Health
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Public-private deal rejuvenates healthcare in Rajasthan – at a costThe reluctance of doctors to work in remote rural areas has set back healthcare in India’s villages, but a public-private partnership in Rajasthan aims to fix that
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Stone age cities: what modern urbanites could learn from paleolithic humansHowever ‘civilised’ we may now consider ourselves to be, biologically we remain much as we were before we began farming and moved into cities. Can we create a healthier future by returning to our paleolithic past?
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A new report says eating low-fat foods is unhealthy, contradicting long-standing diet information. While experts argue, we need a more simple messageAll this obesity advice is a recipe for confusion. Just eat smaller portions
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Ambulance delays linked to 35 deaths in past five yearsCoroners warn over slow response and potentially fatal errors by crews and handlers struggling with staff and vehicle shortages
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NHS chief says Brexit would be dangerous for health serviceSimon Stevens points to dangers of economic ‘tailspin’ for NHS funding and reliance on staff from other EU countries
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Michael Mosley: ‘No male in my family has made it beyond 72’The broadcaster has swallowed a tapeworm, faced his fear of confined spaces and popularised the 5:2 diet in the name of science. Next up: e-cigarettes…
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How big tobacco lost its final fight for hearts, lungs and mindsWith a high court ruling spelling the end for cigarette branding in the UK, the industry has lost its last tool to entice young customers to take up the habit
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DBS: the safety check backlog that means nurses, carers and teachers cannot workDelays to Disclosure and Barring Service checks have reached unprecedented levels, causing workers to miss out on jobs and to suffer financially
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World Bank launches $500m insurance fund to fight pandemicsJapan commits first $50 million towards facility, which will combine funding from reinsurance markets with proceeds of ‘catastrophe’ bond
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My husband has ceased to exist – I still can’t understand howJuliet Rosenfeld’s husband died suddenly a year ago during treatment for cancer. She describes her struggle to absorb the brutal fact of his death
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Wristband that can tell if you've been drinking wins US awardDevice helps doctors accurately measure patient’s drinking history, and not just depend on most recent tests
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Police study links radicalisation to mental health problemsSimon Cole, police lead for Prevent programme, says further research under way to explore how to help potentially vulnerable people
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Experience: I was misdiagnosed with MSMany people felt I should have been relieved or even ecstatic at this news. But all I could think about were all those years lost to a disease I didn’t have
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How not to talk to someone with anxietyAs part of mental health awareness week, we asked people with anxiety what are the most and least helpful things to say
NHS regulator to scale back hospital inspections after budget cuts