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[ad_1] Miles Cross has been jailed for selling chemicals online to help people kill themselves [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesThe new NHS online hospital service being launched in England next year will initially focus on menopause, prostate and eye conditions.The NHS has selected nine different conditions in total for the service which will be available through the NHS app in 2027.The service, which was first announced in September, will allow patients to have assessments, check-ups and follow-up appointments online and will have its own dedicated

[ad_1] An overhaul of US childhood immunisation guidelines has dropped the number of diseases children should be vaccinated against from 17 to 11.The new list of recommended vaccines, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, includes polio and measles vaccines, but others, like hepatitis A and B, and Covid vaccines, are recommended based on risk and "shared clinical decision-making" between doctors and parents, the announcement said.

[ad_1] Available for 32 daysIn Can I Believe My Eyes? writer and presenter Chris Tally Evans takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Through the lens of his own visual impairment Chris talks to fellow visually impaired people who have experienced this rare and sometimes misunderstood phenomenon. Enter a world in which people literally see objects transform from one thing into another and experience everything

[ad_1] A surgeon found to have stripped naked in a toilet cubicle and inferred to a colleague that they have sex in it has been struck off the medical register.Dr Samuel Stefan was working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth when the junior colleague who had been chatting with him online organised to meet him in toilets at the hospital.The man said he had organised to meet there as

[ad_1] Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty ImagesWellbeing has become such a priceless (or in many cases pricey) endeavour that we can't seem to get enough of it.Last year, we were mainlining magnesium, consuming creatine - a muscle boosting supplement that became mainstream, and we turned to AI chatbots for help with anything from a personalised training regime to a daily meal plan.And, that's against a backdrop of more

[ad_1] From protecting against ageing to helping you sleep, Dr Alex George lists the benefits of running. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reportersGetty ImagesAll young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS.The vaccine will be combined with the existing MMR jab, given at 12 and 18 months of age, which already helps protect against measles, mumps and rubella. Children up to the age of six can catch up on doses when invited.Experts say the new,

[ad_1] ContributedEdward was one of the first children in England to be given the gene therapy Zolgensma through the NHSA five-year-old boy who received the world's most expensive drug as a baby has made "incredible progress" and can walk independently, his mother said.Edward, from Colchester, has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) which means he lacks a protein vital for muscle development.He was one of the first children in England to be

[ad_1] A woman says she felt "so guilty" for having skin cancer while pregnant with her son.Emma Giannuzzi, 36, from Rogerstone, Newport, used sunbeds regularly in her late teens and was diagnosed with melanoma twice - first at 23, and again during pregnancy after noticing a mole on her stomach, with tests after giving birth confirming the cancer.She is now urging people to opt for fake tanning products instead, warning