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Prolonging life
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'I'm dying from lung disease, but I keep fighting' (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Fans sign up for Smokefree UnitedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Chelsea fans might be celebrating being top of the Premier League but they are struggling to give smoking the red card. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Childhood abuse 'quickens ageing'Email this article to a colleague.
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Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's ageing process, US research suggests. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Drug-resistant swine flu hits UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Drug resistant swine flu hits UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'Drug resistant' swine flu probedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Drug resistant swine flu probedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials in Cardiff investigate the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
AutomatismEmail this article to a colleague.
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No conscious awareness of our actions (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Misconceptions about sexual health are widespreadEmail this article to a colleague.
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One in four young people mistakenly believes it is impossible to get pregnant through having sex standing up, a survey shows. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Scientists make mad cow discoveryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the University of Leeds discover a type of protein which may play a part in causing "mad cow disease". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: West Yorkshire Source Type: news
Thousands of Vicks spray recalledEmail this article to a colleague.
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Procter & Gamble is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Business Source Type: news
NHS told to say sorry for errorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The NHS should learn to say sorry to patients when mistakes are made, a health watchdog says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
New skin 'may help burns victims'Email this article to a colleague.
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French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'Enzyme clue' to breast tumoursEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists have identified an enzyme that is crucial for turning breast tissue into tumours, according to a study published in the journal Cell. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'Too expensive'Email this article to a colleague.
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Sufferers and relatives on cancer drug ruling (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Under-fives to get swine flu jabEmail this article to a colleague.
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Children under the age of five are to offered the swine flu vaccination, the government is expected to say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Hope over Down's learning problemEmail this article to a colleague.
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US researchers find key to reverse the memory problems of Down's children. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Eating problemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Young people blame bullying (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Bullying link to eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of young people with eating disorders believe bullying contributed to their illness, it is claimed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Liver cancer drug 'too expensive'Email this article to a colleague.
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A drug that can prolong the lives of patients with advanced liver cancer is rejected for NHS use in England, Wales and N Ireland. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Critical care beds shortage fearEmail this article to a colleague.
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There could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children this winter because of swine flu, experts say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'Email this article to a colleague.
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Regularly drinking alcohol dramatically cuts the risk of coronary heart disease in men, a major study suggests. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Tribes resistance could help CJDEmail this article to a colleague.
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Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Immune tribe 'indicates CJD hope'Email this article to a colleague.
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Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
100,000 X-rays 'went unchecked'Email this article to a colleague.
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A doctor tells a tribunal he was sacked for whistle-blowing after finding 100,000 unprocessed X-rays "hidden" in a cupboard. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: London Source Type: news
Many 'have doubts over flu jab'Email this article to a colleague.
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About half of people would be happy to have the swine flu vaccination, an exclusive survey for the BBC shows. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Tiny chip could diagnose diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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A simple and cheap approach to diagnosing a wide array of medical conditions has been demonstrated by researchers. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Science & Environment Source Type: news
NHS manager left £800,000 debtsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An NHS manager who oversaw care for terminally ill cancer patients in Birmingham and part of Staffordshire left her organisation with a £800,000 overspend, it is revealed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: West Midlands Source Type: news
Admissions up before A&E targetEmail this article to a colleague.
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The number of A&E patients admitted to hospital soars in the last ten minutes of the waiting target, figures show. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Private health scheme suspendedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A scheme which provides private health care on the NHS is suspended following the death of a patient. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: London Source Type: news
Lost twinEmail this article to a colleague.
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A mother supports better funding for stillbirth research (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: South of Scotland Source Type: news
Concerns over social care plansEmail this article to a colleague.
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The government's plan to offer the most vulnerable people free social care in their own homes in England has been met with a cool response. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Ceramic implant inserted in skullEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Southampton police officer is thought to be the first person in the UK to have part of her skull replaced with a ceramic implant. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hampshire Source Type: news
Mother death hospital prosecutedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A hospital in Swindon is to be prosecuted on health and safety charges over the death of a nurse shortly after she gave birth. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wiltshire Source Type: news
Cell jabs prevent transplant needEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new treatment for diabetics which avoids the need for a transplant could be administered for the first time in Scotland. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Edinburgh, East and Fife Source Type: news
Method ends need for transplantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new treatment for diabetics which avoids the need for a transplant could be administered for the first time in Scotland. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Edinburgh, East and Fife Source Type: news
Older addicts 'lose will to live'Email this article to a colleague.
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Research published in Glasgow suggests rates of suicide among addicts aged over 35 may be higher than previously thought. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Scotland Source Type: news
BBC hospital dramas criticisedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A top NHS manager has hit out at the portrayal of NHS workers in television dramas such as Holby City and Casualty. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
BBC hospital dramas under attackEmail this article to a colleague.
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A top NHS manager has hit out at the portrayal of NHS workers in Holby City and Casualty. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Do TV shows give a bad impression of NHS staff?Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Hospital dramaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Do TV shows give a bad impression of NHS staff? (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
NHS staff have a hard enough job without false TV role modelsEmail this article to a colleague.
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TV hospital dramas are giving the public a bad impression of doctors and nurses, says NHS hospital chief Antony Sumara. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Pain relief patch advert bannedEmail this article to a colleague.
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An advert for a pain relief patch endorsed by tennis champion Virginia Wade is banned on the grounds it could mislead arthritis sufferers. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: UK Source Type: news
Thyroid 'risk from pre-eclampsia'Email this article to a colleague.
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Pregnant women with the potentially dangerous condition pre-eclampsia may be more at risk of thyroid problems, research suggests. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Ancients 'had heart disease too'Email this article to a colleague.
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Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies - suggesting the risk factors for heart disease may be ancient, researchers say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sexual abuseEmail this article to a colleague.
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An offender describes chemical castration (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Europe Source Type: news
Miracle cure?Email this article to a colleague.
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Footballer turns to the healing power of the placenta (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Diabetes bid needs overweight menEmail this article to a colleague.
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Overweight men are wanted by researchers aiming to better understand the connection between obesity and type 2 diabetes. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: North East/N Isles Source Type: news
Africa heads for smoking epidemicEmail this article to a colleague.
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As practitioners from around the world gather for an international cancer conference in Tanzania, the head of an African cancer organisation says that the continent is heading for a smoking pandemic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Africa Source Type: news
Africa heading for 'smoking epidemic'Email this article to a colleague.
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As practitioners from around the world gather for an international cancer conference in Tanzania, the head of an African cancer organisation says that the continent is heading for a smoking pandemic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Africa Source Type: news
