NHS watchdog gives green light to ‘King Kong’ weight loss jab Mounjaro

By Emily Stearn, health reporter for Mailonline 12:14 June 04, 2024, updated 19:26 June 04, 2024 The ‘King Kong’ of weight loss jabs will be made available on the NHS, health chiefs announced today. According to current guidelines, only people with type 2 diabetes who cannot control the condition are eligible for Mounjaro through the … Read more

Care home closed after ‘serious concerns’ about safety.

A home that provided care for people with dementia has been closed due to “serious concerns” about safety. The Stanholm residential care home for the elderly in Edenbridge has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Stanholm Residential Care Home for the elderly in Mill Hill, Edenbridge. Image: Google An assessment took place … Read more

Were private hospital staff who tried to snoop into Kate Middleton’s files caught in a trap by health chiefs?

The Princess of Wales was receiving private medical care at the London Clinic when staff were accused of accessing her personal information following a planned abdominal operation

By Natasha Livingstone Royal Correspondent Published: 5:02 PM EDT, June 1, 2024 | Updated: 5:18 PM EDT, June 1, 2024 Staff at the prestigious hospital at the center of a data breach of the Princess of Wales’s personal medical records may have suffered a decoy trap set by managers, experts believe. The MoS can reveal … Read more

Google’s AI search tool tells users to ‘eat rocks’ for their health

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Google’s new artificial intelligence search tool has advised users that eating rocks can be healthy and gluing cheese to pizza, sparking ridicule and raising questions about the decision to embed an experimental feature into the … Read more

DR. MICHAEL MOSLEY: My five steps to shrink your waistline and help you live longer – including one that started as a seduction technique…

Nordic walking uses many more muscle groups than regular walking, so it's good for you

I recently celebrated my 67th birthday, which gave me the usual pause for thought. I like to think I’m aging well, but there’s plenty of room for improvement. But change is hard and at my age it can be quite intimidating. That’s one of the main reasons I enjoy creating (and testing) ideas featured in … Read more

JOHNNY NELSON: Tyson Fury and his camp are thuggish and rude and left me cold with their behavior in Saudi Arabia… mental health issues are no excuse for his behavior and it’s time to say ‘we’ve had enough’

Sympathy for Tyson Fury is in short supply after his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk

Let me address the elephant in the room, sympathy for Tyson Fury this morning is thin on the ground. I always love it when the Brit wins, but there are a growing number of people who follow our sport and are glad he didn’t. And you have to ask yourself: why is that? There is … Read more

Scientists discover link between Covid vaccination and rare ‘cold blood disease’

Scientists have discovered a link between a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine and the complication caused by a rare ‘cold blood disease’. The research, led by Flinders University and international experts, deepens our understanding of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (known as VITT). Following the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, governments around … Read more