Could weight-loss jabs be behind rising gallbladder removals?
Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.
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Genes May Control Your Longevity, However Healthily You Live
A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.
The Mushroom Gummies That Claim to Stimulate Your Brain
Fungal supplements are everywhere, promising happiness, energy, focus, you name it. But what they deliver is something else entirely.
‘Damning’ evidence of political pressure to open scandal-hit hospital – Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader says documents prove ministers pushed for the country’s largest hospital to open early.
Weight loss jab users warned over rare but serious pancreas issue
Symptoms to look out for include severe pain in the stomach and back which does not go away.
Assisted dying bill ‘no hope’ of passing unless Lords change approach, warns peer
Lord Falconer said the bill has “absolutely no hope” of passing without a “fundamental change” in approach.
How do cold weather health alerts work?
The weather alert service warns the public when high or low temperatures could damage their health.
Hampstead ponds trans access challenge dismissed
The current policy is that trans men and trans women are entitled to use the pond of their choice.
Kylie’s cutting jelly: The ‘Korean Ozempic’ everyone’s talking about
Does Kylie Jenner’s cutting jelly live up to the hype as the ‘Korean Ozempic’ for weight management?
‘Hospital’s neglect in my son’s death has ripped our hearts out’
Peter Dervin says he warned Broomfield Hospital staff not to leave his son alone before fatal fall.
‘I needed a coil to ease the bleeding but I just sat on a waiting list’
Elaine Gracey was in a lot of pain but says she was expected to just put up with her menopausal symptoms.
Angella Ferguson, a Leader in Sickle Cell Anemia Research, Dies at 100
A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as well as treatment guidelines.
Texas Sues Delaware Nurse Practitioner for Mailing Abortion Pills to the State
The case is the latest action taken by a state with an abortion ban against providers in states that support abortion rights.
‘We weren’t perfect’, says bogus Covid lab accused
Evidence in pharmacist Faisal Shoukat’s defence continues to be heard at Bradford Crown Court.
Aspirin prices ‘rise 1,000%’ amid supply shortage
Pharmacists say the cost to buy a box of aspirin from suppliers was 38p but is now around £7.
AI model from Google’s DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA
It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.
Are there ‘forever chemicals’ in your floor cleaner?
Some floor cleaners contain PFAS – chemicals that never break down. Here’s how to spot them – and what you can use as alternative.
Millionaire GP behind asylum seeker hotels
A firm founded by a GP tried to evict 100 people from flats while planning to move asylum seekers in.
Woman ‘took own life after benefits cut in error’
A coroner wrote to the DWP to express her concerns after the death of Tamara Logan in Tameside.
The clock is ticking for my five-year-old son with dementia
Tammy McDaid describes how she had a panic attack after waking up on Tate’s birthday.
Kanye West Apologizes for Antisemitic Behavior in Full-Page Wall Street Journal Ad
The artist formerly known as Kanye West, who first apologized in 2023 before taking it back, said a four-month manic episode in 2025 had led him to embrace swastikas and Hitler.