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Health & Wellbeing Archive
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NHS facing 45 per cent increase in cancer cases
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe NHS, already struggling to cope with rising levels of obesity is facing a 45 per cent increase in cancer cases... -
Why diets fail and how you can succeed
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsNew research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the body does everything in its power to... -
Overweight and obese outnumber slim Brits
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsThere are more people in the UK who are obese and overweight (54.5 per cent) than people of normal weight (43.1... -
No link between mobile phone use and brain tumours
Posted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsUsing mobile phones does not lead to the development of tumours in the brain or central nervous system, according to a... -
Non-obesity problem that costs the US $153bn
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsTwo recently published studies highlight the massive variance between the perceptions of obese people regarding their condition, and the reality of... -
Disability claimants are not benefit cheats says TUC
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsNew research by the TUC which aims to challenge and dispel unfounded myths and stereotypes about people living in poverty has... -
VAT to be charged on boob jobs
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe cost of cosmetic surgery is set to rise by 20 per cent in the wake of new VAT guidelines issued... -
Gene testing can benefit younger prostate cancer patients
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsTesting men under 65 with prostate cancer for a faulty gene known as BRCA2 can help identity men who could benefit... -
New drug for prostate cancer launched in UK
Posted on September 21, 2011 | No CommentsA new drug to treat prostate cancer has been launched in the UK after being granted a license by the European... -
A most disturbing history of black mental health
Posted on September 10, 2011 | No CommentsDrapetomania was the name given to the ‘mental illness’ that numerous enslaved Africans demonstrated by running away from the European slave-masters... -
Most Brits have low awareness of second most deadly cancer
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsIt is the second largest cause of cancer deaths each year and the third most common cancer in the UK, yet a new study shows that most British -
Landmark ovarian cancer discovery identifies high risk gene
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsWomen who have a faulty copy of a gene called RAD51D have a one in 11 increased risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a study published
