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National News
Diets damage health, shows biggest ever study - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
The world's largest study of weight loss has shown that diets do not work for the vast majority of slimmers and may even put lives at risk.
Sickies 'make up 12% of absences' - BBC News 10th April 2007
UK bosses suspect that one in eight of all UK workplace absences are due to staff faking illness, research by the CBI suggests.
Gene test 'targets cancer drug' - BBC News 10th April 2007
Testing for a gene called ESR1 can show which women with breast cancer would benefit most from oestrogen-blocking drugs, Nature Genetics work suggests.
Woman awaits ruling on use of frozen embryos - The Guardian 10th April 2007
A woman left infertile after cancer treatment will find out today if her "last chance" to use her frozen embryos has been successful.
Brain's reaction to stress may harm heart - The Guardian 10th April 2007
Scientists have found that a part of the brain responsible for higher functions such as learning and memory can also destabilise the heart during times of stress.
Concern as school uniform sizes rise - The Guardian 10th April 2007
Britain's largest specialist schoolwear retailer has expanded its range of outsized uniforms for sale "off the peg" in response to growing demand from parents who are struggling to find clothes to fit their overweight children.
HIV services crumbling, says report - The Guardian 10th April 2007
Services for people with HIV in Britain are crumbling through neglect and complacency in spite of the government's good record on helping developing countries deal with the condition, according to a report released yesterday.
The £1.6bn cost of throwing that 'sickie' - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
Workers took an astonishing 21 million undeserved days off "sick" last year, a report reveals today. Bosses believe more than one in ten of the 175 million sick days taken in 2006 were "suspect", with staff faking illness to skive off.
Happy pills to help soothe heartburn - the Daily Mail 9th April 2007
Antidepressant drugs are being used to treat patients with poor digestion. In a new trial, more than 400 men and women with indigestion - or dyspepsia - are being given the drugs to tackle their symptoms, which can include mild to severe stomach pain, fullness, bloating, nausea and vomiting.
Cut-price statins linked to increase in patient deaths - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
Health chiefs are reviewing evidence which apparently shows a link between a cut-price statin and an increased risk of death among heart patients.
A wrist implant that keeps track of high blood pressure - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
A tiny device implanted in the wrist to keep a round-the-clock check on blood pressure could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
A wonder drug beat my teenage arthritis - the Daily Mail 9th April 2007
At 15 Kate was bedridden and in crippling pain. Now she's about to walk down the aisle. So why is the drug that rescued her denied to so many others? At first doctors told Kate Oakes the tightness in her joints was growing pains. It was October 1999 and she had just returned to school after the summer for her GCSE year.
A Mediterranean diet could prevent childhood asthma - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
Children who eat a Mediterranean diet packed with fruit, vegetables and nuts are less likely to develop asthma and allergies, say researchers.
A father's selfless sacrifice - the Daily Mail 10th April 2007
It's a dilemma every parent dreads. But when Liza's father was told he must risk his life to save hers, he didn't hesitate. Last year he gave her half his liver. Now she needs one of his kidneys, too
'My Abigail's amazing recovery' - by her mother - the Daily Mail 9th April 2007
Two years after Abigail Witchalls was paralysed by a deranged attacker, her psychiatrist mother describes her amazing recovery ... and, surprisingly, insists: we must NOT toughen our mental health laws Almost two years ago, Abigail Witchalls, a young mother pregnant with her second child, was stabbed in the neck by a psychotic stranger, leaving her paralysed from the neck down.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Care Trust appoints two new watchdogs - Lancashire Evening Post 10th April 2007
Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust has appointed two new non-executive members. Tony Gick and Geoffrey O'Donoghue were officially appointed at the beginning of March and attended their first meeting this week. Mr Gick has been appointed for a three year term and Mr O'Donoghue for a two year term. Non-executive members are members of the public who act as local NHS watchdogs.
Greater Manchester News
Hope for memory pill - Manchester Evening News 8th April 2007
A GENE mutation in the brains of mice could help scientists develop the world's first memory pill. Researchers found they could alter the long-term memory of mice by tampering with the gene. Blocking its activity boosted the animals' performance in a water maze, where they had to memorise the route to a hidden platform.
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