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Air pollution, plastic, worrying too much, sitting too much, forgetting to floss, coffee, eating burgers - sometimes it can feel as if everything in life is conspiring to kill us. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: Up to one in 15 fresh supermarket chickens are 'highly contaminated' with deadly food poisoning bug... so is YOUR store the worst offender?
Campylobacter is the most common source of food poisoning. It typically causes diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting that gets better naturally within a week. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than one in ten ex-smokers who vape could relapse under Rishi Sunak's plan to restrict flavours, Government assessment claims
The Department of Health highlighted research which estimated that 13 per cent of ex-smokers who vape could go back to cigarettes if flavours were not available. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Instagram's 'Big Tobacco' tactics? Eyebrow-raising study (funded by the tech giant) claims social media app doesn't trigger anxiety or depression, despite tonne of research stating the opposite
A UK study found that there was no significant link between browsing or posting videos and images or interacting with others' posts on Instagram and levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Subjecting migrants to X-rays and MRI scans to check how old they are is unethical and inaccurate, experts claim
New laws came into force in January that allow the Home Office to use X-rays of wrists and teeth, and MRI scans of thighs and collarbones to establish whether a migrant is under the age of 16. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS 'bed blocking' crisis laid bare: Up to one in THREE beds are taken up by medically-fit patients with nowhere to go at busiest hospitals
Across the country, an average of 13,662 patients were stuck in hospital every day in February 2024 even though they were fit to be discharged. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Smacking 'should be completely banned': Child health chiefs demand end of loophole that allows parents to use 'reasonable punishment' because there are 'no instances where it is acceptable'
Laws must be changed to ensure smacking a child is not seen as acceptable in any circumstances, a landmark report demands. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New mutant strain of monkeypox with 'pandemic potential' is discovered in Congo village - as health officials call for 'urgent measures' to contain it
The concerning discovery was made in Kamituga - a poor, densely populated gold mining town that is feared to be ripe for an explosive outbreak . So far there have been 108 cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS hospitals heavily reliant on locum doctors charging up to £850 per shift are 'undoubtedly' risking patient safety, study warns
While temporary staff are a 'vital resource' to plug workforce gaps, issues such as unfamiliarity with protocols and procedures mean they 'pose patient safety challenges' for the NHS, experts say. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inside the 'death party' of a woman, 45, on Canada's radical assisted suicide program: Sipping tequila with velvet slippers on to Rod Stewart's Forever Young
Dr Yolanda Martins, from Canada (left), was living with LAM and died via Canada's MAiD. In San Diego, Betsy Davis (right) was suffering from ALS and had a party to say goodbye to loved ones. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Operation prevent the next pandemic: Biden administration announces new treaty with 50 countries to identify next killer pathogens
President Joe Biden 's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My terrifying 100-day cough: A&E doctor tells how she was left unable to breathe for 30 seconds by whooping cough - as cases soar around the country. So should you be worried?
DR SALEYHA AHSAN: I'm now at Day 23 of the '100-day' cough. What I have is whooping cough. It started with a mild cough in March, but within days I had severe coughing fits. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bloody revolting! Disgusted Instagram users are horrified by woman using period blood as face mask...but she says the liquid is 'pure and fresh'
Sarah Sol, 32, who is based in both Egypt and Indonesia, claims that using her own menstrual blood is the key to her youthful skin, though medical experts warn against the practice. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Did Drake get a nose job and a BBL? Plastic surgeons weigh in as rap feud with former friend Rick Ross gets ugly and personal
While the nose job accusation is new, rumors that Drake - whose real name is Aubrey Graham - has had work done on his body have been circulating for years. DailyMail.com put the claims to surgeons. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts say THIS is how often you need to be washing your makeup brushes to avoid acne - and it's annoyingly often
Although it may be a loborious task, skin health experts say washing your makeup brushes at least once a week is essential for avoiding nasty problems like acne and infections. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
