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Yorkshire LiveUK 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
- OK! Magazine
Coronation 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'
- 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…
- 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
- 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
- OK! Magazine
'It can be debilitating' Rob Mallard opens up about health battle
'It can be debilitating' Rob Mallard opens up about health battle
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fortune
This is the best time of day to exercise for people living with obesity, new study shows
One hormone in particular may explain the health benefits of physical activity at this time.
- Birmingham Live
DWP admits missing 'six' chances to help disabled woman before death
DWP has admitted missing multiple opportunities to record the “vulnerability” of a disabled woman whose death was later linked to failings of the benefits system.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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"
- The Independent
Maine mass shooter had ‘severe’ traumatic brain injury from time as grenade instructor, family tells commission
‘I wish I had done everything in my power to get him the help he needed,’ the sister of the Maine mass shooter testifies
- The Telegraph
The NHS cares more about PR than patients
The Mafia-like NHS management style continues to endanger countless patients. Organisational and personal reputations are far too often placed far ahead of good practice and safe patient care by the use of skilled but expensive PR.
- The Guardian
Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts say
Scientists point to loopholes in new legislation that have been closed under European Union regulations
- Eastern Daily Press
Driving instructor in hospital after hit and run crash during lesson
A driving instructor is in hospital after a head-on crash with a van on the A47 Acle Straight on Thursday.
- The Telegraph
Inside the obesity capital of Britain
“If you want to write about Wigan, write about that guy over there – he’s the local crackhead and he just killed a pigeon,” says a teenager in the town centre near the Grand Arcade Shopping Centre.