Tens of thousands of women who have gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone-strengthening drug, says the medicines watchdog National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Abaloparatide can protect against the bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis, which causes a high risk of broken bones in older age.

Bone-building drug coming for post-menopause women

The NHS was found to have failed in the support it provided for a Beverley woman's late mother.

NHS makes £37,000 payout following care failings

Tracie Mills, from Rugby, has been nominated for a BBC Make a Difference award.

Woman with terminal cancer raises £128k for NHS

Some GPs are carrying out an "unsustainable" number of consultations, seeing up to 70 patients in a single day, it has been claimed. This is more than double the number deemed "safe" by the European Union of General Practitioners, which sets a maximum level of 25 patients per day. The...

GPs seeing 'unsafe number of patients per day'

The relatives of two women who died with herpes after giving birth are bringing clinical negligence claims against an NHS trust at the High Court. Kimberley Sampson, 29, and Samantha Mulcahy, 32, died six weeks apart in 2018. They both had Caesarean sections performed by the same surgeon at hospitals...

Relatives of women who died with herpes suing NHS

Water samples from the South Bay are being analysed to find out what is behind low quality ratings.

Scientists examine resort's poor bathing water

A gang that sold millions of pounds worth of cocaine and cannabis across Devon and Cornwall has been sentenced. Twelve people were sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday for the role they played in distributing at least 860lb (390kg) of cannabis, with a street value of £4m, and 41lb (18.8kg) of cocaine.

Gang sentenced for selling drugs across South West

A tribunal determines Dr Marc Whitehouse's fitness to practise to be impaired.

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

Santos Care, in Wolverhampton, remains rated as inadequate and is being kept in special measures.

Inspectors 'deeply concerned' over care company

Previous Home Office plans would have seen the hotel used by migrants

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

A man who sold heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover police officer has been jailed for 32 months. Nozmul Alom, 23, is one of dozens of people to be charged as part of a police operation to target drug dealing in Keighley. Bradford Crown Court was told the undercover...

Man jailed after undercover drugs operation

The decision to close the facility in Brampton will be scrutinised at a meeting next week.

Care home closure consultation 'a paper exercise'

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

The 27-year-old is charged with drug offences and is expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court.

Man arrested after £1.26m worth of cannabis seized in Tayside

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A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

Wildlife experts will attempt to track the grave-digging animals at a Borders cemetery.

Badgers blamed for digging up human remains in cemetery

An American woman who was found chained to a tree "screaming" in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra had shackled herself, police and her doctor have told the BBC. Lalita Kayi, 50, was rescued about 10 days ago from the dense forests of Sindhudurg district after her...

US woman found chained to tree in India tied herself, say police

Two premature babies died within weeks of each other after neglect by a hospital, an inquest jury has found. Westminster Coroners’ Court heard Elena Ali and Sunny Parker-Propst were both given sodium nitrite instead of sodium bicarbonate in 2020 while under the care of staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Babies died after hospital neglect - inquest jury

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The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid during the period following his arrest in November last year, after his guilty plea to charges of having indecent images of children.It comes after the Culture Secretary had urged the disgraced newsreader to “return his salary”, while she also asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup an estimated £200,000 paid to Edwards between his arrest and resignation.A statement from the corporation said if Edwards had “been up front when asked by the BBC about his arrest, we would never have continued to pay him...

BBC asks Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid after his arrest

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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Dental practice to stop taking NHS patients

A dental practice says it will soon only offer private care as the industry is \"on its...

A dental practice says it will soon only offer private care as the industry is "on its...

Dental practice to stop taking NHS patients

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