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Keir Starmer says good case for ending ban on assisted dying

Labour leader says there are ‘grounds for changing the law’, after Esther Rantzen’s plea for new Commons vote

The Independent UK

A St. Louis nursing home closes suddenly, prompting wider concerns over care

The displacement of 170 nursing home residents is raising questions and renewing concerns over care facilities and the steep challenges families and frontline workers face in the care system.

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Fertility doctor convicted of wife’s murder after claiming she fell down stairs

A doctor who tried to stage his wife’s death as an accident has been sentenced to prison for murder

The Independent UK

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"Anyone else have a Boomer Mum who would anxiety AT you" - Millennials beg parents to keep their anxieties to themselves and spare the grandkids (might be easier said than done, though)

Parents are keen for their own kids to avoid the same worries that they grew up with

GoodToKnow

Cabinet minister Mel Stride wants MPs to look again at legalising assisted dying

Support for fresh look follows Esther Rantzen’s call for new vote, as he reveals joining Dignitas

The Independent UK

Karnataka to increase COVID-19 testing to 5,000 a day, issues guidelines for genome sequencing

Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department increases testing and Whole Genome Sequencing to prepare for COVID-19 upsurge.

The Hindu

Bravo, Esther Rantzen, it’s only the wimps in Westminster who are too afraid to talk about assisted dying

The campaigner is right to call for reform. It’s political cowardice, not public opinion, that stands in the way, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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MPs moving towards majority backing for assisted dying, ex-minister claims

Kit Malthouse says sentiment has moved significantly since last Commons vote on issue in 2015

The Guardian - UK

Dear Abby: Friends won’t get hearing aids, so we have to yell

It’s embarrassing to speak so loudly at a restaurant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Early Life Diseases Linked To Lifetime Childlessness: Study

Researchers found a "significant" link between 74 early-life diseases and the risk of being childless throughout life.

Medical Daily

Baby born after uterus transplant in Australian first

Kirsty Bryant has given birth to son Henry less than a year after receiving a uterus transplant from her mother.

AAP

'The perfect gift': thousands wanted in Xmas blood push

Hundreds more blood donations are needed each day over the coming weeks to meet demand over the Christmas period.

AAP

Largest nursing home in St. Louis closes suddenly, forcing out 170 residents

The largest nursing home in St. Louis has closed suddenly, forcing about 170 residents to be bused to other facilities

The Independent UK

Poem of the week: CLM by John Masefield

The poet’s abiding grief for a mother he lost aged six arrives at large-hearted thoughts about women in general

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Evening Standard

Winter Survival Appeal: Mum of family of five living in just two rooms says Doorstep Project a 'godsend'

Maria, a mother in her forties, lives with her four children aged 13 to 22 in a hostel near Finchley Road. The five of them occupy two bedrooms that fall on either side of a corridor shared with other families.

The Guardian - UK

In a surrogacy deal between a rich and poor woman, only one is acting as a free agent

Celebrities pay well to outsource childbirth, but given the exploitation and health risks can it ever be enough?

The Guardian - UK

My sister and I had a row, and now she has snubbed our Christmas invite

You may not be consciously aware, but you seem to want to be seen as better than her

The Guardian - AU

Pain, trauma and ‘moral injury’: the push to improve birthing care in NSW hospitals

A public hearing of the NSW birth trauma inquiry in Wagga Wagga this week heard calls to overhaul pregnancy and maternal healthcare services

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AAP

Health sector falling behind in leadership imbalance

While traditionally male-dominated sectors such as engineering lead efforts to address gender inequality, healthcare providers are failing to promote women.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying campaigners hope to make 2024 ‘tipping point’ for UK legislation

Renewed debate over issue follows Observer’s publication of impassioned plea for legalisation by actor Diana Rigg recorded before her death

Kiplinger

New Love for Older Adults: Don’t Make the Same Financial Mistakes

If you find yourself getting ready to get hitched again (or for the first time), consider taking steps to protect yourself financially.

The Independent UK

Thousands dying unnecessarily as NHS England ranks in bottom half of countries for patient safety

UK’s ranking should be ‘wake up call’ on patient safety, former health minister warns

Evening Standard

Camilla brings festive cheer to children’s hospice

The Queen met youngsters at Children’s Hospice South West’s Charlton Farm on the outskirts of Bristol.

The Hindu

PCPNDT violations: Only 100 cases filed in last 21 years

Despite the State struggling to arrest a steady decline in the child sex ratio from 958 in 2011-2013 to 916 in 2018-2020 (for every 1,000 males as per SRS data), Karnataka’s Health Department has booked only 100 violation cases of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)…

The Independent UK

The happiest country in Europe revealed

Eurostat says that in past year ‘EU citizens tended to be quite satisfied with their life in general’

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