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Eat kiwi fruit to relieve constipation, says guidance
Eating several kiwi fruit a day can help relieve constipation and is a better starting point than worrying about a high-fibre diet, according to new …
EastEnders' Kellie Bright on the challenges of being parent of an autistic child
I’ve been desperate to make a documentary about special educational needs and disabilities (Send) for ages. You might know me as …
Doctors' union agrees to resume talks with Streeting
The British Medical Association (BMA) and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have agreed to resume talks following the end of the latest strike by …
Cut and bulk: Teenagers explain why they want to get ripped
Ripped. Shredded. Jacked. Swole. Which are you? Gym jargon such as this, which refers to the size and definition of muscles, has long been heard …
CQC chief resigns over maternity failings
Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission which is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care services in …
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked NHS bed request
Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS …
Covid inquiry told top NHS doctor was terrified
The most senior doctor in NHS England has said he was “personally terrified” that hospitals could have been overwhelmed in the early …
Covid inquiry told of trust do-not-resuscitate rule
At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. …
Covid inquiry to look at impact on care services
The Covid inquiry will start examining the impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people on Monday. Bereaved families say …
Covid inquiry hears of care home 'slaughter'
A civil servant’s assertion that there was a “generational slaughter within care homes” in the early days of the pandemic is a …
Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus
If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called …