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Teenagers as young as 15 are seeking help after receiving botched Botox treatment and fillers, a charity has said. Advice Direct Scotland (ADS) says it wants tighter restrictions on cosmetic procedures after receiving hundreds of complaints about procedures. The Scottish government has proposed legislation to make non-surgical treatments illegal for under-18s and require procedures to…

Tom BurgessNorth East and Cumbria BBC The University Hospital of Hartlepool said improvements had been made after Dawn Lord’s complaint A woman who did not give informed consent for a hysteroscopy has described the procedure as “agonising”. Dawn Lord, 51, believed she was attending an appointment at the University Hospital of Hartlepool to discuss future…

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. With vaccines in the news a lot these days, we want to focus on the many benefits of vaccines, which go beyond infection prevention. Elizabeth Graves, NP, Family Nurse Practitioner at West Tennessee Medical Group Thomsen Farms “Vaccines are most known as a tool for preventing illness,” says Elizabeth…

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Current and former CDC employees sounded off as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited CDC headquarters on Monday. The visit comes after a suspected shooter damaged the CDC on Friday. It was an emotional day for some staffers as they returned to campus for the first time since…