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11/30/2008 Antioxidants 'cannot slow ageing' Diets and creams which claim their antioxidant properties could cheat the advances of time may be worthless, researchers suggest. Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 Web searches feed health fears Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs, say researchers. Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 Group therapy 'beats depression' Group-taught meditation is as effective as medication for stopping people slipping back into depression, say scientists. Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Heart disease 'reversed in mice' Scientists have halted the advance of heart disease in mice - and even reversed some of its effects. Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 Papua mulls microchips for HIV Papua province in Indonesia mulls the introduction of a law allowing microchips to be implanted in people living with HIV. Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Swiss approve prescription heroin Swiss voters overwhelmingly back a radical health policy that offers prescription heroin to addicts on a permanent basis. Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 'No water' in cholera-hit Harare Much of Zimbabwe's capital Harare is without water reportedly due to a lack of purification chemicals, during a cholera outbreak. Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Learning to live from dying son As a mother prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of her seven-year-old death, she talks about how he taught her to truly live. Read more at this website... 11/29/2008 Decision due on conjoined twins Doctors will decide next Tuesday whether to operate on two conjoined twins born in a London hospital last week. Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Cheap sex - the credit crunch is biting under the sheets As the credit crunch hits, Britons may turn to sex as a cheap way to pass the time a charity survey suggests. Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Blood brothers Transplant first for boys with rare gut disease Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 HIV legacy What impact has the virus had on attitudes in the US? Read more at this website... 12/01/2008 In pictures A day in the life of Lesotho's HIV poster-boy Read more at this website... 11/30/2008 Red card Nepal football match tackles anti-Aids prejudice Read more at this website... 06/16/2008 Medical notes A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions Read more at this website... 11/14/2008 From BBC Health Educate yourself on the risks of HIV Read more at this website... 11/28/2008 UK funds for S Africa Aids fight The UK is to give South Africa's new Health Minister Barbara Hogan £15m to help combat Aids in the country. Read more at this website... 11/28/2008 Drug firms 'block cheap medicine' Drug companies are blocking or delaying the entry of cheaper generic medicines into the EU, the European Commission says. Read more at this website... 11/27/2008 Surge in UK measles cases Measles cases in England and Wales have topped 1,000 in a year for the first time in more than a decade, figures show. Read more at this website... 11/27/2008 Teens 'miss out' on cancer trials Teenagers with cancer are excluded from clinical trials which could improve their survival chances, UK research shows. Read more at this website... 11/28/2008 Whooping cough vaccine call Vaccinating parents of newborns against whooping cough could prevent fatal infections in babies, say doctors. Read more at this website... 11/26/2008 Mouse Down's 'eased in womb' A mouse experiment has raised hopes of halting some of the effects of Down's syndrome before birth. Read more at this website... 11/26/2008 'Meat intake cut' on cancer fears One in 10 people has tried to cut down on processed meats such as bacon in the wake of a report linking them to cancer, a survey says. Read more at this website... 11/27/2008 World's oldest person dies at 115 An American woman who was the world's oldest person for a year dies at the age of 115. Read more at this website... 02/14/2003 Heart disease and stroke Read more at this website... 01/30/2004 Cancer: The facts The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time. Read more at this website... 12/23/2004 Pregnancy timeline A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates. Read more at this website... |
