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October 18, 2024
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Yogurt & Honey: 2 key ingredients in your DIY facial

Why are yogurt and honey so good for your skin?, plus 4 great masks that use them. What’s there not to say about by DIY face masks and facials? They’re cheap, fast, easy to make and 100% natural. They’re made up of simple foods you can find in almost any kitchen. Its ingredients have proven […]

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October 18, 2024
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Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in cost row

Jeannie Ambrose Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says Enhertu should be made available on the NHS More than a thousand patients with advanced breast cancer are being denied a drug that can keep them alive for longer. It is already available in 19 countries in Europe – including in Scotland – but […]

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October 18, 2024
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Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?

Getty The government has suggested weight-loss drugs could boost the economy by helping obese people in England get back to work. But NHS experts have warned treatment services are already overstretched trying to deal with unprecedented demand from patients wanting these drugs. How do Wegovy and Mounjaro work and how successful are they? There are […]

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October 17, 2024
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Boston doctor builds tool to identify risk for intimate partner violence

BOSTON – Dr. Bharti Khurana, an Emergency Radiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was leaving a trauma “hackathon” in 2016 when a nurse practitioner began talking about Intimate Partner Violence. For all the advances in medicine, the NP told the group, there was little attention paid to the root cause of the injuries that sends […]

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October 17, 2024
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Woman accidentally swallows wedding ring while taking vitamins, X-ray shows

An Atlanta woman was taking her daily vitamins on vacation when she accidentally swallowed her diamond wedding ring.  Dannah McMichael, 39, and her husband, Randy McMichael, were on vacation in Phuket, Thailand, when the unthinkable happened.  “We went out for dinner and drinks and when I got back, I wanted to shower,” she told SWNS. […]

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October 17, 2024
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Teen tobacco use falls to 25-year low as fewer pick up e-cigarettes

In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases and pouches are seen on a table on January 29, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Tobacco product use among middle and high school students has dropped to a 25-year low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and […]

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October 17, 2024
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Colsen tabletop fire pits recalled after 19 burn injuries

Nearly 90,000 Colsen-branded tabletop fire pits sold by major retailers nationwide are being recalled after dozens of alarming incidents left 19 people with burn injuries, some requiring surgery and others permanently disfigured.  The products are a burn and fire hazard in that alcohol flames can be invisible and lead to flame jetting when the pit […]

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October 17, 2024
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HRT prescriptions in England up 22% in a year

Getty Images The NHS has had a bumper year for offering hormone replacement therapy (HRT), latest figures show. Some 13 million items were prescribed to an estimated 2.6 million patients in the latest full financial year spanning 2023/24. That is compared to just under 11m items for 2.3m women in 2022/23. It comes after the […]

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October 17, 2024
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What are symptoms of an anxiety attack?

An anxiety attack may be described as physical symptoms of anxiety which include faster breathing, nausea, dizziness, headaches and more. In addition to being feelings of fear and worry, it can be a reaction to stress. Moreover, people can also go through anxiety when there is no identifiable stressor. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual […]