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Birth defects more common with fat mothers - The Telegraph 7th August 2007
Obese women who become pregnant are more likely to give birth to babies with deformities, new research has shown. Seven of the 16 most common birth defects occurred in babies born to women who were obese or overweight before they conceived, according to an American study published yesterday.
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Obesity 'linked to birth defects' - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
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NHS phone firm cuts call charges - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
Hospital phone operator Patientline has scrapped an increase in the price of making bedside calls.
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Baby milk ads 'should be banned' - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
A coalition of charities is demanding baby milk be treated like tobacco and subjected to a total advertising ban.
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Hypertension drugs 'aid elderly' - BBC Health News 7th August 2007
An international trial of drugs to lower blood pressure in the over-80s has been stopped early because the results were so impressive.
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New mental health laws questioned - BBC Heath News 6th August 2007
New mental health laws do not go far enough, an alliance of 75 organisations working with mentally ill people says.
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New Alzheimer's drugs might help prevent glaucoma - The Guardian 6th August 2007
Drugs being developed to treat Alzheimer's disease might help prevent one of the most common causes of blindness, according to research published yesterday.
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Alzheimer's drugs 'help glaucoma' - BBC Heath News 6th August 2007
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Researchers show Alzheimer's, Glaucoma link - Reuters 6th August 2007
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Hormones 'can cure a third of all prostate cancer victims' - the Daily Mail 6th August 2007
More than 10,000 men can be effectively cured of prostate cancer every year by taking hormone therapy, researchers say. A review of four major trials showed that in a third of all cases, existing hormone drugs can control the disease for so many years that patients can be regarded as cured.
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NHS Trust uses MRSA funds to record hand washing reminders for nurses - the Daily Mail 6th August 2007
Managers at an NHS Trust plan to tackle a surge of MRSA cases by installing speakers that will play messages reminding staff to wash their hands.
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Orange to remove mobile mast from 'tower of doom', where cancer rate has soared - the Daily Mail 7th August 2007
A mobile phone company is to remove a mast from a block of flats after seven residents were struck down by cancer.
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The girl of 18 who has had SIX abortions - the Daily Mail 6th August
As many as one in 22 teenage girls in some parts of the country had an abortion last year, according to official figures.
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Beads that beat blood poisoning - the Daily Mail 6th August 2007
Severe blood poisoning kills thousands of Britons every year, but now scientists are using tiny foam beads to stop it in its tracks. The beads are coated with a chemical that traps and absorbs the potentially dangerous toxins circulating in the blood.
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Freebirthing: Should women give birth alone, without the help of medical professionals? - the Daily Mail 7th August 2007
Julia Wilson had everything ready for the birth of her daughter, Madeleine, in March: nappies, baby clothes and cot, plus a plastic sheet to cover her bed. The one thing she didn't have was a midwife or doctor. But Julia wasn't worried or anxious - she'd actually planned to have her baby this way.
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The contraceptive pill 'can protect you from cancer for 20 years' - the Daily Mail 7th August 2007
The contraceptive pill can protect a woman against ovarian cancer for at least 20 years after she stops taking it, scientists have revealed. The largest study of its kind has found that the longer a woman uses the contraceptive, the less likely she is to develop the disease.
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Eight-year-olds 'could be given cholesterol drugs' - The Independent 7th August 2007
Children as young as eight should be given the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins to reduce their risk of heart disease, say doctors. A week after the Government's heart adviser caused controversy by suggesting every man over 50 and every woman over 60 should take a daily statin, researchers in the Netherlands recommend that the medication should be offered to children at high risk.
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Major Health Plan Launched - Blackburn Citizen 6th August 2007
A MAJOR campaign to cure the poor health of Blackburn and Darwen residents has been launched. The campaign was launched by council and health bosses yesterday after figures revealed that people locally live around eight years less on average than other boroughs.
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Victorian Infirmary To Be Pulled Down - Blackburn Citizen 6th August 2007
BLACKBURN'S historic Victorian hospital is to be pulled down by developers - just a year after council bosses said they wanted it to remain
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