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Government nutrition advisers say what matters is whether the fruit or vegetable is still intact. Blending, mashing and powdering release free sugars. Chopping, grating and drying fruit such as apricots so that it stays largely intact do not.
Adults dependent on illegal drugs can hand in a small sample at the Hunter Street site and get advice based on what it contains. Aberdeen and Dundee are due to follow in the coming months.
The Welsh Government plans to ban sales of drinks with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to children. It is now asking how the ban should be enforced, with responses due by 17 December.
Official registration statistics count 373,574 new cancers diagnosed in 2024, an average of 1,021 a day. Prostate cancer remains the most common outside two types of skin cancer.
The drug was previously recommended only for people who began it between the ages of 6 and 17. The NHS in England must now fund it for adults within 90 days where it is the most suitable option.
The study uses samples already collected through the Health Survey for England and will also look for lead, arsenic, bisphenols, phthalates and flame retardants. First findings are due in 2027, and the agency is not recommending routine PFAS blood tests.
Most of the new machines went into community diagnostic centres, which carried out nearly 2.2 million CT and MRI scans in the year to March 2026. AI software that shortens MRI scans is on more than half of compatible scanners.
New Food Standards Agency guidance covers bottled water, power cuts, feeds away from home and travel abroad. Ready-to-feed formula is the safest option when safe water is limited.
The oral liquid is for adults and children with long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders, and the licence is conditional on further study results.
FAST-Forward Boost is testing whether a course that now takes three weeks can be delivered in five days. Results are not expected until 2033.
Six months after the UK's new clinical trials regulations took effect, the medicines regulator has published its first figures on the fast-track route for amending studies.
A study in mice, published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, found that a vaccine delivered in the nose or under the tongue produced immune responses both in the airways and across the body.
The British Medical Association says senior doctors will provide Christmas Day levels of cover only, which is expected to hit planned operations and outpatient clinics. It is the first consultant walkout in England since 2023.
Clips claiming that pale skin, dark circles and thinning hair reveal low iron stores have drawn millions of views. A blood test is the only way to find out, and the NHS says the cause matters as much as the result.
The Food Standards Agency has issued an allergy alert for 200g packs of Emma Basic Curry Cubes Japanese Style across eight best before dates.
The Health and Social Care Committee says the current plan reaches only about 6% of eligible patients and is pushing many people to pay privately.
A general guide to the NHS 111 service, how it differs from 999 and your GP, and the other routes to care it can direct you towards.
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