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Man completes half marathon after two heart attacks
Peter Franklin was fighting for his life in hospital after suffering a heart attack 24 hours after arriving in the Caribbean for his honeymo
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Mental Health Support Outside Campus Hours
Mental Health Support Outside Campus Hours Joshua.Bay Wed, 08/26/2026 - 03:00 AM A new statewide initiative gives Georgia technical college
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Mum's perforated bowel ordeal after scan error
Mum developed sepsis after scan error and now calls for better postnatal care for women.
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Heavy periods study to create world's largest biobank
It will the create world's largest menstrual fluid biobank to improve treatment of heavy periods.
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NHS failing child sex abuse victims in adulthood, say psychiatrists
There have been decades of mistreatment and mismanagement of those who seek help later in life, say experts in a new, damning report.
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Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds
They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.
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Explosive diarrhea outbreak has millions of US households ditching pre-bagged salad
Iceberg lettuce is the only product that federal investigators have tied to outbreaks so far
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Florida aims to drop some school vaccine requirements – including several backed by Trump
Last year, Florida’s surgeon general said he hoped to end vaccine mandates in the state – equating them to a form of ‘slavery’
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Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders' physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US
If being outside in the heat for even a few minutes felt miserable this summer, imagine what it's like for herders who are always out walkin
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Pennsylvania reports first US measles deaths this year amid outbreak
Two Americans have died from measles, the first such deaths this year in the US, as the country grapples with the highest number of cases in
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Community-maxxing: gen Z are done with doomscrolling – and ready to socialise
Research shows young adults often feel isolated. So alongside embracing ‘grandma hobbies’, they want to get involved with the places they li
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How to spot a liar
Doctors and identical twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the ideas shaping our health and wellbeing.
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Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of mor
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Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough Lifts 5 Biotech Names. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned.
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Deaths of pregnant women double during fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history in DR Congo
Exclusive: More than 60,000 women still at risk as deadly impact of virus takes toll in epicentre of Ituri
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Kids with brain injuries thrive at this camp. But federal research funding is in flux
A Pennsylvania summer camp helps children who have survived brain injuries. But the future of federal funding for brain injury research, as
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Spokane wildfire evacuees return home, but it's 'still a hazmat situation'
Most evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes near burn zones in Spokane, despite concerns about lingering toxins.
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Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening
Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.
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‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18
One-fifth of deaths of those in care occur at 18, in what experts call a ‘care cliff’, as vital support is lost‘Immense drop-off’ in support
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Largest review of its kind confirms benefits of tai chi and other Chinese exercises
Analysis finds ‘high certainty evidence’ of their effectiveness for the 1.7bn people worldwide with musculoskeletal conditionsTraditional Ch
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A look at the future of brain research funding, from a kids' camp for TBI survivors
A Pennsylvania summer camp helps children who have survived brain injuries. But the future of federal funding for brain injury research, and
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New Maryland Measles Outbreak as Trump Pushes Unproven Autism Vaccine Link
The U.S. is facing its largest measles resurgence in more than 30 years.
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Is school to blame for mum's asbestos death?
Caroline Bryan died three months after being diagnosed of an incurable cancer linked to asbestos.
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Cocaine use is down, but alcohol is still being abused by young adults
A drug bust involving an alleged cocaine ring at Penn State has drawn attention to drug use on college campuses, but the research shows the
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