Similar Posts
Clinics to need licences for Botox fillers in cosmetics crackdown
Posted onPhilippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images The government has announced plans to crack down on dodgy cosmetic practitioners in England who it says are exploiting people and causing harm. Under the new proposals, only qualified health professionals will be able to carry out risky non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) and clinics will need to meet…
Female athletes say sports bra cost is barrier to participation
Posted onJessica LaneEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC Rosie Halsall, 18, wants to make free sports bras and fitting available in secondary schools A former Team GB roller derby skater says the cost of sports bras is discouraging younger females taking part in physical activity. Rosie Halsall, 18, from Sheffield, is campaigning for free sports bras and…
Matt Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ and ‘hostile’ Covid inquiry
Posted onMatt Hancock has defended government deals to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, saying the country was in a “desperate situation” at the time. In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as “naive”, “hostile” and “inappropriate”. He said he was…
German doctor jailed for killing 15 of his patients
Posted onA German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients. A court in Berlin on Wednesday found the 41-year-old man, named only as Johannes M. in line with German privacy rules, guilty of murdering 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024. The authorities believe…
Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time
Posted onJames GallagherHealth and science correspondent BBC/Fergus Walsh Professors Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi led the UK part of the trial One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington’s – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of…
