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UK Politics
Assisted dying Bill returns as MP tells Lords to let it proceed
Dame Esther Rantzen, the prominent campaigner for legalising assisted dying, has thrown her weight behind Labour MP Lauren Edwards as…
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UK Health
Experts tout passkeys but readers query smartphone PIN versus password safety
The fundamental weakness of passwords is that they rely on a “shared secret” – something the user knows and the…
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UK Health
London startup to test drug that blocks cytokine storm from cancer therapy
New drug trial could prevent deadly side-effect of cancer immunotherapy A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in London is about to…
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UK Health
Resident doctors in England abandon strike after Government proposal
The British Medical Association has acknowledged the positive changes made for resident doctors and patients over the past year, according…
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UK Health
Woman, 32, required hysterectomy after 5-litre blood loss during childbirth
Thousands of women are campaigning for better diagnosis of a dangerous pregnancy condition after a young mother lost more than…
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UK Health
Martha’s rule campaigner Merope Mills receives CBE in king’s honours
Merope Mills, a senior editor at the Guardian and the driving force behind the patient safety initiative known as Martha’s…
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UK Health
Paralysed man walks from hospital after gold-based therapy
Tony Newitt, 71, from Alcester, Warwickshire, feared he would never walk again or meet his infant granddaughter, Isabelle, after a…
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UK Environment
Reform on brink of internal environmental crisis
Reform UK voters are three times more likely to live in England’s most flood-prone constituencies than the national average, despite…
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UK Health
Travel insurance prevents health conditions disrupting your holiday
When Bernie Lawrence opened his travel insurance renewal quote and saw the figure £1,009, he says he “nearly fell over”.…
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UK Health
Biological ageing may be slowed by weight loss drugs, study indicates
GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide may slow the rate at which the body ages at a cellular level, the first…
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