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Pharmaceutical industry criticizes the drug pricing plan Trump will sign

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Health Secretary Neil Gray to abstain on assisted dying Bill vote in Holyrood

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Doctor issues advice to anyone trying to wake up earlier in day

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Trump looks to cut drug prices to match other countries with new order

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Rugby star part of campaign to better mental health

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'It's hugely important just to talk' - Burn and Shearer on mental wellbeing

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Rugby club hosts mental health day for pupils

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Weight-loss drugs tested in head-to-head trial

Weight-loss drugs tested in head-to-head trial

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

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Weight-loss jab Mounjaro helps people shed much more weight than rival – study

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Weight loss injections may have an anti-cancer effect ‘beyond weight loss’

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Weight loss injections may have an anti-cancer effect ‘beyond weight loss’

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First five years of life key to preventing obesity, researchers suggest

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NHS programme to reduce brain injuries in childbirth to be rolled out nationally

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NHS programme to reduce brain injuries in childbirth to be rolled out nationally

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Nurses hint at escalation if profession is left ‘ailing and underpaid’

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Prioritise mental health of those affected by domestic abuse, charity urges

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Prioritise mental health of those affected by domestic abuse, charity urges

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Trump to sign executive order to reduce cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals up to 80%

Trump to sign executive order to reduce cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals up to 80%

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Doctors issue heat warning to people with common issue – high temperatures can make it even worse

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Trump injected uncertainty into federal contracting. Donor brains went to the grave.

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Subtle bathroom habit difference between ages revealed in new study

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Astonishing videos reveal what Hollywood's most beautiful women would look like without cosmetic tweaks...according to skin expert

The UK town where 1 in 30 people are claiming benefits for anxiety

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Woman discovers horrific secret about her husband after taking ancestry test

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I'm in love with an AI companion - here's the surprising reason I prefer time with him to human men, and I'm not ashamed

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I can’t cuddle my kids after being left paralysed in 91mph head-on crash that killed my friend in the seat next to me

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Fearless consultant physician and scourge of PFI dies

Assisted Dying takes another step closer as Holyrood vote looms

Assisted Dying takes another step closer as Holyrood vote looms