health
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NHS report: women should be offered mammograms and smear tests in their lunch breaks
There needs to be easier access to NHS screening programmes in England, including evening and weekend clinics, to increase uptake,…
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UK doctors: cheap drug ‘could save thousands of lives a year’ with head injuries
A cheap and widely available drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year worldwide if it was routinely…
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A third of England’s 10 and 11 year olds are overweight
England’s 10 and 11 year olds are fatter than ever before, according to NHS figures that have today laid bare…
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Having kids extra a precedence for Westerners
People from Western cultures are more likely to look for a partner who wants children than those in the East,…
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Scientists designed a drug for just one patient, her name is Mila
A girl with a deadly brain disease has been given a unique drug that was invented from scratch just for…
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New blood test detects brain tumors with 87% accuracy
A new study has introduced a promising blood test that health professionals may soon use to accurately detect brain cancer.…
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Slow walkers more likely to get sick when old, study finds
How fast people walk in their 40s is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their bodies,…
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Ban eating on public transport to tackle obesity, urges outgoing chief medic
The government should put children’s health before companies’ profits, says the outgoing chief medical officer in a hard-hitting report calling…
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