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Trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or bays that align with their biological sex rather than their gender identity, according to new NHS England (NHSE) guidance.It says when this is not "clinically appropriate" then alternative...

Dr Jane Sehgal is a GP and health coach based in Edinburgh who supports people who are paying privately for GLP-1s.She said weight loss was a complex condition to manage responsibly.Dr Seghal said it could be affected by a...

Dr Ursula Mason, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland, said finding a substitute "can cause real anxiety for patients". "This can be particularly so for HRT medication when a woman has found a preparation that...

Charity Brain Tumour Research said the disease was the cancer most likely to kill patients under 40 in the UK.They said charities made up more than 75% of the total national investment in brain tumour research, with the government...

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One of the consequences of failing to agree budget is that healthcare staff still have not received this year's pay rise, unlike their counterparts in the rest of the UK.On Wednesday, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) opened a...

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As artificial intelligence becomes more and more powerful, its ability to handle human-like tasks is undeniable. Artificial neural networks can learn to recognize images, use language, or write computer code. Like the brain’s circuits, they reorganize themselves as they...

The amount of time children in England spend on screens at school could be harming their "physical and developmental health", a group of more than 150 clinicians has warned.GPs, paediatricians and other specialists said in an open letter to...

She was ventilated for 11 days in hospital and her four children flew out to Spain as it was feared the worst might happen."I remember nothing until day four when I was brought round but a few hours later,...