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A doctor has appeared in court accused of more than 40 counts of sexual assault against hospital patients including children. The charges faced by Nathaniel Spencer on Tuesday relate to 38 patients at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, between 2017 and 2021. The 38-year-old of Great Hampden Street, Birmingham, appeared at…

The Melodies for Mums classes in south London started in 2017 and now take on more than 400 women a year Specially designed singing classes are clinically effective at treating mums with postnatal depression, a major three-year study has found. The authors say they could also be cost effective for the NHS at a time…

The British Medical Association (BMA) and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have agreed to resume talks following the end of the latest strike by resident doctors in England. The five-day walkout, which finished on Wednesday morning, took place after talks broke down last week. After the strike ended, Streeting offered to resume talks early next week…

Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy, moved many Americans over the weekend with her emotional essay about being diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after giving birth to her second child. In the New Yorker, the 35-year-old stunned readers, writing that she was battling acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer,…

Most people apply deodorant every day to combat armpit stink—but a fleet of new products promise to get rid of odor and sweat all over your body. These whole-body deodorants are marketed as deodorizers for your inner thighs, private parts, feet, under the breasts, and any other spot that might get sweaty and stinky. Plenty…