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Nutrition labels 'in wrong place'
24th October 2011
Nutrition labels should be placed in the centre of food packaging, rather than in one corner, if more shoppers are going to read them, says a US study.
Money woes 'hit cancer patients'
24th October 2011
Financial problems affect more than two-thirds of cancer patients, with some even going without food because money is so tight, a charity has claimed.
VIDEO: Bereavement support for lone twins
23rd October 2011
Inside Out meets Joan Woodward who set up the Lone Twin Network - a support group for twins who have lost their sibling.
'Avoid alcohol' three days a week
22nd October 2011
A night of drinking should be followed by two or three alcohol-free days, the Royal College of Physicians says.
NHS audit areas to be extended
22nd October 2011
Monitoring of NHS healthcare is to be extended to 11 extra areas of medicine, the health secretary tells the Royal College of GPs.
Lung cancer vaccine shows promise
22nd October 2011
A vaccine which triggers the immune system to attack on of the most common types of lung cancer has shown promise in early clinical trials, say researchers.
Contagion: Could it really happen?
22nd October 2011
Could the new Hollywood disaster movie become a reality?
Indian town battles against encephalitis
22nd October 2011
Children dying in India's battle against encephalitis
Mobiles 'don't increase brain cancer risk'
21st October 2011
NHS Choices: Behind the headlines
“A large study of mobile phone users has found no evidence that longer-term users are at an increased risk of developing brain tumours,” The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The study in question looked at national records and mobile phone subscription registries for all adults aged 30 and over in Denmark between 1987 and 2007. Researchers used the data to compare the risks of getting brain cancer among those who were mobile phone subscribers and those who were not. It found no increased risk of brain cancer among either male or female mobile phone users, even among those who had ...
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