ConnexionNHS changes weight loss jab rules as GPs prepare for Mounjaro demand
Around 29% of the adult population in the UK is obese
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Weight loss pill set to rival injections after promising studies
The daily tablet has helped patients lose a significant amount of weight in initial studies
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What is feast and famine? New dieting approach found to be effective for weight loss
A new review compared an alternative-day fasting approach with other intermittent fasting methods and calorie-restricted diets
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Feast and famine approach to dieting effective for weight loss – study
Experts examined studies comparing information on various dietying methods
‘Milestone’ treatment could reshape future leukaemia care
The Flair trial found that 94 per cent of patients who received the two targeted drugs were alive with no disease progression after five years
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NHS green lights ‘Trojan horse’ treatment that attacks cancer cells from inside
One early adopter describes how he was in remission ‘within the first two or three weeks’ after the treatment
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Family doctors could run hospitals in NHS shake-up, says Wes Streeting
The Health Secretary will set out radical reforms for the NHS in England
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Family doctors could run hospitals in NHS shake-up, says Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting said plans to reform the NHS could see "much of what's done in a hospital today, will be done on the high street"
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Cases of Victorian-era disease linked to travel at record high in UK
Travel-linked cases of typhoid and paratyphoid in 2024 were up 8 per cent
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NHS plans more robotic surgeries to speed up patient care and treatment
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that innovative technologies will ‘transform the NHS’
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Women issued safety warning over period tracker apps
Many women download period tracker apps when they are trying to get pregnant
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More testing needed for genetic cancer risk as too many women ‘missed,’ experts say
A rare hereditary condition can elevate the risk of several kinds of cancer
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