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As many as 16 million Brits suffer from sleep deprivation.
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Beauty Boss: Face facts… Healthy eating is the best way to look good
A well-balanced diet can boost our physical and mental health, but have you ever stopped to consider how your food is effecting your face?
Talks between trade unions and Department of Health end without agreement
Talks between trade unions and the Department of Health amid industrial action have ended without agreement.
Polluted cities raise early death risk ‘by equivalent of 150 cigarettes a year’
Living in the UK’s most polluted cities and towns increases the risk of an early death by the equivalent of smoking 150 cigarettes a year, a charity has warned.
Average family size remains static at 1.89 children, figures show
Women are having 1.89 children on average – a figure that remains static, new figures show.
Let women take all abortion pills at home, say doctors
Women should be able to take abortion pills in their own home without seeing a doctor face to face, leading medics have said.
NHS plan to ‘ration’ dozens of tests will affect millions – report
A cost-saving measure to “ration” dozens of common tests and treatments will affect millions of patients, it has been claimed.
Drug poisoning cases handled by hospitals rise for third successive year
The number of drug poisoning cases handled by hospitals in England has risen for the third year in a row, new figures show.
Losing almost 12 stone cured my diabetes… and saved my life
This time two years ago, Mary Downs was a very different woman. Weighing 21st 2.5lbs and wearing a size 26, she feared a catalogue of health problems including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol could send her to an early grave.
Excess winter deaths fall to lowest level in five years
There were an estimated 23,200 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2018-19 – the lowest recorded since winter 2013-14, figures show.
Coffee can reduce risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, study says
Drinking up to four coffees a day can reduce the risk of type two diabetes and high blood pressure, according to a study.