researchers from the University of Chi... read more

Is UK’s Omicron wave already flattening off? Daily Covid cases drop just 4% in a week

There were signs the UK’s wave of Omicron infections was starting to level off today as the country reported just a 4 per cent fall in daily cases — but... read more

Nicola Sturgeon ‘seriously twisted Covid figures to suggest Scotland better off than in England’

Nicola Sturgeon is accused of ‘twisting’ Covid figures to make England look worse as Lib Dems report her to UK statistics watchdog Nicola Sturgeon h... read more

UK health chiefs are now officially keeping tabs on ‘stealth’ version of Omicron

British health chiefs are now officially keeping tabs on a ‘stealth’ version of Omicron amid fears it may have spread to more than 1,000 people.  T... read more

Should UK ditch daily Covid data updates?

Scientists today called on the Government to stop publicising its daily Covid figures because they are becoming ‘misleading’ and fuelling an ‘... read more