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World’s first AI can predict when patients will have a heart attack or stroke better than a DOCTOR

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Artificial intelligence has accurately predicted the possibility of heart attack or stroke in a world’s first.   A study led by Barts Health NHS Trust and University College London used AI to analyse cardiac scans of more than 1,000 patients. Researchers said it’s the first time blood flow scans, which reveal problems with the heart, have been … Read more

Personal trainer, 33, claims doctor refused to remove her breast implants as it would ruin figure

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A personal trainer who had her breast implants removed after a series of illnesses has revealed that doctors were hesitant to do the procedure as they worried it would ruin her figure.  Bec Donlan, 33, a fitness trainer and entrepreneur who is from Australia but lives in New York, was born with pectus excavatum – a … Read more

Trendy ‘hangover cure’ IV drips plugged by Love Island stars are slammed by nation’s top doctor

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Beyoncé, the Kardashians and Chrissy Teigen have all been name-checked in a list of 2019’s worst health fads. Leading dietitians have revealed five of the worst tips they’ve come across this year that should be avoided in 2020, including Beyoncé’s 22-day diet. The British Dietetic Association (BDA) urged dieters to remember it takes longer than … Read more

Thousands of cancer patients feel like they cannot ask questions to their doctor

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Thousands of cancer patients feel they can’t ask questions to NHS staff caring for them because they are too busy, Macmillan warns Macmillan received 240,000 inquiries to its support line this year, it claims Many patients phone in distress feeling they can’t ask questions to medics The charity said many callers ringing its support line … Read more

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: We are shamefully ignoring the plight of middle-aged men 

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When it comes to mental health, there’s a group of people we are systematically letting down. No, not ethnic minorities, gay people or women, but middle-aged men. Doctors, campaigners and politicians all ignore them and as a result many are living in misery, blighted by mental illness that goes unnoticed and untreated. It’s a myth … Read more

Gruesome footage shows a doctor pulling a leech out of a man’s nose

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Gruesome footage shows a doctor pulling two leeches out of a man’s nose after ‘he washed his face with dirty water’ The man, known only by his surname Cao, endured ten days of nose bleeds The citrus farmer has a habit of washing with water that has not been sterilised  Ear, nose and throat specialist … Read more