Jokey reform ideas removed from NHS website
The health department says it is removing “irrelevant” posts from an online consultation.
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First Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Patient, 12, Leaves Hospital
After 44 days, Kendric Cromer, 12, left the hospital. While his family feels fortunate that he was the first to receive a treatment, their difficult experiences hint at what others will be up against.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
States Revive Lawsuit to Sharply Curb Access to Abortion Pill
The Supreme Court ruled in June that the original plaintiffs, anti-abortion doctors and groups, did not have standing to sue. Now three states are trying to continue the legal fight.
Biden to Propose That Insurers Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control
The new rules under the Affordable Care Act would include emergency contraception, a newly approved nonprescription birth control pill, spermicides and condoms.
Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy announces his cancer is terminal
The 48-year-old Scot says doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live.
Weight loss jabs for jobless not dystopian – Streeting
The government is looking into whether weight-loss drugs can help get more people back to work.
In L.A., Street Psychiatrists Offer the Homeless a Radical Step Forward
The crisis of homelessness is pushing American psychiatry to places it has not gone before — like sidewalk injections of antipsychotics.
We’ve spent years covering the Lucy Letby case – here’s why experts are still arguing about it
For more than a year, we’ve been examining the scientific evidence and speaking to the experts at the centre of the case.
Frozen Waffle Products Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk
Some products were sold under the brands of major retailers like Kroger, Price Chopper and Walmart. No illnesses so far have been linked to the waffles.
Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28
One of only about 150 people known to have the rare fatal condition, he traveled internationally to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure.
The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business
The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food?
The rise of these treatments has major implications for how we think about obesity, says James Gallagher.
Veterans Dept. Investigating Acadia Healthcare for Insurance Fraud
Several federal agencies are investigating whether the large chain of psychiatric hospitals held patients without medical justification.
Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in cost row
Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says the drug should be made available on the NHS
Weight loss injections: How do drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro work?
NHS experts report unprecedented demand for the new generation of obesity treatments.
These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes
A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.
Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key
Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible.
HRT prescriptions in England up 22% in a year
Some 13m items of HRT were prescribed on the NHS to 2.6m women in England, figures reveal.
Heart screenings offered after student’s death
University of Cambridge students have undergone ECGs in memory of undergraduate Clarissa Nicholls.
‘World-first’ study examines period pain in teens
Researchers hope to see if period pain as a teenager makes chronic pain as an adult more likely.