Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Once often enough to get pregnant

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 01:18 AM

	Having unprotected sex once is far more likely to result in a pregnancy than was previously thought, finds research. Read full article: 'Once often enough to get pregnant'

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Articles: 'Tough new targets for the NHS'

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 01:13 AM

	Ministers could set tough new targets for the NHS when they announce plans to increase health spending this summer. Read full article: ''Tough new targets for the NHS''

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Articles: 'Crisis' in organ transplant jobs

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 01:02 AM

	A lack of interest by junior doctors in organ transplant surgery has caused a recruitment crisis, the BBC has learned. Read full article: ''Crisis' in organ transplant jobs'

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Articles: One punch is all it takes to kill

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 12:59 AM

	While hundreds of drunken street brawls take place every weekend across the UK, few of the perpetrators - if any - would want a death on their hands. Read full article: 'One punch is all it takes to kill'

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Articles: Study Links Vaccine Ingredient to Autism in Mice

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 11:36 PM

	A study of specially bred mice suggests that a mercury preservative in vaccines could potentially cause some of the brain changes in autism, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Read full article: 'Study Links Vaccine Ingredient to Autism in Mice'

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Articles: Slow-Growing Prostate Cancer May Turn Aggressive

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 11:33 PM

	Most early-stage prostate cancers take a long time to progress. For this reason, older men with the disease may be offered the option of "watchful waiting" rather than immediate treatment, since the cancer may never become threatening during their lifetime. Read full article: 'Slow-Growing Prostate Cancer May Turn Aggressive'

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Articles: Former President Reagan brought positive attention to Alzheimer's

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 11:30 PM

	Out of former President Reagan's ten-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, has come something positive. Read full article: 'Former President Reagan brought positive attention to Alzheimer's'

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Articles: Growth in health-care spending eases again

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 08:37 AM

	The rate of growth in health-care spending declined for the second year in a row last year as demand for health services dropped because workers were forced to pick up more of the tab for their care and because a surge from a change in managed care policies ebbed. Read full article: 'Growth in health-care spending eases again'

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Articles: Health Secretary under fire for 'let poor smoke' remarks

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 08:35 AM

	John Reid, the Health Secretary, has come under fire from anti-smoking groups for saying that smoking is one of the few pleasures left for the poor on sink estates and in working men's clubs. Read full article: 'Health Secretary under fire for 'let poor smoke' remarks'

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Articles: Cuts 'Would Worsen North-South Health Divide'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 08:33 AM

	Cuts in NHS funding would increase a north-south divide in health and early deaths, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott warned today. Read full article: 'Cuts 'Would Worsen North-South Health Divide''

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