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 […]
Getty Images A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of England’s most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal. More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and […]
Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Andrew Hill had his licence was suspended by the CAA following the incident in 2015 The pilot whose plane crashed at the Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 men, has had his bid to have his licences returned turned down, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. Andrew Hill was piloting a vintage aircraft that […]
In addition, NBA League Pass subscribers worldwide will have the ability to customize their viewing experience and always be live when watching NBA games. Fans can smart rewind games from any point with key plays highlighted, download full games for offline viewing and access a range of game recap versions including “All Possessions,” “10-Minute Condensed,” […]
Hilary Nicholls Clarissa Nicholls collapsed and died while hiking in France Students at the University of Cambridge have been offered heart screenings after a 20-year-old undergraduate suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Clarissa Nicholls collapsed and died from an undiagnosed arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) while hiking in France in May 2023. Miss Nicholls’ friends have begun Clarissa’s […]
Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby made a “very serious error” in 2013, two years before she began killing and attacking babies Lucy Letby gave a baby 10 times the prescribed dose of morphine “in error” two years before her killing spree began, a public inquiry has heard. The nurse was then unhappy at being told she […]
Both candidates have health care records, but Donald Trump does not talk about his often on the campaign trail. VCG/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption VCG/Getty Images Patient and consumer advocates are looking to Kamala Harris to accelerate federal efforts to help people struggling with medical debt if she prevails in next month’s presidential election. […]
He was 19-years-old, a software engineering student, and displaced from his home, trying to survive in central Gaza. He was a few days away from his 20th birthday. Shaban al-Dalou wouldn’t make it. He had struggled for months to get help for his family, recording videos describing his family’s plight and their life under Israel’s […]
Getty Images Burning household rubbish in giant incinerators to make electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power, BBC analysis has found. Nearly half of the rubbish produced in UK homes, including increasing amounts of plastic, is now being incinerated. Scientists warn it is a “disaster for the climate” – and some are […]
Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer and his health secretary have been lauding the potential of the new generation of weight-loss drugs. Given as regular injections, the treatments – Wegovy and Mounjaro – mimic a hormone that makes people less hungry. Not only could they help reduce waistlines, the prime minister and Wes Streeting said, they […]