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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. |
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‘Brain flushing’ saves lives of premature babies Tuesday, 09 March 2010 A new technique that "washes out" the brains of severely ill premature babies may help survival. |
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Healthy don't need daily asprin Thursday, 04 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. |
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Lack of nursing cover means terminally ill ‘unable to die at home' Monday, 01 March 2010
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Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline Thursday, 25 February 2010 New Data Reveal That Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are On the Decline |
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New hope for peanut allergy sufferers Tuesday, 23 February 2010 In the largest ever trial to find a treatment 104 British children with severe peanut allergies are to undergo an experimental desensitising therapy that has had promising early results. |
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Obesity related deaths increase Monday, 22 February 2010 Researchers say there has been a "dramatic rise" in deaths in England in which obesity was a contributory factor. |
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'better-fitting condoms' needed Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) withdrawn Friday, 12 February 2010
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Society Affected By Health Inequalities Friday, 12 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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Parents warned over 'souvenir' baby scans Thursday, 04 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 babies” |
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Shingles vaccination proposal for elderly Monday, 01 February 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 Thursday, 28 January 2010 A recently licensed type of emergency contraception may offer women protection from pregnancy even when
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--- Reductil (Sibutramine) Withdrawn --- Saturday, 23 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 cancer drug Avastin for use on the NHS. |
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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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 survival |
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