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Study probes HIV-blocking protein

5:00am Monday 13th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Scientists have shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life,” BBC News has reported. The news is based on a study that had discovered...

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Breastfed babies 'less angry as adults'

4:30am Monday 13th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Breastfed babies less likely to grow up angry and irritable,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that a long-term study of a group of breastfed babies has found they grew up to be less hostile than a group of bottle-fed...

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Chemo during pregnancy likely to be safe

6:00am Friday 10th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Children born to women undergoing cancer drug treatment show normal results in physical and mental development tests,” The Guardian has reported. The news is based on research that examined...

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Cancer drug eases mouse Alzheimer's

5:45am Friday 10th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

A skin cancer drug can improve Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice engineered to mimic the condition, it has been widely reported. Many national newspapers have covered the news...

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Moving house 'damages child health'

11:32am Thursday 9th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Parents who frequently move house put children’s health at risk,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that research found moving several times can affect children’s health and...

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1 in 5 men 'has heart risk gene'

10:15am Thursday 9th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Men can inherit heart disease from their father,” BBC News has reported. The broadcaster said that a specific version of the Y chromosome, a genetic structure passed from father to son, can raise a man’s heart disease risk by 50%...

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Latest news on PIP breast implants

12:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

Women concerned about French-made PIP breast implants can find all the latest NHS information about the issue on this page. Worries about the implants have emerged since news of a major...

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Difficult to see how C. diff spreads

10:27am Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“We don’t know what causes deadly hospital superbug to spread, admit scientists,” the Daily Mail has reported. “Hospitals may be adopting the wrong strategy for combating a notorious bug"...

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DVT flying advice reassessed

5:30am Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Sitting in a window seat during a long flight can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis,” according to The Daily Telegraph. It has long been known that flying is associated with an increased risk of...

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Artificial jawbone used in transplant

6:00am Tuesday 7th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

An 83-year-old woman has been implanted with the world’s first “3D printer-created jaw”. Using cutting-edge laser manufacturing techniques, doctors and metal experts were able to build up layers of titanium...

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