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Mum, 36, left with giant CRATER in her leg after doctors dismissed ‘flaky skin’ for over a decade

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Sarah Carter

FOR 10 years, Megan Grieves went back and forth to the GP more than 30 times, searching for answers. A decade later ...

Mother, 32, nearly killed by multiple blood clots in lungs and leg after GP prescribes ‘wrong’ contraceptive pill

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Sarah Carter

By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline and John Ely Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline 10:40 10 May 2024, updated 10:44 10 ...

Why aren’t GPs  warning patients that they have a chronic and potentially life-threatening kidney disease –  even after it has been spotted in tests?

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Sarah Carter

The problem mostly affects people with high blood pressure and diabetes If not treated, patients are at risk of suffering kidney failure ...

My back pain is so severe I’m scared it will stop me walking

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Sarah Carter

By Dr Ellie Cannon for The Mail on Sunday 22:00 06 Jan 2024, updated 22:00 06 Jan 2024 I was diagnosed with ...

Doctors said I was going through the menopause

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Sarah Carter

A mother was diagnosed with a brain tumour after her symptoms were blamed on the menopause. Karen Griffiths, 60, from Eastbourne, Sussex, sought ...

DR ELLIE CANNON: My GP says there is no treatment for blood cancer. Is that right?

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Sarah Carter

By Dr Ellie Cannon for The Mail on Sunday 22:01 23 Dec 2023, updated 22:37 23 Dec 2023 I was diagnosed with ...

Five women betrayed by sex addict ‘Dirty Doctor’ aghast that he can still work as a GP as they reveal his catalogue of twisted lies

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William Turner

To the women he app-roached on dating websites, Tom Plimmer would make great capital of his status as a GP. There is ...

Absurd rules that mean you can get a vital shingles jab if you’re 65 or 70

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Sarah Carter

With its agonisingly painful rash, fever and headaches – and risk of serious complications including pneumonia, permanent vision and hearing loss, as ...

Would Botox jab perk up my droopy eyelids? Ask the GP DR MARTIN SCURR

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Sarah Carter

Q: I have excess skin on my eyelids, which I would like to have removed, non-surgically. I’ve heard that Botox could help ...

Ask the GP DR MARTIN SCURR

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Sarah Carter

Are there any treatments for vertigo? My consultant discharged me from the balance clinic earlier this year after an MRI and other ...