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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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04/09/2008 - Test predicts vessel op response (BBC)
Technology to reveal dangerous changes in blood pressure during delicate brain surgery is under development.
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04/09/2008 - Natural birth 'may aid baby bond' (BBC)
Mothers who give birth naturally are more responsive to the cry of their baby than those have a Caesarean, research suggests [Between 10% and 20% of all births in the UK are now delivered by Caesarean].
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04/09/2008 - Medics 'put patient data at risk' (BBC)
Two hospital doctors warn patient data is at risk after a snapshot poll of colleagues showed lapses in security. Hospital doctors routinely carry memory sticks containing names, diagnoses, X-rays and treatment details - but these should be protected by passwords.
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03/09/2008 - Blood tests for calcium levels 'can prevent prostate cancer deaths', study reveals (Daily Mail)
Scientists found men with high levels of calcium in their blood are almost three times as likely to be killed by prostate cancer [PUK comment - But more research is required to determine whether changing blood calcium levels would affect progression of the disease].
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03/09/2008 - Doctors split on organ donation (BBC)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a change to an opt out system called presumed consent. A UK-wide government taskforce is due to report in the next few months. A poll of adults across the UK for the BBC shows two thirds of the public now support the idea - but intensive care doctors are more divided.
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03/09/2008 - Dentists offer tent consultations (BBC)
Patients will be able to see dentists in tents under a scheme launched by a private firm to encourage people to travel to Hungary for treatment.
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