Health Secretary Victoria Atkins orders NHS bosses to reveal fate of 9,000 trans children treated at the scandal-hit Tavistock after zealous clinicians blocked sweeping review into safety of puberty blockers
The health service will launch a new review of adult services will serve as a 'Cass, part two', encompassing the whole field after experts were blocked from tracking the fate of trans children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman's rare disease causes 20-pound tumor to grow out of her neck - the mass is so large she carries it around in a sling
WARNING: Story contains graphic images. A 30-year-old woman from Germany with a rare disease that causes growths on the body has a tumor so large it is 20 percent of her body weight. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Life-changing' once-a-day migraine pill which halves the number of crippling attacks gets green light for NHS use
The pill - sold under the brand name Aquipta and made by pharmaceutical company AbbVie - could be a blessing for some 170,000 sufferers in England. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Half of NHS workers have looked for jobs outside the health service amid high workload and stress levels, research finds
Around 47 per cent have looked at work outside the NHS and 29 per cent have actively inquired about non-NHS work, researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Giving mothers KETAMINE-based drug immediately after childbirth 'cuts their risk of postnatal depression'
A single low dose of esketamine, a high-strength form of powerful hallucinogenic, decreased the number of major depressive episodes 42 days after birth by about three-quarters. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Children addicted to tech including smartphones are more at risk of psychosis, study suggests
Scientists found that smartphone and social media use in adolescence is linked to paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and 'bizarre ideas' by the time a person reaches 23. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Girls with a male twin develop 'manly' behaviors - because of extra testosterone passed to them in the womb, study shows
Scientists are increasingly showing interesting effects that girls with male twins may have developed in the womb. This branches from a well established tenet in animal biology. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird flu outbreak in NYC animals prompts new health alert: New Yorkers are told to STAY AWAY from wildlife
Geese, falcons and hawks living in Manhattan's parks and green spaces have tested positive for the virus, officials say, warning cases could be more widespread. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Campaign launched to ban Lunchables from free school meals as report finds they contain toxic METALS
The watchdog group Consumer Reports tested 12 store-bought versions of Lunchables and other ready-meal kits, including from Armour LunchMakers and Good & Gather. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pet cat passes rare fungal infection to vet tech who is left with gruesome sores: CDC reveals third US case
A veterinarian in Kansas came in contact with a cat infected with a rare fungus [shown], causing gruesome sores starting in her finger and running up her arm. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meet the doctors who doled out puberty blockers to a generation of vulnerable children, including a girl just because she liked Thomas the Tank Engine as a toddler - and how some are still offering the powerful drugs privately...
Who are the medics at the heart of the scandal that sparked the need for the landmark Cass report in the first place? And who are the doctors still privately providing questionable treatments? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Laborer, 20, has two healthy fingers amputated to treat his 'body dysmorphia'
A man in Canada, 20, had two of his fingers removed after feeling they 'should not belong to his body.' He was diagnosed with body integrity identity disorder, which has been seen in just 200 people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are YOU living in a secret forever chemical hotspot? Interactive map shows parts of US where cancer-causing PFAS toxins are most common in drinking water - after Biden's new ban
More than 70million Americans live in homes with PFAS-contaminated water and researchers from the US Geological Survey found PFAS in 45 percent of the country's water sources. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marriage and babies really DO make women happier, says top researcher who's spent 20 years studying relationships
Young women are choosing not to get married at their own peril. Marriage has a bevy of benefits for your mental, physical and financial health, an expert writes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Joe Wicks blames ultra-processed junk for explosion of children with ADHD as he reveals he 'ran on sugar' as a kid and thinks his love of Sunny Delight, Wagon Wheels and jam sandwiches caused his 'behavioural issues'
The nation's favourite work-out guru, nicknamed the Body Coach warned 'every child' now appears to have an ADHD diagnosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
