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Posted onNew research is challenging the long-standing belief that you need to walk at least 10,000 steps—or about 5 miles—a day to stay healthy. The meta-analysis, published in The Lancet Public Health, found that walking just 7,000 steps a day may provide protection against a range of diseases, including cancer, dementia, and heart disease. These findings…
Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much beyond recovery, report says
Posted onMuch of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now “beyond recovery”, a report has said. The response to the pandemic had led to “enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error” with many organisations unprepared, the Covid Counter Fraud…
Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings
Posted onNick Triggle, Jim Reed, Dom Hughes and Michelle Roberts Getty Images The long-awaited independent report into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic has been published. Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK’s response could be summarised as “too little, too late”. The report looks at whether lockdowns…
Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people
Posted onJane Deith BBC File on 4 Investigates BBC Listen to Jane read this article At the urology department of Burnley General Hospital, 26-year-old Ryan (not his real name) is having a drug solution inserted through a catheter – part of his treatment for a condition known as ketamine bladder. This procedure will not completely reverse…
Hair transplants, finasteride and hair systems: Welcome to the world of hair restoration
Posted onBBC I’m bald, and that bothered me for a long time. It bothered me that I was bothered. But just one swipe down my Instagram feed reveals I’m not the only man who is self-conscious about his hair. I’m greeted with videos and posts offering me hair transplants, regrowth tablets, thickening sprays, powders that…
Women traumatised by breast cancer treatment at NHS trust, BBC told
Posted onSharon Barbourand Mary O’Reilly,BBC Local Investigations BBC Kate Driver says her cancer diagnosis was delayed and she was not offered the option of breast reconstruction Breast cancer patients suffered unnecessary mastectomies, delayed diagnoses and a lack of compassionate care at an NHS Trust in north-east England, the BBC has learned. More than 200 cases are…
