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Drug deaths DOUBLE in ten years to record high, disturbing data reveals – and our interactive map shows the areas worst hit by the crisis

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

NHS figures for drug fatalities include both illicit substances, like heroin and cocaine, as well legitimate, but still potentially dangerous, medications like prescription painkillers.NHS figures for …

Food giant Nestle targets ‘Ozempic face’ by selling skin-boosting collagen supplements alongside protein powders to combat muscle wasting and hair loss caused by weight loss drugs

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

The Swiss food giant Nestle launched a website GLP-1Nutrition this week designed for consumers taking the slimming injections, selling them vitamins, collagen.The Swiss food giant Nestle …

How the menopause is putting women’s HEARTS at risk: It increases their risk of a heart attack five-fold – yet many are unaware of the dangers. Here’s how to protect yours

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

When Vikie collapsed she assumed her chest pain was indigestion. It never crossed her mind that it might relate to her heart or that she …

‘I’m not going to beat breast cancer, so I want to make the best of the life I have left’: Mother-of-two, 42, with bleak diagnosis is ticking off ‘living list’, including adopting a baby, an Alps trek and seeing Oasis in concert

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

Roisin Pelan, from Preston in Lancashire, was clueless about her disease until she discovered a lump in her left breast in 2014. She was diagnosed with …

British Medical Association risks becoming ‘a vehicle for Jew hatred’ warn religious leaders… as Jewish medic is heckled for defending debates on Israel-Hamas war at union meeting

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

At the British Medical Association’s annual meeting, members shouted ‘shame’ as a female medic told delegates she was a ‘practicing Jew’.At the British Medical Association’s …

Shocking lack of NHS care revealed: A&E nurses laugh about not ‘hitting targets’ after patient waits 46 HOURS for attention while undercover footage leaves stroke expert in disbelief at ‘unacceptable’ practices

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

The Channel 4 documentary saw experts left in disbelief after it exposed the reality for members of the public inside the Emergency Department of the …

A stunning diet test every parent should read: This family put Joe Wicks’s theory that ultra-processed food causes bad behaviour to the test. The effect on eight-year-old Isobel’s tantrums was remarkable

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

For the past three years, peace has been in short supply for Kate and Mike Rawlings as the behaviour of their older child has spiralled …

I’ve proved you can stop junior doctors quitting the NHS… and it isn’t about money, writes PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

The lack of resolution is damaging for all and there seems no end in sight; indeed, the resolve of the junior doctors is hardening – …

New pill to beat common cause of heavy snoring could be on the way as trial finds disrupted breathing and broken sleep halved in participants

by DigitalNewsJune 25, 2024November 5, 20240

AD109, potentially the first ever drug treatment for heavy snorers, is thought to work by strengthening muscles in the airways to stop the tissue collapsing …

Loneliness isn’t just bad for mental health… it increases the risk of one of the world’s biggest killers by a shocking 56 per cent

by DigitalNewsJune 24, 2024November 5, 20240

Middle-aged people who reported feelings of isolation were significantly more likely to have a stroke over the next decade, according to a study by Harvard …