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Bernie Sanders to grill Novo Nordisk CEO on why weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy can cost up to 15 times more in US
Lars Jørgensen will testify on a solo panel before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor…
Nathan Rennolds
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Top doctor warns against taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic to get 'beach body ready' for summer
The active ingredient in Ozempic, semaglutide, mimics GLP-1, a hormone that makes you feel full.
Nathan Rennolds
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I was diagnosed with a severe fear of giving birth while I was pregnant. I'm not having any more kids.
Mom Jemma Smith triumphed over her pathological fear of childbirth, known as tokophobia, with profe…
Jane Ridley
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A hospital reportedly told a woman who turned up for an appointment that she'd died 4 months ago
Susan Johnson her death was registered with the hospital and a government department, but she doesn…
Polly Thompson
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A Microsoft-powered medical AI spotted cancer in 11 women where doctors didn't
A medical AI, made by a UK company and running on Microsoft's Azure cloud, helped doctors in Scotla…
Mikhaila Friel
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If you have high expectations of yourself and feel the need to people-please, you may have eldest daughter syndrome
People pleasing is a sign you are experiencing eldest daughter syndrome, even if you're not the fir…
Serafina Kenny
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard was a victim of Munchausen by proxy. Experts explain why moms are often behind the abuse.
Munchausen by proxy garnered widespread media attention late last year after the release of Gypsy R…
Rebecca Rommen
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Europe on red alert for monkeypox as EU health chiefs ask nations to prepare vaccination strategies
The strategy likely to be recommended is the same already deployed in Britain. Officials were attem…
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I'm terrible at climbing and pay $18 to go bouldering every week. I don't plan on stopping — even if my skills never improve.
Bouldering is a form of indoor rock climbing without the use of a harness or rope. People of all ab…
Mikhaila Friel
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Business is booming for the maker of weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic — so much so that it is threatening luxury giant LVMH's crown as Europe's most valuable firm
Novo Nordisk's at-home injections are in high demand, but some insurers say they won't cover the hi…
Grace Dean
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Britain's health service is running out of blood test tubes and doctors say it could lead to a 'catastrophe'
The shortage of basic equipment, caused by supply and Brexit-related border challenges, is making t…
Bethany Dawson
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Covid vaccine linked to 30% reduction in transmission after single dose: UK study
A UK-based study has revealed that the rate of infection with Covid-19 for people that live with Sc…
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A data error reduced a healthy 30-year-old man to the size of a thumb, qualifying him for a COVID-19 vaccination
A computer glitch shrank Liam Thorp, from Liverpool, from 6 foot 2 inches tall to 6.2cm (2.4 inches…
Naina Bhardwaj
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'It feels like we're just not cared about': Healthcare staff speak out about how the UK's chaotic vaccine rollout means they're treating patients without getting the vaccine themselves
"It's like we're staff but not staff and sometimes forgotten about," a student doctor on hospital p…
Grace Dean
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UK hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients the government is transferring them to hotels
One London hospital has already started moving patients to a nearby hotel, with thousands more to b…
Bill Bostock
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The NHS offered free vaccines 'no questions asked' in London's Chinatown. Hundreds of people showed up.
Vaccines were administered from a bus organised by a London council on Thursday. A local charity ad…
Bill Bostock
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Officials apologize for UK ad showing Santa Claus with COVID-19, saying it wasn't meant for children
A promo showed Santa being rushed to a UK hospital with COVID-19, then recovering with the help of …
Kevin Shalvey
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England due to begin mass vaccinating people on Tuesday. 'This coming week will be a historic moment,' said the Health Secretary.
The first wave of two-shot vaccinations will be given to 400,000. People over 80, care home workers…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Pfizer has promised that rich people won't be able to jump the queue for its COVID-19 vaccine, following the shot's UK approval
A Pfizer spokesperson has promised that rich people will not be given priority access to its COVID-…
Kevin Shalvey
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A man woke up unable to walk. It turned out vitamin B12 was inactivated in his body after he took laughing gas.
A neurologist told Insider he's seeing people in their teens and twenties disabled by nitrous oxide…