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3 months ago
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Spider bite horror sees botched hospital treatment leave entire finger rotting off

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Wilker Guimaraes' who was bitten in his home in Brazil now may need his finger amputated afte...

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3 months ago
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Fury as over a dozen Boots stores set to disappear in just weeks - full list

More than a dozen Boots stores are set to close in the coming weeks across the UK as the high street giant looks to '...

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6 months ago
nationalworld.com

Northern Ireland: around 165 tonnes of prescription medicine wasted annually

This has been valued at £18m

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7 months ago
nationalworld.com

Helplines: England's only antidepressant withdrawal helpline, Bristol Tranquilliser Project to close

The local care board said the project was not commissioned to be a national helpline

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7 months ago
nationalworld.com

Antidepressants: number of prescriptions for teenagers has now reached a million

Mental health experts are saying this rise comes off the back of the pandemic

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8 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Teen who died from ecstasy at festival preyed on by 'child catcher' drug dealers

David Celino, 16, died after falling ill at Leeds Festival in August last year after taking ecstasy, with his dad Gia...

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8 months ago
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Woman, 76, 'loses it' after waiting 7 hours at hospital to get her prescription

Pensioner Ethel Hughes was looking forward to getting home after a week in hospital, but instead was stuck watching o...

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8 months ago
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Experts' warning to millions suffering with headaches that could be sign of silent killer

A study led by Cecilia Hvitfeldt Fuglsang of Aarhus University in Denmark looked at medical records between 1996 and ...

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10 months ago
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Ryanair 'ruins' family's holiday after putting their luggage on the wrong flight

Jaymeleigh McCarroll, husband Will and their son Walker, six, along with another family flew from Manchester to Barce...

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11 months ago
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Man who had 'revenge sex' with wife over neighbour's bollard forced to pay her £250

Lee McConnell fell out with pensioner Wendie Bryant after she erected a metal post to stop him parking his VW camperv...

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11 months ago
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People urged to order prescriptions early ahead of Bank Holiday weekends

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has joined other NHS services across the region to urge people to ...

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12 months ago
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'Miracle' dad given weeks to live survives TWO YEARS after wife gives him illegal drugs

Neil Lanciano, 46, was given just a few weeks to live when he was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2020 and wife Hayl...

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about 1 year ago
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Doctor explains why Brits are being plagued with never-ending coughs this winter

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, explains why rates of lower and upper respiratory...

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over 1 year ago
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Mum-of-two avoids jail for being drunk on Ryanair flight because 'crew kept serving her'

Mum Emma Connell was detained at Manchester Airport for being drunk and rowdy after a RyanAir flight from Majorca, bu...

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over 1 year ago
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Mum 'getting ready for Christmas' day before her and baby found dead, says best friend

Best friend Stacey Hackett was due to spend Christmas with Natalie Kane and her one-year-old son Harry but the pair n...

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about 2 years ago
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Persistent cough and fever may be tuberculosis not Covid, top UK doctor warns

Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said the Covid pandemic may have resulted in a de...

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about 2 years ago
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Man, 26, left wanting to die after being unable walk following antibiotics prescription

Alex Middleton, 26, took five antibiotic tablets 10 months ago and has got worse every day since. He is unable to wal...

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about 2 years ago
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Family's dream trip to Florida ruined after baggage with medication ends up in NYC

The MacDonald family booked to travel with Aer Lingus from Dublin to Orlando for a dream getaway - but when they arri...

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about 2 years ago
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Woman wins £100,000 in damages after she was fired for being 'too loud'

Dr Annette Plaut, who had worked at the physics department for 29 years, accused the University of Exeter of being "i...

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about 2 years ago
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NHS rule change could see millions charged for prescriptions they now get for free

More than 2.4million people will lose access to free prescriptions if the government goes ahead with plans to raise t...

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over 2 years ago
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DWP cuts off bipolar sufferer's benefits for 8 months while he was treated in hospital

Simon Ford, 46, from Cudworth, south Yorkshire, said the Covid lockdown left him struggling to cope and he was sectio...

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over 2 years ago
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15 groups of people that qualify for free prescriptions - see if you're one of them

As a consultation on ending free prescriptions ends this week, we take a look at all the people that might qualify fo...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'Losing free prescriptions will force me to choose between health, heating and food'

Ministers are proposing to end free prescriptions for over 60s to bring the benefit in line with the state pension ag...

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over 2 years ago
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Sajid Javid urged to 'finish the job' of making medical cannabis more accessible

Tough regulations have meant only a handful of children - two in Northern Ireland and one in England - have received ...

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over 2 years ago
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Axing free prescriptions for 2.4million people would be a 'tax on sick', say GPs

More than 2.4million people will lose access to free prescriptions if the government goes ahead with plans to raise t...

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over 2 years ago
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Warning over cow deworming drug that antivaxxers are using to treat Covid

The US Food & Drug Administration has warned Americans again against taking anti-parasitic medication ivermectin to t...

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over 2 years ago
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More than 2.4million people at risk of losing free prescriptions under shake up

Charity Age UK estimates 2.4million more Britons would have to pay the £9.35 charge if ministers press ahead with pla...

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over 2 years ago
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Dad who threw baby son into river was ‘lost’ to the care system, review finds

The review listed 13 factors which combined to produce a “pathway to harm” for baby Zakari. Dad Zak Bennett-Eko - a p...

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almost 3 years ago
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Desperate search for 'extremely vulnerable' boy, 11, who went missing last night

11-year-old John Connors is said to be "extremely vulnerable" and dependent on medication which he hasn't taken for t...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Antidepressant use among youth is skyrocketing across Canada. Prescribing doctors say they have l...

While experts debate the reasons behind growing antidepressant use, there is shared concern over medication alone bei...

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almost 3 years ago
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Sickening photos show how chemicals used to cut cocaine rot skin and genitals

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Sales of the Class A drug cocaine are expected to soar as lockdown restrictions are lifted - ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Medics did not contribute to death of girl, 11, with rare illness, coroner says

Melody Driscoll's mum Karina Driscoll and her stepfather Nigel had alleged King's College Hospital medics' actions re...

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almost 3 years ago
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Devastated mum brings ashes of tragic daughter, 11, to inquest into her death

Karina Driscoll believes doctors at King's College Hospital ignored her concerns about daughter Melody's quality of l...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

All the bills rising today from council tax to TV licence, Sky and prescriptions

At a time when 1.7million people are unemployed and 4.7million are on furlough, the cost of living is set to spike by...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

'Rowdy' pensioners facing £100 fine or arrest for playing dominoes too loudly

Westminster Council has secured an injunction to have those gathering at Maida Vale in west London fined or even arre...

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about 3 years ago
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Boy, 4, begged mum not to let him die a day before he lost life to sepsis

Sheldon Farnell, 4, was sent home from Sunderland Royal Hospital before blood test results had come back confirming t...

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about 3 years ago
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Premier League 'swamped' with stars hooked on sleeping pills 'risking careers'

Prescription drugs such as Zopiclone and Zolpidem are allegedly the subject of open discussion between players in top...

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about 3 years ago
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Man suffering from tinnitus took his own life on walk to 'build trust' with wife

Christopher Wheeler and his wife had gone out for a trust walk and were due to meet at a set place, but the 56-year-o...

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about 3 years ago
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Doctors humbled by stranger's heartwarming gesture inspired by Captain Sir Tom

Dr Jamie Parker from the Wollaton Park Medical Centre in Nottingham took to Twitter to share what a woman brought int...

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