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Contraceptive pill users have been told it does not increase their long-term risk of death, but there is still an unexplained "higher rate of violent or accidental deaths". In a study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) women in the UK have been told that those who have used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely [...]
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US president Barack Obama has said the "time for talk is over" on his crucial plans to overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Speaking to a crowd in Missouri, Mr Obama said it was time for Congress to vote on his proposed healthcare plans, which would see a trillion-dollar national health service introduced in the world’s richest [...]
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A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has said it has concerns patients details are being uploaded too quickly onto a NHS national IT database. Doctors’ leaders have written to the government to call for parts of the NHS IT programme to be suspended. The BMA says the computer-based Summary Care Records are being set up at "break-neck speed". [...]
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A new study has found that men have a longer "sexually active life expectancy" than women, with the difference widening in old age. Research carried out at the University of Chicago, and published on bmj.com, found that at the age of 30, men have a sexually active life expectancy of nearly 35 years, compared to almost [...]
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A new study has found that men have a longer "sexually active life expectancy" than women, with the difference widening in old age. Research carried out at the University of Chicago, and published on bmj.com, found that at the age of 30, men have a sexually active life expectancy of nearly 35 years, compared to almost [...]
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A third of the survivors of the London bombings have needed treatment from psychologists for post-traumatic stress disorder. In research published today, hundreds of those caught up in the 7/7 bombings sought help, according to a study in the Psychological Medicine journal. However, only four per cent of them were referred by their GP for specialist treatment, [...]
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A study has found that women who drink a moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight than non-drinkers. The research published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine found normal-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and [...]
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An investigation has been launched after a junior doctor gave a baby boy ten times the amount of TB vaccine he should have been given. The newborn was injected with 0.5mg of the BCG vaccine, instead of the usual 0.05mg, at Scunthorpe General Hospital, lawyers for his family have said. It is believed the baby boy is [...]
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Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in developing countries are at the same risk today as women in the UK were 100 years ago of dying in childbirth. The warning has come as the world marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, with a coalition of organisations coming together to call for greater investment in [...]
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A survey has found that talking about sexual history and sexually transmitted infections (STI) are an important indicator of a lasting relationship. A Populus poll of over 1,000 young adults found that 70 per cent rank discussing STI tests together as the most important sign that a new relationship will last - rather than more traditional [...]
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A paramedic has been sentenced to 12 moths in jail after being found guilty of lying about why he did not resuscitate a 30-stone man. Karl Harris and a colleague were called to Barry Baker’s home, in Brighton, East Sussex, in the early hours of November 29th 2008 when the 59-year had dialled 999 after experiencing [...]
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A hospital in Oxford has suspended heart surgery on children and launched an investigation after it was revealed four patients had died in the past three months. The John Radcliffe hospital declared the move was precautionary and the external inquiry had been launched into the reasons for the deaths. Cardiac surgery on children will remain suspended until [...]
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Migraine sufferers may soon get help from a new hand-held device which could offer them drug-free pain relief. Researchers claim the neurological condition – which is the most common in the developed world – could soon be controlled with the use of a device which sends a magnetic pulse to the back of the head. A [...]
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Actor Hugh Grant has urged people to help the improvement of the UK’s provision of care for cancer sufferers by supporting a new charity appeal. The Notting Hill star has launched Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal, calling on people all over the UK to make a donation and wear a daffodil pin. Grant’s own mother died in [...]
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