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Vitamin B may reduce risk of Alzheimer's Friday, 10 September 2010 A new study suggests high doses of vitamin B may halve the speed of brain shrinkage in older people. Brain shrinkage is one of the symptoms of ...... |
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to autoimmune diseases and some cancers Monday, 30 August 2010 Scientists have found that vitamin D deficiency plays a key role in causing autoimmune diseases, some cancers and type 1 diabetes, after scientists f...... |
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1,400 'Pressure Stations' set up for "Know Your Numbers Week" Monday, 30 August 2010 1,400 'Pressure Stations' set up to support the Blood Pressure Associations "Know Your Numbers Week" One in three UK adults have high blood press...... |
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New trials on existing medicine show potential to prevent heart failure Monday, 30 August 2010 Trial results have shown that an existing £10 a week pill for chest pains has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients ...... |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 A number of newspapers have covered the story of a new blood test to predict when the menopause will occur which “could close the baby gap” by tel...... |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 A hearty cup of tea? “People who drink several cups of tea or coffee a day could be at lower risk of heart disease,” according to reports. Is ...... |
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Lifestyle Could Prevent Asthma Friday, 11 June 2010 150 million people around the world suffer from asthma and prevention is better than cure, so they say. British researchers have found that it could b...... |
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Fish And Farm Life Ward Off Allergies Wednesday, 09 June 2010 Eating fish and living on or near a farm could protect infants from allergies in later life, research teams in Germany and Sweden have found. The immu...... |
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Birthweight reveals risk of asthma and eczema Wednesday, 09 June 2010 Babies whose birth weight is low are more prone to asthma whereas heavier babies are at greater risk of eczema in childhood, according to two Swedish ...... |
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 British scientists have developed a simple blood test that can detect a cancer before a tumour has formed. It has been described as offering a ‘pa...... |
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Lack of excercise worse than obesity? Thursday, 27 May 2010 Lack of exercise worse than obesity? According to reports a lack of exercise is “worse for health than being obese”. Experts believe ...... |
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Addiction to computer games affecting teenagers Tuesday, 18 May 2010 Addiction to computer games affecting teenagers. CGD, Computer Game Addiction, is the compulsive use of computer and game consoles that h...... |
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Childhood Meningitis C vaccine wears off in teens, Calls for teenage Meningitis booster grow Monday, 10 May 2010 Researchers suggest that Three-quarters of children vaccinated against meningitis C lose their protection against the disease by their early teens, re...... |
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Ignorance could be putting Children With Asthma At Risk Tuesday, 04 May 2010 Today, new data* released by Asthma UK on World Asthma Day (4 May) suggests that 88% of UK adults would not be completely confident about what to do i...... |
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Depression Awareness Week 19 April 2010 Monday, 19 April 2010 Depression Awareness Week 19 April 2010. Depression is the most common psychological disorder in the western world and the World Health Organisation ...... |
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Advice As Ash Cloud Remains Over The UK Monday, 19 April 2010 In light of the news that ash has started to reach ground level in the UK, the British Lung Foundation is advising people with a lung condition in aff...... |
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Asthma UK Campaign Calls On Schools To Be 'Alert To Asthma' Monday, 19 April 2010 Asthma UK is today urging all schools across the UK to act now to keep children with asthma safe at school and is launching an emergency appeal for do...... |
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Marriage between cousins increases risks to children Monday, 19 April 2010 The rise in marriages between cousins ‘is putting children’s health at risk’. A leading professor is highlighting the dangers of marriage betwe...... |
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Ticks appear in the warmer weather Sunday, 18 April 2010 As the warmer weather encourages people and their pets out into parks and the countryside, Lyme disease charity BADA-UK (Borreliosis and Associated Di...... |
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Too many gp visits for minor ailments, make more use of pharmacy Wednesday, 17 March 2010 A group of doctors and health campaigners say far too many people are going to see their GP with minor problems, such as coughs and colds or athlete's...... |
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Fluctuating blood pressure may increase risk of stroke Friday, 12 March 2010 New research suggests that people with occasionally high blood pressure are more at risk of stroke than those with consistently high readings. People...... |
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New hope for peanut allergy sufferers Monday, 08 March 2010 In the largest ever trial to find a treatment 104 British children with severe peanut allergies are to undergo an experimental desensitising therapy t...... |
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Obesity related deaths increase Monday, 08 March 2010 Researchers say there has been a "dramatic rise" in deaths in England in which obesity was a contributory factor. They said death certificates showe...... |
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‘Brain flushing’ saves lives of premature babies Monday, 08 March 2010 A new technique that "washes out" the brains of severely ill premature babies may help survival. According to a study from Bristol University this ne...... |
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Healthy don't need daily asprin Monday, 08 March 2010 Taking asprin everyday if you are healthy in the hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke may be doing more harm than good. It is also claimed tha...... |
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Lack of nursing cover means terminally ill ‘unable to die at home' Monday, 08 March 2010 Government plans to allow the terminally ill to die at home is being threatened by A lack of 24-hour nursing cover and poor planning by doctors, say c...... |
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Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline Monday, 08 March 2010 New Data Reveal That Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline This morning the 2008 (provisional) conception statistics were published by the Offi...... |
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'better-fitting condoms' needed Tuesday, 16 February 2010 Men need condoms that fit better, one size does not fit all, say experts. |
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National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) withdrawn Friday, 12 February 2010
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Society Affected By Health Inequalities Thursday, 11 February 2010 Most people in England aren’t living as long as the best off and spend longer in ill-health |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 The National Pandemic Flu Service to close |
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Parents warned over 'souvenir' baby scans Wednesday, 03 February 2010 According to reports “Parents-to-be should weigh the possible risks of going for non-essential scans purely to get keepsake pictures of their unborn...... |
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Shingles vaccination proposal for elderly Sunday, 31 January 2010 According to several newspapers millions of people in their seventies could be vaccinated against shingles |
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New emergency contraception option for women Wednesday, 27 January 2010 A recently licensed type of emergency contraception may offer women protection from pregnancy even whentaken five days after sex. |
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--- Reductil (Sibutramine) Withdrawn --- Friday, 22 January 2010 One of the most commonly presribed weightloss drugs, Reductil, has been withdrawn from use. |
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Roche still talking to Nice on Avastin Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Roche, the leading Cancer therapy pharmaceutical giant, is hoping to strike a deal with the health watchdog, Nice, after it again rejected the bowel...... |
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Risk of blood clots caused by the combined contraceptive pill is still very low Wednesday, 07 October 2009 Marie Stopes responds to recent studies of risks of thrombosis to women taking the contraceptive pill |
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 Dentists may stop treating NHS patients in protest at the government's attempt to impose a new contract |
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 Care Quality Commission report warns that a lack of scrutiny threatens patient safety. |
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New Breast Cancer drug trial shows positive results Thursday, 24 September 2009 Women with breast cancer lived significantly longer without their disease getting worse in new drug trial. |
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Surgery improves advanced breast cancer survival Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Removal of the primary breast tumour in women whose cancer has already spread to other parts of the body can have a significant effect on their surviv...... |