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05/09/2008 - MMR and autism again (NHS Choices)
'Fresh research rules out MMR-autism link', is the headline in The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper goes on to describe a new study that replicates one conducted in 1998 by Dr Andrew Wakefield. This earlier study is described by the Daily Mail as being the one that 'caused a furore' by suggesting a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. The new study replicates the methods of the original study even using, along with another two laboratories, the same laboratory that Wakefield and his colle...
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05/09/2008 - Call to curb tobacco marketing (BBC)
Campaigners and researchers have urged minister to take a tough stance on the sale of tobacco.
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05/09/2008 - Stop promoting alcohol, DJs told (BBC)
Radio presenters, including the BBC's Chris Moyles, are encouraging drinking, a study claims.
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05/09/2008 - Parents' sensitivity blamed for failure to detect child abuse (The Independent)
Doctors working in the field of child abuse are being subjected to a barrage of complaints from parents, leading to a fall in the detection of those at risk, experts allege today.
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04/09/2008 - No link between MMR and autism say doctors after recreating controversial study (Daily Mail)
A fresh study has ruled out a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Scientists said they hoped their findings - which contradict an identical British study ten years ago - would encourage parents to immunise their children.
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04/09/2008 - Ad prompts surge in organ donors (BBC)
While the debate about changing the law on organ donation rages, experts consider how to improve the current system.
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04/09/2008 - Dreading the long cold nights ahead? One in four Britons suffer winter blues (Daily Mail)
If you are dreading the longer nights and cold weather of winter, you may be comforted to hear that you are not alone.
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04/09/2008 - Breakthrough drug could cut risk of stroke by a third in 700,000 irregular heartbeat sufferers (Daily Mail)
Thousands of lives could be saved using a new drug which cuts deaths from a common heart rhythm disorder by almost a third.
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04/09/2008 - Q&A: Ben McKendrick (The Scotsman)
The British Heart Foundation Scotland's policy and public affairs manager interviewed on reports that a third of people at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are unaware of the problem.
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04/09/2008 - Day surgery 'could save millions' (BBC)
More use of day surgery could save the NHS '£8m a year, according to a report from Audit Scotland.
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