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Baby food firms told to make products healthier or face action

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 02:42
Manufacturers who do not make products healthier within 18 months may face action, the government says.
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The Inquiry

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 10:30
Is Indonesia’s free schools programme costing too much?
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Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 16:19
Nine families receive compensation after the outbreak linked to a Cambridge-based hospital.
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Gym with wellbeing focus welcomes lottery boost

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 15:37
The Soma Space offers combined strength training and psychotherapy, and prospective clients can be referred.
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Pine nuts and goat's milk should get allergy labels, say experts

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 14:58
Warnings for some 'emerging' food allergens should be added to food packaging, researchers suggest.
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Lucy Letby's new expert supporters claim no babies were deliberately harmed. Who should we believe?

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 18:39
Barrister Mark McDonald claims to have the backing of a panel of world class experts who say there is no evidence any babies were deliberately harmed
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'Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD'

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 16:45
Charlotte Chapman-Hart was misdiagnosed with an eating disorder and now works to bring awareness to rare diseases.
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Wellbeing walking maps to encourage green travel

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 16:24
The illustrated walking maps guide people along four car-free routes in and around Tewkesbury.
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Inside Health

Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:00
Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers
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Baby did not die due to mouldy flat, coroner finds

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 20:54
Akram Mohammed died of various infections but his parents previously blamed their living conditions.
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Art charity 'buzzing' about opening of new £75m campus

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 20:34
Art Shape works with the NHS to deliver creative courses as prescriptions.
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The life-changing gene therapy that can restore vision

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 18:02
Andrew had known since childhood that one day he would lose his sight. He donated his skin cells to researchers working on a treatment, hoping for a breakthrough not just for himself, but also for his daughter...
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Warning issued over branded kids' magnesium gummies

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 17:25
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.
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Warning issued over branded kids' magnesium gummies

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 17:25
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.
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'Chemo wrecked my teeth, I can't afford treatment'

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 08:28
Faye Woodley says dental care in the UK "feels like we're going back to Victorian times".
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Bindi Irwin says she was made to feel 'ashamed' of endometriosis pain

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 05:59
Her story has reignited conversations about the condition that affects about one in ten women.
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'Broken and burnt out': Nurse lifts lid on staffing at children's cancer unit

Mon, 08/18/2025 - 02:02
A whistleblower who resigned as a nurse from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children says staff shortages at a cancer unit are not new.
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'The worst decision you could ever have to make'

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 13:32
Sarah Spooner suffered such severe hyperemesis gravidarum, or extreme pregnancy sickness, that she felt she had no choice but to have an abortion.
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'The worst decision you could ever have to make'

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 13:32
Sarah Spooner suffered such severe hyperemesis gravidarum, or extreme pregnancy sickness, that she felt she had no choice but to have an abortion.
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Periods have 'massive impact' on female athletes

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 12:52
Olympic gold medalist Sophie Capewell talks about how periods impact female cyclists and athletes.
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