John Ely

Unhealthiest ready meals REVEALED: Worst offenders salty as 10 portions of McDonald’s fries – is your favourite on the list?

Ready meals sold in Britain can be saltier than ten portions of McDonald’s fries, a damning audit has revealed.  The probe, by campaign group Action on Salt, looked at the nutritional content of more than 1,500 meals sold by more than […]

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Top pharmacist warns against over-the-counter medication taken by millions – it could raise dementia risk

Regularly taking a common hay fever remedy could substantially increase your risk of developing the memory robbing condition dementia, a pharmacist has warned.  The warning comes amid unusually high pollen levels hitting the UK, leaving many  sufferers turning to the

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Warning over surge in terrifying bug that kills up to one in five people it infects – ‘corridor care’ in NHS hospitals is to blame

Cases of a potentially killer infection that can spread rampantly in hospitals have surged by a third in a year, health officials have warned.  Clostridioides difficile, commonly referred to as C. diff, is a highly contagious bacteria that causes diarrhoea.

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England’s busiest GP practices revealed – use our search tool to see how many patients YOU are competing with for appointments at your surgery

Nine million patients would need to move GPs if surgeries adhered to ‘safe limits’, startling analysis shows. Under widely accepted guidelines, practices should have no more than 1,800 patients on their lists for every full-time equivalent GP employed. Yet MailOnline’s investigation

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The number of oral sex partners that can raise your chance of lethal cancer almost 10-fold, according to experts – are you at risk?

People who have had oral sex with six or more partners in their lifetime are almost 10-times more likely to get throat cancer, a medic has warned. Dr Hisham Mehanna, an expert in cancer at the University of Birmingham, said seven in

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Doctors pinpoint two ‘vague’ toilet symptoms that are a warning sign of liver cancer – cases in under 50s have surged by 86 per cent since the 90s

Two critical changes in your toilet habits could be a sign of a deadly cancer that is on the rise in Britain. Bile duct cancer, medically known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a cancer that grows in tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and the

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I’m a doctor – here’s the shocking reason you should NEVER pee in the shower – long-term harm could be difficult to reverse

By JOHN ELY DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 07:54 EDT, 7 May 2025 | Updated: 07:59 EDT, 7 May 2025 Medics have issued an urgent health warning about urinating in the shower, as it could render you incontinent and

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