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NHS delays may drive patients to buy unsafe weight-loss drugs, says top GP
People warned against buying illegal weight-loss medicines through beauty salons or fake pharmacy websitesLong waits for NHS services could lead people to take matters into their own hands by buying p
Read MoreSingle cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds
Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on averageSmokers are being urged to kick the habit for 2025 after a fresh assessment of the
Read MoreHow Jimmy Carter’s global health efforts elevated ‘the art of the possible’
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, gave visibility to devastating health problems that are often invisible.
Read More'It's Much More Severe, and It's Much More Dangerous': What We Heard This Year
(MedPage Today) -- In place of our usual "What We Heard This Week" feature, and as part of our year-end wrap-ups, we've selected some of the best quotes our reporters heard in 2024.
Read MoreTreasury must focus on prevention in UK public spending, says report
Analysts say ‘measurable, lasting outcomes’ require long-term planning after Tory cuts of up to 78% in some casesThe Treasury needs to rethink public spending to focus on prevention of the UK’s
Read MoreWhat Harvey Weinstein's Lawsuit Reminds Us About Healthcare Behind Bars
(MedPage Today) -- In early 2024, Mark Spencer, MD, co-authored an op-ed on the inadequate healthcare provided in jails and prisons nationwide, as well as the mistreatment of ill incarcerated individ
Read MoreContinuing healthcare payments that are too hard to get | Letter
Hardly anyone hears about CHC payments, where the NHS covers all the costs of care, without having done a lot of digging and searching, writes Dr Michael DuxburyThis isn’t just happening with suppor
Read MoreHow Social Determinants of Health Are Linked to Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma
(MedPage Today) -- A study presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting revealed that multiple myeloma patients with higher socioeconomic deprivation, as measured by the Area
Read More‘This is medicine’: inside the psilocybin retreat for US first responders
Amid a US mental health crisis, police officers, firefighters and paramedics are flying to Mexico for treatments they say are transformativeIn mid-September, after the fire season in the American west
Read MoreGlobal happiness study aims to solve mystery of what gives us a boost
Existing evidence is dominated by western regions but researchers want to find out whether benefits are the same around the worldThe science of happiness has spawned hundreds of thousands of studies,
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