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Could this be why these cancer rates are soaring

Why is this Type of Cancer Rising In Younger People? There’s a cancer trend on the rise… But this time it’s not affecting the very old among us… It’s hitting people under 50 — sometimes even in their 30s or late 20s. Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) used to be rare in younger people. But it now accounts for about 1 in 10 new cases worldwide. According to the current predictions, that number could more than double by 2030. So what’s…
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My Wife’s Ozempic Shock

Lara went for a girls’ night out at the weekend. A bunch of her friends were getting together for a few birthday drinks. She was pleased to see them, and had good fun, but she came home shocked. Out of the five other women (all aged between 48 and 60) FOUR were on Ozempic, or a version of it (they’re known as GLP-1 agonists or, more crudely “fat jabs”.) And they were all enthusiastic about how much weight they’d lost,…
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The Health Secret in this Da Vinci Masterpiece

How was your long Easter weekend? Our youngest child went to a friends’ house while the older two didn’t bother to come home for Easter (too many better things to do, apparently). So Lara and I did nothing except cook and garden all weekend. It was AMAZING. One of the side-benefits of a rapidly emptying nest! Anyway, on Easter Monday I was taking a breather… sipping coffee, listening to a jazz record and flipping through my collection of health supplements…
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The Health Risks of Non-Alcoholic Alternatives

What a sunny week! Well, at least where I live… The springtime really burst into bloom, trees blazing with colour, daffodils and bluebells flecking the greenery and verges bursting with foliage. It was the beginning of the school Easter holidays last weekend so almost everybody was out and about. Lara and I walked through town, where I was struck by how many people were eating and drinking outside – tables were laden with big glistening pints of beer, wine bottles…
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A Frozen Treat That’s Sending Kids to A&E

They’re colourful. They’re ice cold. They taste like liquefied sherbet. And apparently, they’re putting some young children in hospital. Yep – today I’m talking about slushy drinks. You’ve probably seen them, even if you haven’t tried one. They are gigantic cups of brain-freeze-inducing icy syrup, which come in lurid bright colours. You can buy them in corner shops, cinemas, theme parks, and anywhere children are likely to be. Clearly, they are very sugary. But that’s not the main problem. A…
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A tale of two sharply contrasting weight loss headlines

Here’s a tale of two headlines. Both appeared in The Times on consecutive days at the end of last month. Here’s one from Tuesday the 23rd of July… SUMMER SLIMMER RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER TAKING WEGOVNY. Then here’s one on Wednesday the 24th of July NHS COULD APPROVE OZEMPIC TO STOP HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. Hmmm… In the first one, a weight loss injection user is hospitalised with heart palpitations and seizures, eyes rolling in the back of her head,…
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