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OK! MagazineCoronation Street star says 'nothing can be done' as he gives sad health update
Coronation Street actor Rob Mallard, who plays Daniel Osbourne on the cobbles, has opened up about his health on BBC's Morning Live and said 'nothing can be done'
- Yorkshire Live
UK hit by highly contagious virus with 'don't go to work or school' warning issued
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued an urgent warning as cases of the highly contagious norovirus have spiked
- Birmingham Live
Anne Diamond rushed to hospital after paramedics 'went white' when they saw her
The GB News broadcaster has revealed she was rushed to hospital amid a terrifying health scare and gave viewers an update on her condition today (Saturday May 18).
- Liverpool Echo
Mum's warning after son became 'very ill' after holiday
Alfred Roper became very ill after a family holiday
- Hello!
This Morning's Josie Gibson shares health update after 'severe' illness and hospitalisation
Star of This Morning, Josie Gibson, has shared a health update after the presenter found herself suffering from a "severe" bout of illness which resulted in hospitalisation…
- CNN
Woman claims Alzheimer’s symptoms were reversed after five years
In “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient,” CNN chief medical correspondent follows Alzheimer’s patient Cici Zerbe who says her symptoms have been reversed after participating in Dr. Dean Ornish’s clinical trial on the effects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease. That peer-reviewed study will be published in the journal “Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy” in June 2024. Dr. Ornish’s program includes a plant-based diet, regular exercise, group support, yoga or meditation.Watch the full documentary on CNN’s “The Whole Story” premiering on May 19th at 8p et/pt and streaming on MAX on June 18th.
- Birmingham Live
DWP issues new update on PIP cost of living payments and says 'it is right'
The Government has addressed financial concerns over the levels of support provided to those on disability benefits
- Yahoo Life UK
'Working on a men’s psychiatric ward drove me to the brink'
Dealing with violent patients and seeing the devastating effects of drugs was all in a day's work for mental health nurse Camara McKenzie.
- OK! Magazine
'It can be debilitating' Rob Mallard opens up about health battle
'It can be debilitating' Rob Mallard opens up about health battle
- Belfast Live
Belfast woman says routine health check 'saved her life' after revealing dangerously high blood pressure
“Thinking about how different things could have been has had a big impact on me mentally”
- The Guardian
What is cryptosporidiosis, and how can people avoid getting infected?
As cases in Brixham, Devon, rise, here’s what we know about the infectious disease and the parasite that causes it
- People
Filmmaker's Parents Choose Medical Aid in Dying, End Their Lives in Emotional Docuseries: Editing 'Was Hell' (Exclusive)
Serene Meshel-Dillman opens up to PEOPLE about her six-part docuseries, 'Take Me Out Feet First,' saying the decision to end your life "should be a human right"
- Daily Echo
Passengers isolating on cruise ship after norovirus outbreak
P&O Ventura left Southampton last weekend on a cruise of the Canary Islands.
- Sky video
Devon: Confirmed cases of disease more than double to 46 after parasite found in drinking water
The confirmed cases of a waterborne disease caused by a parasite have more than doubled.
- The Telegraph
The NHS is killing us – and gradually bankrupting the nation while it does so
Jeremy Hunt is right about one thing: if you think you’re overtaxed by the Tories, it’s guaranteed to be even worse under Labour.
- CNN
New virus variants threaten a summer Covid-19 wave
A new crop of virus variants, dubbed FLiRTs, threatens to disrupt the disease’s downward trend this summer. CNN’s Meg Tirrell reports.
- Associated Press
They were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors
The 35 American and other international doctors came to Gaza in volunteer teams to help one of the territory’s few hospitals still functioning. Palestinian doctors and nurses who are beyond exhausted after seven months of treating never-ending waves of civilians wounded in Israel’s war with Hamas. "I did not expect that (it) will be that bad,” said Dr. Ammar Ghanem, an ICU specialist from Detroit with the Syrian American Medical Society.
- Wales Online
Fruit fly egg warning for anyone who makes common ketchup mistake
More than half of us think this is OK, with many also making a takeaway mistake that could cause illness
- CNN
How a medical mystery in Guam led to a new approach to Alzheimer’s disease
As part of his reporting for “The Last Alzheimer’s Patient” documentary, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to learn more about an ethnobotanist’s audacious theory on treating Alzheimer’s disease. After Dr. Paul Cox, founder of the nonprofit Brain Chemistry Labs, discovered the source of a mysterious neurodegenerative disease afflicting people in Guam, those clues led him to a novel way of thinking about Alzheimer’s and a simple amino acid called L-serine. Watch the full documentary on CNN’s “The Whole Story” premiering on May 19 at 8p ET/PT and streaming on MAX on June 18.
- Manchester Evening News
DWP minister issues PIP update on 'comprehensive' assessment criteria
The DWP Minister has given an update on PIP assessments after a question from an SNP MP