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30/08/2008 - Cot death warning for teen mums (BBC)
The children of young mothers are at a higher risk of cot death because of a lack of prevention advice, a charity warns.
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30/08/2008 - Binge eaters 'not getting help' (BBC)
Over-eating may be a bigger problem than either anorexia or bulimia, charity Beat warns.
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29/08/2008 - Belgians warned over iodine leak (BBC)
Belgian authorities warn people in the south of the country not to eat locally grown produce after a leak from a nuclear research institute.
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29/08/2008 - Boy has shoulder made from elbow (BBC)
A teenage cancer patient has undergone successful surgery to rebuild his shoulder using his elbow.
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29/08/2008 - Mothers' anguish over baby mix-up (BBC)
Two South African mothers await DNA results after their babies were mixed up and one died, local media reports.
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29/08/2008 - Why the "sticks and stones" adage is wrong (BBC)
The old adage "sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you", simply is not true, a study finds.
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29/08/2008 - Fertility in the hot seat (NHS Choices)
This study illustrates that heated seats can raise the temperature of the scrotum. As the authors note, the effect was relatively small. It is not possible to draw conclusions about whether these increases in temperature would affect male fertility. Men experiencing subfertility may consider switching off their car seat heating if they have to drive for long periods.
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29/08/2008 - Antipsychotics and stroke risk (NHS Choices)
This study confirms that among people who end up having a stroke, it is more likely to happen while taking antipsychotics, particularly atypical antipsychotics.
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29/08/2008 - Carers 'need more financial help' (BBC)
The government must provide more money to help Britain's six million unpaid carers, MPs say.
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29/08/2008 - Call made for boys to get cervical cancer jab (The Scotsman)
BOYS should get the new cervical cancer jab as well as girls according to an infectious diseases expert.
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29/08/2008 - New assault on dementia (The Scotsman)
TREATMENT and early diagnosis of dementia could be improved through a '£1 million investment to be announced today by the Scottish Government.
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29/08/2008 - Addicts dump 800 needles a day in city (The Scotsman)
ALMOST 800 used needles are being dumped by drug addicts in Edinburgh every day, it emerged today.
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29/08/2008 - If you are born and raised in Calton you can expect to die at 54 (The Scotsman)
GROWING up in Calton, a deprived pocket in the east end of Glasgow, Steven Francis Hewitt never knew of bad habits. For him, the culture of pubs, takeaway food and palls of ci
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29/08/2008 - Cancer spread 'happens earlier' (BBC)
Apparently "normal" cells may carry cancer to new sites long before a tumour develops, scientists say.
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29/08/2008 - Antipsychotic drug 'stroke risk' (BBC)
More people than previously thought could be at higher risk of a stroke from antipsychotic drugs, a study claims.
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29/08/2008 - 'Huge contrasts' in devolved NHS (BBC)
Separate health policies across the UK are leading to wide differences for patients, it is claimed.
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29/08/2008 - Staff sickness 'costs health service £650m a year' (The Independent)
Staff sickness costs the NHS more than £650m a year, according to a new survey of health trusts.
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28/08/2008 - Happy talk (BBC)
Why Powys is the cheeriest part of the UK to live. Are you sure?
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28/08/2008 - Gene therapy for deafness (NHS Choices)
Deafness has many causes that can be environmental, medical or genetic, and what works for one form of deafness might not work for another. The specific gene therapy technique developed in this study is unlikely to be carried out in human embryos, due to technical and ethical concerns. Therefore other methods of delivering gene therapy that could be used later in life would need to be developed.
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28/08/2008 - Seven treated in E.coli outbreak (BBC)
Seven people, some of them children, are diagnosed with E.coli 0157 in a single village.
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28/08/2008 - Man who lost 20 stone refused op (BBC)
A 28-year-old man who lost 20 stone is told he is too overweight to have surgery to remove excess skin.
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28/08/2008 - Cell reprogramming for diabetes (NHS Choices)
Given the potential applications of this technology (even if they are in the very distant future) for regenerating mammalian tissues or for %u2013 as the newspapers suggest %u2013 treating diabetics, the findings will be of interest to the scientific community and will undoubtedly lead to more research.
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28/08/2008 - C diff deaths 'continue to rise' (BBC)
The number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile in England and Wales rose by 28% between 2006 and 2007, official figures show.
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