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Children as young as 13 are getting ketamine bladder damage

Medics at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool say some patients - they have had over 100 referrals since opening last May - describe "peeing a jellyfish", which is some of the bladder's protective lining being shed.…

Open wounds and eyes that can't close - women warn about cheap bleph eyelid surgery

She decided to get a blepharoplasty, or a "bleph", removing skin from just above the eyes - after seeing videos about it on social media. Even though she was given a local anaesthetic, Nikita felt extreme pain.…

Who’s Supposed to catch a Generation that Outsources its Thinking?

The first was two weeks ago PISA headline: stability. England’s 15-year-olds held their ground in maths, nudged up in reading, improved in science, while most of the OECD went backwards in the first two. We should take…

Fresh bedsheets and dusk walks: Expert tips for sleep-deprived freshers

But your relationship with your bed could be key to keeping up with a busy social life, as well as that lengthy reading list. "If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes…

UK doctors develop non-invasive test for womb cancer in women bleeding after menopause

The approach has the potential to transform care for thousands of women each year and spare them from invasive and uncomfortable tests that can also be costly for healthcare systems. Every year, hundreds of thousands of…

Children as young as 13 being referred to UK hospital suffering from ‘ketamine bladder’

Medics at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool opened the first ketamine clinic in the UK for young people amid a surge in urology problems linked to addiction of the drug. Now analysis of the first patients to use…

First Employers Back Alan Milburn’s ‘First Chance’ Campaign for Young People

Launched following overwhelming offers of support from British business – Royal Mail, Octopus Energy, Greene King, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest are among the first sign-ups as Milburn, the man tasked with solving the…

Sex-based discrimination in medicine costs lives | Letters

This inequality costs lives. A British Heart Foundation-funded study found that women were less likely than men to receive recommended care after a heart attack. Research in 2018 estimated that more than 8,000 women's…

Minority ethnic NHS staff pay a heavy price for speaking up about patient safety | Letter

But it also points to a wider risk: patient safety. Care mistakes already cost the NHS £14.7bn a year . A March 2025 report by the NHS Race & Health Observatory notes that Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff…

Martha's Rule rolled out at every A&E department in England

It is named after Martha Mills, who died aged 13 in 2021 after developing blood poisoning, or sepsis. Her family's concerns were not listened to, which later prompted her parents, Merope and Paul, to change that culture…