Diagnosing patients with medical labels such as “personality disorder” and “schizophrenia” can lead to less effective treatments being delivered, research has found. Up to five people in every 100 are
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Calls for GPs to face disciplinary action for over-prescribing antibiotics have been criticised as “counter-productive and unhelpful” by leading doctors. The General Medical Council said GPs are under “enormous pressure”
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Ten men have appeared in court charged in connection with a child prostitution sex ring investigation. The men were in the dock of Birmingham Magistrates’ Court today for a series
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A Roma Gypsy gang has been found guilty of trafficking vulnerable Slovakian women into the UK to sell into sham marriages “like pieces of meat”, Scotland Yard said. The poverty-stricken
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Welfare officials have deleted a series of quotes from a benefits leaflet after being forced to admit they were made up. The document carried pictures of two “claimants” next to
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A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish. The brain “organoid” was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about
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Legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach that pays more heed to human rights laws, according to a group of
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Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has insisted her “heart is very clear” as she faced further questions about the financial affairs of the collapsed charity. The colourful charity boss had
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Jobless young adults will face losing benefits unless they take part in a “boot camp” to get them ready for the world of work, the chairman of a Government taskforce
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Diabetes “threatens to bring down the NHS”, Diabetes UK has warned. Cases in England and Wales have risen by 59.8% in the past decade – as an additional 1.2 million
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