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PRESCRIPTION costs will be “unaffordable for many” after rising to £9.90 tomorrow, medics warn.Charges have risen 2.59 per cent compared to the £9.65 they cost last year, the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed.1England is the only country in the UK that still charges for NHS prescriptionsThe high costs are effectively a “tax on the working poor” and could result in less well-off patients being unable to pick up lifesaving drugs, campaigners claimed.Tase Oputu, of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said: “This is a dark day for patients who will now have to pay nearly £10 for each item on…

DESPERATE plans are in place to move an entire sinking city 1,200 miles away to a huge island full of chilling jungle tribes.Over 1.9million residents in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, could be forced to relocate in a very ambitious $30billion plan with the first people set to move-in to the new city by the end of October 2024.11Construction work on Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara is underway with the first people expected to move in by October 2024Credit: Getty11A multi-story building being built up as part of the $30billion plan to transfer the current sinking capital Jakarta to a new locationCredit: Getty11A…

THE brains behind an artificial intelligence (AI) bot that can predict births, deaths and everything in between have issued a warning to curious users.AI bot Life2vec can tell you all sorts of health and social “life events” that you may experience in the coming years – including when you will die – with 78 per cent accuracy, according to its creators.1The Life2vec team told the public to “be careful of” bootleg websites that “have nothing to do with us and our work”Credit: GettyIt bows to the morbid fascinations of us humans, and our inability to cast our future’s inside balls…

FOLLOWING a healthy lifestyle could extend your life by five years — even if you’re at genetic risk of an early grave, a first-of-its-kind study shows.Exercising, eating a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and not smoking could offset your risk by up to 62 per cent, researchers found.1Following a healthy lifestyle could extend your life by five years, a study showsCredit: GettyIt means even people who are around a fifth more likely to die early based on their DNA have the power to reduce their chances, they said.Dr Zilong Bian, of Zhejiang University in China, said: “Participants with high genetic…

A REMOTE volcano in Indonesia has erupted again, sending a tower of ash more than five kilometres into the sky.Thousands were evacuated and an international airport was closed after Mount Ruang erupted several times on Tuesday.11An eruption from Mount Ruang volcano is seen from Tagulandang island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on April 30Credit: AFP11The sky was filled with thick plumes of smoke after the massive eruptionsCredit: AFP11Crowds watch as lava spews from the volcano11The Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado was forced to close after the eruptions sent ash clouds over five kilometres up into the skyCredit: APThe 725-metre-tall volcano…

VAPING could damage teenagers’ developing brains because liquids contain toxic metals, according to research.E-cigs are assumed to be safer than cigarettes because they do not contain tar, a toxic chemical of tobacco. 2Teenagers who use vapes had higher levels of metal in their urineCredit: AP:Associated Press2A graph representing some of the findings of the study, showing sweet flavoured vapes were the worst offendersBut scientists are still learning about the health effects of e-cigarettes and are warning of some worrying findings. A study by the University of Nebraska divided 200 teenagers into frequent (20 or more days use in the last…

A SPOOF Valentine’s Day message put out by Brit cops to snare a fugitive has finally found its man — in South Africa.Sussex Police came up with the Cupid stunt in 2018 after Callum Gower, 27, and his mother Caroline Sevier, 51, vanished following their arrests on drugs and firearms charges.2Sussex Police posted a series of ‘romantic’ messages offering a £500 reward for anyone who could help them ‘secure a date’Credit: Supplied2Callum Gower and his mother Caroline Sevier were nabbed in Cape Town in FebruaryCredit: SuppliedThey posted a series of “romantic” messages offering a £500 reward for anyone who could…

TOUGHER rules on sex and gender are set to be written into an update of the NHS Constitution.The patient rights document will insist medics “respect the biological differences between men and women”.1Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said: ‘We have always been clear that sex matters and our services should respect that’Credit: AlamyHospitals have been criticised for using gender-neutral terms like “chestfeeding,” “birthing people” and “people with ovaries”.Ministers will remove references to “gender” and replace them with “sex” as an eight-week consultation starts today.Proposals will seek to limit the development of trans ideology that campaigners claim is confusing.It will also give patients…

A BRIT pensioner who brutally suffocated his dementia-stricken wife in a “mercy killing” has been jailed for murder.Donald Morley, 93, who could die within six months due to his “grievous state of health”, will now spend nine years behind bars in Australia.3Donald Morley, 93, (pictured with wife Jean, 92) has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing his wifeCredit: Facebook3Jean Morley, 92, was suffocated with a pillow by her husband in July 2023Credit: Facebook3An ACT police officer outside the Fisher house on MondayCredit: ACT PolicingIn their Canberra home, Morley suffocated his 92-year-old lifetime companion Jean with a pillow after…

DISEASE ‘detectives’ have spotted worrying new trend in people suffering with early stages of syphilis, who reported vision and hearing loss. It’s not unheard of for the 15th century sexually transmitted infection (STI) to damage people’s eyesight or hearing if it’s gone untreated for years. 2It’s not unheard of for syphilis to cause eye or ear issues in the later stages of infectionCredit: PA:Press Association2But Chicago based researchers have warned that syphilis sufferers are reporting these symptoms in the early stages of their infectionsCredit: Getty ImagesBut new research presented at the 2024 Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference in Atlanta claims syphilis…