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Poor sleep linked to rising cancer risk in under-50s
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Poor sleep linked to rising cancer risk in under-50s

Findings add to growing efforts to explain why cancer rates are increasing among younger adults worldwidePoor sleep may be fuelling the global rise in under-50s being diagnosed with cancer, two large...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
The Papers: 'Putin pushes Nato to brink' and 'groundbreaking' breast cancer test
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The Papers: 'Putin pushes Nato to brink' and 'groundbreaking' breast cancer test

Several of the papers have focused on the Russian drone that hit a block of flats in Romania on Friday.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
Anger at decision not to extradite Canadian suicide kit supplier to face UK justice
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Anger at decision not to extradite Canadian suicide kit supplier to face UK justice

Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in Canada to sending products internationally, knowing they would probably be used to end livesBereaved families whose loved ones were the victims of an online supplier of s...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism
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Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism

London exhibition explores how care and protest improved rights and dignity of those living with diseaseFrom photos of a mass “die-in” by Aids activists in Trafalgar Square, London, in the 1990s to pl...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Sunbed group in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
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Sunbed group in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn

Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insistin...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Man accused of shooting woman dead outside bar avoids court due to 'mental health'
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Man accused of shooting woman dead outside bar avoids court due to 'mental health'

A man accused of shooting a woman dead outside a Sheffield bar has been remanded in custody - but did not appear in court due to his "mental health".

Sky News - UK4 months ago
Cameron urges government to reject 'disappointing' prostate cancer screening guidance
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Cameron urges government to reject 'disappointing' prostate cancer screening guidance

The government has been urged to reject advice not to roll out a national prostate cancer screening programme, with former prime minister Lord David Cameron describing the recommendation as a "real st...

Sky News - UK4 months ago
Salmonella infections in England at highest level in a decade, figures show
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Salmonella infections in England at highest level in a decade, figures show

Cases remain ‘consistently high’ – with 10,406 infections last year, 26% more than in 2016The number of people in England struck by salmonella poisoning after eating contaminated food has reached its...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Most UK men should not be offered prostate cancer screening, experts say
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Most UK men should not be offered prostate cancer screening, experts say

Government will consider committee’s guidance that says mass screening ‘likely to cause more harm than good’Most men in the UK will not be offered prostate cancer screening if the government accepts t...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report?
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‘A record of failure’: what’s in the first part of Alan Milburn’s Neet report?

The former minister paints damning picture of structural issues affecting 1 million young people in the UKAlan Milburn, the Blair-era cabinet minister turned social mobility adviser, has delivered the...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Resident doctors in England to stage four-day strike in June
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Resident doctors in England to stage four-day strike in June

BMA blames new health secretary for decision to stage 16th strike in long-running jobs and pay disputeResident doctors in England will next month stage the 16th strike in their long-running jobs and p...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer
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Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer

Bondi, who was diagnosed shortly after being ousted in April, is also joining the White House's new advisory council on AI.

BBC News - UK4 months ago
UK nurses and midwives who should have been banned have worked for last 12 years
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UK nurses and midwives who should have been banned have worked for last 12 years

Exclusive: Nursing and Midwifery Council admits it did not carry out checks on professionals who broke the lawNurses and midwives who should have been banned from treating patients have practised ove...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Labour says Reform UK ‘in chaos’ as Zia Yusuf publicly tells Jenrick he’s got party’s deportation policy wrong – as it happened
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Labour says Reform UK ‘in chaos’ as Zia Yusuf publicly tells Jenrick he’s got party’s deportation policy wrong – as it happened

‘Robert’s answer is not Reform policy’, Yusuf said about an answer that Jenrick gave to journalists days earlierKeir Starmer has said that SNP leaders need to explain why they did not realise that Pet...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
DR Congo seek World Cup ticket refunds after Ebola outbreak
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DR Congo seek World Cup ticket refunds after Ebola outbreak

DR Congo fans hoping to watch their side's return to the World Cup face a major hurdle as the US imposes travel restrictions following the latest Ebola outbreak.

BBC News - UK4 months ago
Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing? – podcast
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Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing? – podcast

Home red-light therapy devices have exploded in popularity as masks, body wraps and mittens promise to reduce wrinkles, redness and even acne. But do the claims stack up, and what other benefits are s...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Motorbike hits spectators at Isle of Man TT Races
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Motorbike hits spectators at Isle of Man TT Races

Eight people were taken to hospital after a motorbike rider crashed into a crowd of spectators on the opening day of practice in the Isle of Man TT Races. 

Sky News - UK4 months ago
Misinformation about perimenopause on social media ‘putting women at risk’
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Misinformation about perimenopause on social media ‘putting women at risk’

Dangers include unintended pregnancies, taking unnecessary medication and missed diagnoses, say expertsMisinformation about perimenopause is putting women at risk of unintended pregnancies, unnecessar...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Key facts to counter online misinformation about perimenopause
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Key facts to counter online misinformation about perimenopause

Experts say some social media advice could obscure underlying health problems or create risk of unintended pregnanciesA growing number of women are seeing misleading information about perimenopause on...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms
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NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms

Radiologists say ‘ballooning’ costs reflect staffing failures, forcing a reliance on lower-quality private scan reportsThe NHS is paying private firms record sums to analyse diagnostic scans because h...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago