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How to make a baby - Independent 27/06/06
Having trouble conceiving? A change in diet, some stress-busting hypnotherapy or a course of reflexology could make all the difference. But which treatments really work? Maxine Frith investigates
Plant remedies: Back to our roots - Independent 27/06/06
Plant remedies have been passed down for generations. But it's only now that scientists are putting them to the test.
Supermarket health plan attacked - BBC News 27/06/06
Health care should not be provided in supermarkets because they promote unhealthy products, doctors say.
NHS trust cuts more than 300 jobs - BBC News 27/06/06
Officials have announced that 317 redundancies will be made in order to restore the finances of Lincolnshire's debt-ridden NHS services.
Staff told 'leave bodies on ward' - BBC News 27/06/06
Hospital staff in Lancashire have been told to leave corpses in wards because there are not enough porters to move them at night
Young eyes deserve an old age, too - Telegraph 27/06/06
Damage to a child's vision may not show up for years, says Judith Woods, but the risks posed by excessive sunlight for unprotected eyes are very real
Trust me, I'm a junior doctor: dying with dignity - Telegraph 27/06/06
Every day, in hospitals around the land, doctors help their patients die. Let's be honest about it, says Max Pemberton
Mammograms 'can increase breast cancer risk' - the Daily Mail 27/06/06
Mammograms may increase the risk of breast cancer in women with a genetic predisposition to the disease, researchers revealed today.
Sexual orientation 'affected by number of older brothers' - Guardian 27/06/06
The more biological older brothers a man has, the greater the likelihood that he will be gay, according to scientists. The result suggests that a man's sexual orientation may be influenced by the conditions in his mother's womb when he was a foetus.
Boys with older brothers 'more likely to be gay' - Telegraph 27/06/06
Sexual orientation of men determined before birth - Reuters 27/06/06
Antibodies in womb 'create gay men' - Independent 27/06/06
Womb environment 'makes men gay' - BBC News 27/06/06
Jamie Oliver in talks over campaign for family meals - Guardian 27/06/06
The Department of Health is negotiating with Sainsbury's about a joint campaign, to be fronted by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, to encourage families to make time to eat together more often as a key means of improving the nation's diet.
Doctors reject Labour's NHS reforms - The Times 27/06/06
THE Government’s reform agenda for the National Health Service came under sustained attack yesterday at the annual conference of the British Medical Association.
Doctors condemn leaders for failing to fight NHS reforms - Guardian 27/06/06
NHS endangered by health reforms, warns BMA chief - Independent 27/06/06
MMR vaccine scare 'must be dismissed' - The Times 27/06/06
MORE children are likely to die from measles unless a line is drawn under the discredited link between the MMR vaccine and autism, 30 leading paediatricians said yesterday.
Draw line under MMR scare, plead top doctors - Guardian 27/06/06
Doctors issue plea over MMR jab - BBC News 27/06/06
UK doctors say MMR jab fears could cost lives - Reuters 27/06/06
Chest X-ray for under 20s may double the risk of breast cancer - The Times 27/06/06
PEOPLE with a family history of breast cancer may unknowingly increase their risk of developing the disease through exposure to radiation from chest X-rays, research suggests.
Chest X-rays 'may up breast risk' - BBC News 27/06/06
X-rays raise breast cancer risk in some women: study - Reuters 27/06/06
In response to today's decision by NICE not to approve Pemetrexed disodium (Alimta) for mesothelioma patients, Cancerbackup gave the following response:
Estrogen Plays Different Role During Stress In Black And White Teens - Medical News Today 27/06/06
Estrogen seems to play a different role during stress in black and white girls, a difference that may help explain higher cardiovascular disease rates in blacks, researchers have found.
Traditional therapy combo good for migraines - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A product that combines extracts of Tanacetum parthenium, commonly known as feverfew, with Salix alba, also called white willow, appears to be effective in reducing the frequency, severity and duration of migraine attacks, according to the results of a small study reported by a research team based in France.
Red meat associated with pancreatic cancer - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A diet high in red meat appears to raise the risk developing pancreatic cancer, Swedish researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. The good news is that consumption of poultry may cut the risk.
Yellow or amber-tinted sunglasses best - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When picking out a pair of sunglasses this summer, it's best to avoid blue-tinted lenses and instead to choose yellow- or amber-tinted lenses, advises an eye researcher in New York.
Coffee drinking may lower diabetes risk - Reuters 27/06/06
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumption of coffee, particularly the decaffeinated variety, is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study is not the first to document this association. However, in previous studies it was unclear if the relationship was true among people of different ages and body weights and if the caffeine component was the ingredient primarily responsible for the anti-diabetes effect.
Visitors will pay to park at hospitals - Liverpool Daily Post
PARKING charges for patients are to be introduced for the first time next week at Wirral's two main hospitals .
Two Years On Top Post To Be Filled -Lancashire Evening Telegraph 26/06/06
ONE of the most important NHS jobs in East Lancashire is finally to be permanently filled for the first time in two years.
Leave The Body Until The Morning - Lancashire Evening Telegraph 26/06/06
HOSPITAL staff have been told to leave bodies lying on wards overnight because staff shortages mean there are not enough porters to lift them.
Greater Manchester News
A flu pandemic 'would be like thousand 9/11s' - Manchester Evening News 26/06/06
A FLU pandemic across Britain could result in "1,000 September 11s" - and preparations are "woefully inadequate", a doctor has warned.
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