Some UV exposure is essential for our wellbeing, but too much is damaging and can cause skin cancer. Source link
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What do heatwaves do to the body and who is most at risk?
During 2022 – which saw the highest recorded temperature in England at 40.3C – there were an estimated 2,985 so-called…
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NI health: Consultants and specialist doctors take strike action
On Thursday, the Southern Trust said that 143 outpatient appointments had been rescheduled, as had 11 surgeries. The South Eastern…
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NI health: Resident doctors begin strike action over pay
Dr Steven Montgomery, BMA’s Northern Ireland resident doctors committee chair, said the “better pay and better working conditions on offer…
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Isle of Man doctors vote to take strike action in row over pay
Doctors on the island called off a planned walkout in January 2025 after a deal was reached covering two financial…
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More or less protein? What to eat to get you through a heatwave
“There’s no need for more protein in a heatwave,” says Aisling Daly, senior lecturer in nutrition at Oxford Brookes University.…
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UK starts first vaccine trial, eight weeks into Ebola emergency
The Oxford Covid vaccine was estimated to have saved six million lives in the first year it was used around…
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PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds
The lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate…
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Covid inquiry PPE report – a look at the key findings
The scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the inquiry…
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What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread?
Two vaccines protect against the main causes of meningitis and septicaemia. The MenACWY vaccine offers protection against four types of…
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