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UK faces ‘tsunami’ of silent killer diease in ‘people who are normal weight’

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Sarah Carter

The UK faces a “tsunami” of a silent killer disease with eight major risk factors named. According to the British Liver Trust ...

Long COVID Finally Has A Definition – And Over 200 Possible Symptoms

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Sarah Carter

A group of experts working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) have proposed a new definition for long ...

Former Teesside engineer talks Parkinson’s battle, ‘invaluable’ support and 100-mile challenge

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Sarah Carter

A “dedicated” Teessider has walked 100-miles for a charity close to his heart. Ex-engineer Adrian Wrigley first experienced symptoms of Parkinson’s in ...

How to know if (and when) you’re going to go bald

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Sarah Carter

Losing hair is an issue many men worry about. That is understandable, because by the age of 70, between 96 and 100 ...

Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox

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Sarah Carter

A 16th-century cemetery in Peru holds the remains of two toddlers whose skeletons still show the devastating impact of smallpox in the ...

Combining Alzheimer’s drugs extends patients’ lives, study finds

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Sarah Carter

New research provides evidence that using two common Alzheimer’s disease medications together can significantly increase patients’ chances of surviving beyond five years ...

I can’t save someone having a heart attack if you call 999 for the flu | UK News

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Sarah Carter

This is no longer a job for life (Picture: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images) I am exhausted.  When I first joined the ...

There’s A New COVID Variant, KP.3 – These Are The Symptoms

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Sarah Carter

It’s been over four years since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, and despite best efforts, the virus that causes it is still ...

I thought I was just hot and sweaty from the Tube

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Sarah Carter

WHEN Will Wise started to feel hot and sweaty on the Tube on the way to work one morning, he assumed it ...

Surprising & tasty way to beat hayfever and 14 other top tips to stifle the sniffles as pollen bomb hits

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Sarah Carter

YOU may rub your eyes in disbelief on reading this but experts reckon a good fix for hay fever is . . . chocolate. Oh, and ...