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First East Yorkshire endometriosis support centre to open
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Resident doctors begin 13th strike as pay dispute in England conitnues
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent PA Media Resident doctors have been picketing outside St. Thomas’ Hospital on Friday morning as the strike began NHS bosses are aiming to keep nearly all services running as resident doctors begin a five-day walkout in England. The strike – the 13th by British Medical Association members in the long-running pay dispute…
Medics helped me beat cancer but they can’t help my crash menopause
Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter Kat Denisi Kat is now cancer-free but is now struggling with the symptoms of medically-induced menopause When Kat Denisi was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 she was put into a medically-induced menopause to stop her hormones fuelling the tumour. The set designer also underwent radiotherapy, which left her with…
