Health

National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:35

Women who have taken the Pill at any stage in their life are less likely to die from any cause - including heart disease and all types of cancer.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
MPs urge political parties to set aside "pre-election point scoring" and try to reach consensus over elderly social care in England.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
A sticking-plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
At-home screening tests for the virus responsible for most cervical cancers could detect many more cases, say researchers.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:20
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
 
National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Until now, a scant number of top notch clinical trials have evaluated whether sodium picosulfate -- the active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter laxatives -- is safe and effective.



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National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian health officials have approved the use of the medical isotopes created at a Polish nuclear reactor, a move that will help ease a shortage of the materials used in millions of diagnostic tests, health products provider Covidien said Thursday.



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National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.



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National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests.



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National News - Health Friday, 12 March 2010 07:04
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.



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