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Could weight-loss jabs be behind rising gallbladder removals? /in /by

Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.

‘Damning’ evidence of political pressure to open scandal-hit hospital – Sarwar /in /by

The Scottish Labour leader says documents prove ministers pushed for the country's largest hospital to open early.

Weight loss jab users warned over rare but serious pancreas issue /in /by

Symptoms to look out for include severe pain in the stomach and back which does not go away.

Hampstead ponds trans access challenge dismissed /in /by

The current policy is that trans men and trans women are entitled to use the pond of their choice.

‘Hospital’s neglect in my son’s death has ripped our hearts out’ /in /by

Peter Dervin says he warned Broomfield Hospital staff not to leave his son alone before fatal fall.

‘You don’t feel judged’: Why we buy more at self-service terminals /in /by

How restaurants and retailers use behavioural science to get us to increase our spending.

‘I needed a coil to ease the bleeding but I just sat on a waiting list’ /in /by

Elaine Gracey was in a lot of pain but says she was expected to just put up with her menopausal symptoms.

‘I needed a coil to ease the bleeding but I just sat on a waiting list’ /in /by

Elaine Gracey was in a lot of pain but says she was expected to just put up with her menopausal symptoms.

AI model from Google’s DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA /in /by

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.

Millionaire GP behind asylum seeker hotels /in /by

A firm founded by a GP tried to evict 100 people from flats while planning to move asylum seekers in.