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Is walking or running better for your health?
Walking and running are popular cardiovascular activities that both offer potential benefits. While running burns more calories, walking also supports cardiovascular (heart-related) health and is a lower-impact option. Which one is “better” depends on your personal abilities and goals. Walking offers many benefits. Here are some highlights: Low-impact: Walking can stimulate your heart without affecting…
Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed
The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières. Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the floor, MSF said, as the country’s two-year civil war aids the spread of the disease. Sylvain Penicaud,…
‘Shocking’ Jhoots pharmacy chain should be shut down, says MP
James DiamondSomerset, Wiliton BBC More than 100 pharmacies operate under the Jhoots brand, but with different management A pharmacy chain has serious questions to answer over allegations of financial mismanagement, according to MP Sadik Al Hassan. Staff at Jhoots Pharmacies run by Sarbjit Jhooty are owed £670,000 in unpaid wages, according to union Pharmacists Defence…
Prostate cancer screening: what you need to know
Getty Images The UK’s National Screening Committee has recommended that only a very small group of men at high risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease. There is currently no screening programme for prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men. But there has been some energetic campaigning for change by high-profile…
