Portugal already has much of the policy framework needed to tackle obesity – but people living with the disease are still waiting to see it translated into actual care, a

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Measures would remove some penalties for those helping women access abortion but are ‘small-scale step’, say campaigners

Poland’s lower house of parliament has approved two bills aimed at loosening a near-total ban on abortions, in what campaigners have described as a “small-scale step” ahead of protests calling on the government to fulfil its promises to overhaul the country’s laws.

The new measures, which are likely to be vetoed by Poland’s nationalist president, would remove some of the criminal penalties for those who help women to access abortion care and allow terminations in cases of foetal abnormalities.

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© Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

The company plans to offer testosterone replacement therapy, marking its first foray into prescribing controlled substances.

University Hospital Galway has apologised to a 28-year-old woman for deficiencies in radiology care after her diagnosis of cancer was delayed for two years.

Almost 5,000 patients discharged to care facilities in first half of 2020