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Wow, you’re quite salty,” says Stefan van der Fluit, looking over my numbers. I could have told him that....

Gastric balloons — silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach — can...

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The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud.Tom Hayhoe's first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic that then had to be written off the government's books.Mr...

OuraDr Wei points to the ring on my finger.“The gold standard to measure the heart rate is from the wrist or direct from the heart,” he says. “If you measure from the finger, you’re sacrificing accuracy."It is the role...

Getty ImagesFixing the struggling palliative care system must be an immediate priority for the government, say senior doctors, after a proposed law on assisted dying has passed to the next stage of parliament.The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) says...

EPAOn Friday, after weeks of fierce and passionate debate, MPs began their formal scrutiny of the bill that would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their own life. It was...

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ReutersCabinet ministers are divided over the issue, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood – the two ministers who would have overall responsibility for implementing any change in the law – voting against.Overall 15 cabinet members,...