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'Brisk walks' to prevent cancers
About 10,000 cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented each year in the UK if people did more brisk walking, claim experts.
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Rowling gives £10m for MS centre
Author JK Rowling is donating £10m to set up a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh University.
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How to spot and combat bedbugs
Clive Boase: "Education and awareness is key" in combating bed bug infestation.
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MS activity 'alters with seasons'
The severity of multiple sclerosis seems to change with the seasons, research suggests.
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Baby died after superbug hit ward
A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a London hospital, it is revealed.
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Heart drug 'exciting discovery'
Professor Martin Cowie explains how a new drug "slows the pulse down and so helps to take the strain off the heart".
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Pill may 'cut heart failure rate'
A pill costing less than £1.50 a day has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients, research suggests.
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Cannabis may relieve chronic pain
Smoking cannabis from a pipe can provide pain relief for patients with damaged nerves, a small study suggests.
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Motion capture clue to human behaviour
The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.
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Warning on child medicine errors
Many parents are incapable of giving their children the correct dose of liquid medicines, claim Australian researchers.
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Hospitals 'still fail' on feeding
Many hospitals across the UK are not doing enough to spot elderly people at risk from malnutrition, says a charity.
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Government scrapping NHS Direct
The coalition government confirms plans to scrap the NHS Direct helpline in England and replace it with an alternative service.
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Test 'can predict C-section need'
A test which could stop women labouring for hours in the hope of a "normal" birth only to end up with a Caesarean section has been developed in Sweden.
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'There's confidence in NHS Direct'
The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England and replace it with a cheaper option.
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'I have to graze on food all day'
Oesophageal cancer survivor Larry Rees has described how the radical surgery he undertook has impacted on his life.
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Male oesophageal cancer 'doubles'
Cancers of the food pipe in Britain have doubled in men over 25 years, figures from Cancer Research UK show.
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Poverty link to child tooth decay
A third of Scots three-year-olds living in deprived areas suffer from poor dental health, a new study suggests.
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Vocal therapy for Alzheimer’s patients
Singers in Norfolk are feeling the benefits of a choir with a difference, one that is brought to life by members of the public affected by dementia.
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MP in sex education 'attack' row
A Tory MP is criticised after appearing to blame the rise in sexually transmitted infections on greater sex education.
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New hope to restore lost vision
Custom-made 'biosynthetic' corneas can markedly improve vision in humans as well as donor corneas a new study reveals.
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