Health
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Sarah Thornton had dismissed them as ‘dumb boobs’ until a double mastectomy changed everything. Her new book, Tits Up, explores what our beliefs about breasts mean – from feeding babies to bra design and Baywatch
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Research finds four-year-old boy who remains severely obese into adulthood has life expectancy of 39
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‘I’m being discriminated against purely based on the genes I was born with’, says a Queensland man who couldn’t update his life insurance policy
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Researchers say semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic, could be biggest medical breakthrough since statins
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With many NHS maternity services struggling and a shortage of midwives, MPs’ plan for overhaul is ambitious
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Editorial: A pioneering report from MPs should lead to much-needed improvements in the treatment of new mothers by the NHS
The Guardian view on health spending: a broken promise that voters are unlikely to forget or forgive