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The menopause gap: why some women suffer more and get less care

Menopause is often described as “the change”, but for millions of women worldwide it is more than a biological milestone. It is a cultural, social and medical turning point. While most women experience menopause, their journeys are not the same. Ethnicity, culture and access to healthcare shape how symptoms are…

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Widow calls for frozen tissue law change after husband’s brain tumour death

Ellie James said she believes her husband would still be alive had the law been in place when he was receiving treatment

The Independent UK

Schools shut for third day as snow and ice warning continues to cause chaos

Aberdeenshire Council declared a major incident on Tuesday

The Independent UK

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NHS spending watchdog recommends smartphone apps for asthma patients

New draft guidance recommends using eight apps on the health service for the next three years while further evidence is collected

The Independent UK

The corporate greed that has ravaged the US has wrecked Britain too

Letters: After Robert Reich wrote about the US going ‘off the rails’, Tony Rowlands and Kate Purcell respond from a British angle

The Guardian - UK

Thousands left dead or disabled due to shortage of stroke specialists, medics warn

A lack of specialist consultants in NHS hospitals is leaving stroke patients without essential care, experts have warned

The Independent UK

MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here’s what parents need to know.

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Beleaguered Starmer appeals for unity at first cabinet meeting of the year

It comes as Labour slip to third place in a YouGov poll, with ongoing questions over whether the prime minister will be pushed out by his MPs

The Independent UK

Starmer says UK ‘turning the corner’ at first Cabinet meeting of 2026

Labour faces a difficult set of elections in May in English local authorities and the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

Evening Standard

NHS went ahead with 95 per cent of hospital appointments during doctors’ strike

An average of 19,120 resident doctors were on strike each day over five days in December

The Independent UK

The common conditions the new NHS ‘online hospital’ will treat

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The Independent UK

Study finds school HPV vaccine also cuts cancer risk in unvaccinated women

Researchers have discovered new ‘herd effects’ of school-based vaccination programmes

The Independent UK

NHS Online to offer video appointments for nine common conditions

NHS Online will initially provide support for conditions, including endometriosis, when it launches next year

The Independent UK

Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

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Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson reveals her twins may never walk, but what is spinal muscular atrophy?

Jesy Nelson reveals her twin daughters have been diagnosed with SMA, a severe muscular disorder

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour urges Keir Starmer to stay out of Holyrood campaign

Anas Sarwar says prime minister’s missteps have left party clear underdogs in run-up to May election

The Independent UK

What is SMA? The rare genetic condition that Jesy Nelson’s twin daughters have

Former Little Mix star revealed her twin daughters had been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1

Evening Standard

Amy Schumer says her 2026 is about ‘self care and love’

The US star said she wants spend the next year appreciating her health and her family, and ‘have the best year’ of her life.

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SMA Type 1 Warning Signs Reassured as 'Normal — Why Jesy Nelson Was Told Not to Worry About Her Twins

Jesy Nelson reveals how early SMA type 1 warning signs in her twin babies were reassured as 'normal', delaying diagnosis of the rare condition.

Evening Standard

Swinney’s message to Scotland: May’s election offers ‘hope for a better future’

The First Minister was speaking to SNP supporters in Glasgow.

International Business Times UK

Why Are Brit Taxpayers Saving Lives Ruined by Private Clinics? UK's Lax Rules Exposed

Botched cosmetic procedures are piling costs onto the NHS, with taxpayers funding corrective care as weak regulations fuel calls for reform.

The Guardian - UK

The NHS is still a priceless resource

Brief letters: Healthcare and humanity | Too many celebrities | Aid agencies in Gaza | Size matters | Neither Twixtmas nor Twixmas

The Guardian - UK

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson says her twin babies may never walk

The 34-year-old posts emotional video saying the girls will ‘fight all the odds’ after spinal muscular atrophy diagnosis

Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson reveals her twins are unlikely to walk after diagnosis

The singer said her mother had noticed a lack of movement in her children’s legs.

Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson reveals twin daughters may never walk after being diagnosed with devastating muscular disease

Nelson broke down in tears as she explained eight-month-old Ocean and Story have severe SMA and may never walk

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