A mum of four says she is frustrated and angry at the lack of answers to concerns for her daughters’ health problems. Sarah Johnson, from Meopham, has been paying out for private healthcare in a bid to diagnose and treat her daughters quickly, after being told she’d have to wait...
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Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said on social media that he expects to be released from the hospital on Sunday, two days after surgery for blood clots in his legs. In a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Sanders told his family that he had successful surgery on Friday for...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican attorney is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday. Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican attorney is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday. Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request in federal court asking a...
A village medical practice is to change its patient booking method in an effort to improve care and reduce the time patients spend trying to get through on the phone. The Bearsted surgery, near Maidstone, said it has been receiving on average 579 calls every day. The Bearsted Medical Practice...
3M will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle claims over the dumping of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water supplies across the US. The legal bill slapped on the company, infamous for creating the chemical C8 for Scotchgard, will cover not just existing claims but also future ones by...
A care home has been put into special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated it inadequate. An unannounced inspection in April of Oakham Grange care home in Wheatfield Way, Barleythorpe was made following concerns about medicine management and allegations of neglect. Oakham Grange, run by Ardale, provides accommodation...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first gene therapy for a deadly form of muscular dystrophy received preliminary U.S. approval on Thursday despite concerns from some government scientists about the treatment’s ability to help boys with the inherited disease. The Food and Drug Administration approval provides a new option for some patients...
Professor Rick Body, Group Director of Research and Innovation at MFT, said: “We are delighted to receive this funding and very proud to deliver this important research at MFT. Early diagnosis of cancer provides the best chance for successful treatment, which is why implementing this innovative test is so important....
Police are to make daily visits to a public loo and CCTV is to be installed in an effort to catch vandals who have been smearing human excrement over the walls. The increased action follows an intervention by Maidstone and the Weald MP Helen Grant who branded the toilets at...