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New town dentist disputes NHS ‘no need’ claim
A dental practice in Nottinghamshire says it has been told it cannot offer NHS treatment because there is deemed to be “no need” for it in the area. Toothbank aims to open in The Square, Beeston, later this month, offering private care but has been unable to obtain an NHS contract from the local integrated care board (ICB). Practice director …
Read More »Charity Cosmic to support parents whose children are sent to ICU
BBC Charlotte Creevy was supported by a charity after her son stopped breathing Charlotte Creevy’s son Seth was two weeks old when he stopped breathing and was rushed to intensive care at a London hospital. “What kept going through my mind was, ‘Is he going to live or die?'” Charlotte said Seth had contracted three viruses and needed respiratory support. …
Read More »Obesity jabs: Help needed to keep weight off after stopping them
People coming off obesity jabs like Wegovy and Mounjaro should have check-ups for at least a year to make sure they don’t pile weight back on, new advice for the NHS says. It’s not uncommon for people to regain most of what they shed once they stop treatment, experience shows. The guidance, from health assessment body NICE, warns weight management …
Read More »Plastic pollution ‘grave and growing’ health threat: Lancet
Large amounts of rubbish made from plastic can be seen washed-up on the shores of the harbour at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, November 19, 2018. — Reuters Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review …
Read More »NHS England told to keep patients in Powys waiting for operations
Emilia Belli Westminster correspondent, BBC Wales News Mel Wallace Mel Wallace was a keen motorbike rider but now, as she waits for a hip replacement, she struggles to put her own socks on NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy delays after a health board asked English hospitals to copy Wales’ longer waiting …
Read More »Gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out begins across the UK
Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Joey Knock Joey decided to pay a private pharmacy for a course of gonorrhoea vaccinations in 2024 Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly …
Read More »Artists help Tamworth pupils and cancer centre users create murals
Clare Lissaman BBC News, West Midlands Nue People who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists have worked with children and users of a wellbeing and cancer support centre to create new murals in a Staffordshire town. Local artists Kate O and Wingy worked with pupils from …
Read More »Why is it so hard to say no?
Dr Sunita Sah explains to Drs Xand and Chris van Tulleken why many people find it difficult. Source link
Read More »What are all these microplastics doing to our brains?
A picture of a human brain taken by a positron emission tomography scanner, also called PET scan, is seen on a screen on January 9, 2019, at the Regional and University Hospital Center of Brest (CRHU – Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Brest), western France. — AFP PARIS: Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in …
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