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Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images It could apparently change the shape of my face, add pounds to my midriff, and even make my hair fall out. I feel like warnings about cortisol – a stress hormone I know very little about – have hijacked my social media accounts. I see posts advising me to drink a cortisol …

A health worker takes test tubes with plasma and blood samples after a separation process in a centrifuge during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2020. — Reuters A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new …

Maia Davies & Johanna Chisholm BBC News Getty Images Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying clinic Dignitas Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after it was backed by MPs …

A representational image of a tick carrying Congo virus. — APP/File Two house officers at Jinnah Hospital exhibited suspected symptoms of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), commonly known as Congo virus, triggering concern following deaths caused by the same virus in the Sindh province, it emerged on Saturday. Executive Director Jinnah Hospital Dr Shahid Rasool, while informing about the conditions …

A 21-year-old living with stage three endometriosis said a support group has helped her to feel less lonely. Mia Harrison, who lives in Bristol, has suffered with the condition since she was 12-years-old. Every month, she is left with “all encompassing” pain affecting her legs, stomach, back and head. Over the years, Ms Harrison has undergone two surgeries and trialled …

Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years. The scheme, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is part of a government drive towards predicting and preventing illness, which will also see £650m invested in DNA research for all patients by 2030. Health …

Kathy Brisbourne holds a placard as supporters of assisted dying gather outside the Parliament as British lawmakers debate the assisted dying law, in London, Britain, November 29, 2024. — Reuters  Britain’s parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for the country’s biggest social change in a generation. The legislation passed by …

A girl receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, on July 20, 2020. — Reuters Polio case confirmed in Bannu. Sixth case in KP this year. 74 cases recorded nationwide in 2024. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported its 12th poliovirus case of this year from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Friday, the Regional Reference Laboratory …

Fergus Walsh Medical editor PA Campaigners hold placards outside parliament in London Today’s vote is hugely significant. It now looks highly likely that assisted dying will be introduced in England and Wales. The vote by MPs to approve Kim Leadbeater’s bill is arguably the biggest vote regarding bodily autonomy since the legalisation of abortion in Great Britain in 1967. In …

A group of protesters gathered at Parliament Square as MPs debate the final stage of a bill today which could legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. One woman described her son dying of cancer in “excruciating pain” saying that assisted dying would have given him a choice. Another protester said that the bill would open “a floodgate” if passed. …