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Prostate cancer now most diagnosed cancer in UK, charity analysis finds

Prostate cancer has become the most commonly diagnosed cancer across the UK, surpassing breast cancer, an analysis of NHS figures by Prostate Cancer UK found. The charity reported 64,425 prostate cancer diagnoses in 2022 and 61,640 new cases of breast cancer. The analysis highlighted inequalities in diagnosis: 31%

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Experts urge prioritising rest to restore energy and improve work quality

After the holiday glut of travel, parties, shopping and baked goods, many people feel pressure to be more active and productive in the new year. Experts including Amelia Nagoski and Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith say the opposite may be needed: learning to rest so people are less depleted and more energised.

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Sharna Burgess reveals past struggle with binging and complicated relationship with food

Sharna Burgess said she struggled with an eating disorder in the past, People reported. On Sunday, Jan. 18, the Dancing with the Stars alum posted an Instagram Stories Q&A and replied to a follower, "I struggled with binging and restricting mostly," adding, "I had a

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The Filter gathers reader tips for lifting the January blues

The Filter asked readers for their favourite pick-me-ups to lift spirits during January and rounded up suggestions from its own team to counter the season’s gloom. Readers and staff noted that damp weather, grey skies and the return to normality after new-year motivation can leave people feeling flat. Some

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9-year-old in Scotland diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after back and leg pain

A 9-year-old girl in Scotland was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in December 2025 after complaining of back and leg pain, People reported. Her parents, Jamie and Sam, took Ava Ferguson to the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People in Edinburgh; doctors initially suspected post-viral reactive arthritis, but blood

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Experts list simple food swaps to reduce ultra-processed products in diets

Experts including Mark Lawrence, an ecological nutrition professor at Deakin University, say it is “really difficult to avoid” ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and offer nine straightforward swaps to help consumers cut them from their diets. A global report co-authored by Lawrence found Australia, alongside the US and UK, has one of

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Harold Price relearns to walk after breaking his neck

Harold Price, 82, a retired engineer from Griffithstown in Wales, relearned to walk after breaking the fifth vertebra in his neck and spending months in hospital. He had been told he would not walk again but, with physiotherapist Sam Miggins at the Morrello Clinic in Newport, he has regained mobility.

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UK reports rise in scabies cases as patients describe prolonged outbreaks

Louise, a 44-year-old mother in south-west England, temporarily moved her partner and two young children into a rented caravan in November after repeated scabies infections disrupted their home and schooling. She described the experience as “hell” and said: “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.” Public-health data and

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A week without ultra-processed foods exposed cost, effort and constant temptation

The author, Joyce, spent a week trying to avoid ultra-processed foods (UPFs) at home and at work to see how practicable it is to cut them out of daily life. She asked experts for guidance: Prof Mark Lawrence of Deakin University advised avoiding products with long ingredient lists, steering clear

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Unions and lawyers say NHS sexual safety charter has not improved staff safety

Legal experts and healthcare unions say the NHS sexual safety charter, launched in England in September 2023, has failed to improve the safety of female staff, according to the charity Rights of Women and union surveys. Rights of Women told the Guardian its sexual harassment at work advice line has

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Pregnant woman survives amniotic fluid embolism and emergency C-section

According to People, Jennifer Choate suffered an amniotic fluid embolism and cardiac arrest during labor, and doctors performed a perimortem cesarean that delivered her baby 33 seconds after the incision at 12:51 a.m. Choate had been admitted on Feb. 18, 2025, with high blood pressure and headaches and

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96-year-old Jean Stewart credits strength training with keeping her independent

Jean Stewart, 96, trains at the Desert Fitness Collective in Palm Springs and says strength training has allowed her to remain independent: “Without strength training I wouldn’t be alive,” she says. Stewart was active in her youth but found everyday tasks became harder with age. Aged 81 she read

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Federal rollbacks remove nursing-home and home-care rules as Medicare A.I. pilot begins

The federal government has rescinded two rules aimed at improving care for older Americans and launched an A.I.-driven prior authorization pilot in traditional Medicare, moves that advocates say will reshape long-term care and coverage. On nursing homes, the Biden administration had backed a 2023 Medicare regulation that would

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Megan Jayne Crabbe on recovering from anorexia and embracing body positivity

Megan Jayne Crabbe, 31, the body-positive writer, has described her recovery from anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphia and a transformation she says goes beyond the physical: “My ‘before’ was trying to make myself as small as possible in every conceivable way… My ‘after’ is allowing myself to be my biggest

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Trainers’ three steps to lose fat while preserving muscle

To lose fat without losing muscle, eat a high-protein diet, stay in a gentle calorie deficit, and strength train regularly, trainers told Businessinsider. Magnus Lygdback and Harry Cox offered the guidance. They emphasized strength training with progressive overload at least twice a week — ideally three or four sessions — and said

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Large review finds no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD

A systematic review and meta-analysis published in Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health found no evidence that maternal paracetamol use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD or intellectual disability among children. The appraisal, led by Asma Khalil and a team of seven researchers across Europe,

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Review of 43 studies finds no link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism

A scientific review of 43 studies found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, the report’s lead author said. The review, led by Dr. Asma Khalil of St. George’s Hospital, University of London, was published on Friday in the

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Janet Caperna says acute gastritis and colitis caused nearly 20-pound loss

Pagesix reports that Janet Caperna, the star of The Valley, said acute gastritis and colitis caused her to lose nearly 20 pounds in 12 days and required two hospital visits. She told the Daily Mail she began vomiting after holiday revelry and initially thought it was food poisoning: "It&

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Oprah remains a weight-loss icon as she foregrounds GLP-1 drugs

Businessinsider reports that Oprah Winfrey remains a dominant weight-loss figure and has put GLP-1 drugs at the center of her new book, Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like To Be Free, cowritten with Dr. Ania Jastreboff; the book traces her relationship with the medications beginning

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Small changes to sleep, diet and exercise could add a year, study finds

A University of Sydney study found that small changes to three behaviours—sleep, diet and exercise—could add a year of life for people with the least healthy habits, and a Guardian writer set out to try those minimal tweaks in daily life. The research suggested that for the least

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Experts give practical steps to revive intimacy during sexual dry spells

Sex and relationship specialists say sexual ‘dry spells’ are common and can be worked through rather than taken as a sign something is fundamentally wrong. “Every couple goes through dry spells. It doesn’t mean either of you is broken,” says Dr Tammy Nelson, a sex and couples therapist. The

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Preemie Norah Survived After Twin's Death and Is Thriving a Year Later

Sarah Wood, a California mother, told People that her daughter Norah survived as a preemie after her twin sister died in the womb and is now thriving more than a year after her discharge following a 100-day stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. The couple from Bakersfield had conceived

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U.S. dietary guidelines remove numeric alcohol limits after internal push for one-drink cap

Federal dietary guidelines released this month drop longstanding numeric alcohol caps after officials last spring considered recommending that both men and women limit consumption to one drink a day, according to a March draft obtained by The New York Times and people with knowledge of the process who spoke anonymously.

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Calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare system after death of Adichie’s toddler

Nigerians have urged urgent reforms to the healthcare sector after the death of the 21-month-old son of bestselling author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In a leaked WhatsApp message, Adichie said she had been told by a doctor that the resident anaesthesiologist at the Lagos hospital treating her son, Nkanu Nnamdi, had

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Associate professor moves to Seoul for one-year Fulbright with her family

Businessinsider reports Motolani Adedipe moved from Oklahoma to Seoul, South Korea, in August with her two young children and her mother after winning a Fulbright scholarship to extend her research in prostate cancer survivorship. Adedipe is an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Adedipe first became