‘I feel blessed to get Wegovy weight-loss jab’ – but can the NHS afford it for all?

‘I feel blessed to get Wegovy weight-loss jab’ – but can the NHS afford it for all?

BBC Ray says he feels “lucky” to have had access to the drug via the NHS, especially now he is a granddad to Willow Ray, 62 from south London, became one of the first patients to receive the weight-loss jab Wegovy on the NHS last year and has lost 14kg (just over two stone) in … Read more

Hooch tragedies kill the poor, not the man who can afford pricey whisky, SC tells Punjab

Hooch tragedies kill the poor, not the man who can afford pricey whisky, SC tells Punjab

A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Punjab government for treating the rampant illegal liquor trade mafia in the State with “kid gloves”. A Bench of Justices M.R. Shah and M.M. Sundresh said the blind eye and … Read more

Being Unable to Afford Healthy Food Can Raise Diabetes Risk

Being Unable to Afford Healthy Food Can Raise Diabetes Risk

THURSDAY, May 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Young adults who struggle to afford food face an increased risk of diabetes later in life, possibly due to the long-term effects of eating cheaper, less nutritious food. That’s the conclusion of researchers who analyzed data on nearly 4,000 people from the U.S. National Longitudinal Study … Read more

‘We couldn’t afford fertility treatment so we risked finding a sperm donor on Facebook’

‘We couldn’t afford fertility treatment so we risked finding a sperm donor on Facebook’

Private clinics were not an option for Lorraine and her partner, however. “It was far, far too much money, it would take me years to save up,” Lorraine says. Obtaining sperm from a sperm bank costs between £600 to £1,300 pounds per sample, depending on the country of origin. Source link