Claims used to promote some supplements for preventing dementia or aiding brain health are not backed up by scientific evidence, according to a report. A panel of experts tasked by
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Almost 3,000 people with cystic fibrosis will miss out on a “breakthrough” treatment after the health watchdog turned it down for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health
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Loneliness among older men is becoming a “major public health challenge”, a charity has said. Age UK said around half a million men over the age of 65 in England
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Extra funding for mental health services will not be enough to ensure all children with mental health problems are helped, the head of the NHS in England has suggested. Simon
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A disabled man says he plans to sue after a High Court judge gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force. Aamir
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The “war on drugs” has failed in terms of public health and drug use should be decriminalised, two leading organisations have said. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and
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Children living in refugee camps in northern France are being subjected to sexual exploitation, violence and forced labour on a daily basis, a Unicef report reveals. The harrowing picture of
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The widow of Sir Clement Freud has apologised after the late broadcaster was accused of abusing two girls between the late 1940s and 1970s. Sylvia Woosley, who first met Freud
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Social care agencies “missed opportunities” to help an aspiring teenage model who went on to take her own life. Coroner Katy Skerrett said there was a lack of communication by
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A third woman who claims Sir Clement Freud sexually abused her has called for his knighthood to be revoked. Vicky Hayes, 64, said the late Liberal politician should be stripped
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