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Premature births 'are increasing' - BBC Health News 7th November 2008
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of babies being born prematurely in England, a charity has warned.\n\nTommy's baby's charity highlights NHS figures showing 8.6% of babies were born early in 2006/7, after remaining around 7% for the previous 15 years.
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'Western' diets cause a third of heart attack deaths worldwide - Daily Mail 20th October 2008
Western diets rich in fried food, salt and meat could be to blame for a third of heart attack deaths, a major study has shown.
It found that people who eat lots of meat, fat and dairy products are putting themselves at a much higher risk of a heart attack.
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Third of heart risk down to food - BBC Health News 21st October 2008
Swapping fried and salty foods for salads could cut the global incidence of heart attacks by a third, a study of eating habits suggests.
Researchers analysed the diet of 16,000 people in 52 countries and identified three global eating patterns, Circulation journal reports.
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Learning from cancer map of the world - The Independent 14th October 2008
Understanding the types of the disease and where they strike can help us see just how much diet, climate and lifestyle affect our health
We think of cancer as one disease. In fact it is more than 100 different diseases, affecting all parts of the body with different causes and outcomes. The incidence varies widely across the world, influenced by diet, smoking and drinking, infection, climate and social factors. So what is this global pattern, and what light does it throw on the development of cancer?
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Cats and dogs cut their owners' cancer risk by a third, researchers say - Daily Mail 8th October 2008
Owning a pet can reduce the chances of developing a form of cancer by nearly a third, researchers claim.
Animal lovers were much less likely to develop non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that affects around 9,000 Britons a year.
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West of Scotland worst for cancer - BBC Health News 6th October 2008
People living in the west of Scotland are 50% more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer than those in the rest of the UK, a new report has said.
The study of cancer incidence and mortality also showed lung cancer death rates in the west of the country were 50% higher than in the UK.
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Mothers and the age debate: when is it best to have babies? - The Observer 28th September 2008
Mothers in the north are up to 10 years younger when they start a family than their southern counterparts. Lucy Rock examines how her choice to have children in her thirties has affected her life, and children
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'North-South' gap in mothers' age - BBC Health News 26th September 2008
Women in southern England are likely to wait longer than those in the north to have children, statistics show.
The birth figures, covering England and Wales, revealed that childbearing in many parts of the south peaked when women were aged 30 to 34.
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Women in southern England tend to give birth up to ten years later than those in the north - The Telegraph 26th September 2008
Women in the south of England tend to give birth as many as ten years later than their northern counterparts, according to official figures.
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Britain's great baby divide: Women in the south give birth up to 10 YEARS later than those in the north - Daily Mail 25th September 2008
Women in the South of England are having children up to ten years later than mothers in the North, figures have revealed.
A new mother in the most prosperous southern half of the country is likely to be in her 30s, they found.
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Region determines cancer risk gap - BBC Health News 26th September 2008
The difference between the cancer risk of the poorest and the most wealthy varies between English regions, researchers have discovered.
Experts looked at 300,000 cases of common cancers between 1998 and 2003.
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HIV rates among drug users rising - BBC Health News 24th September 2008
The rate of HIV infection among injecting drug users appears to be rising, researchers say.
The report, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, says 3m self-injecting drug users worldwide could now be HIV-positive.
In nine countries, more that 40% of drug users were infected.
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Skin cancer trebles since 1980s - BBC Health News 23rd September 2008
ases of a type of skin cancer have trebled in Northern Ireland since the mid-1980s, researchers have found.
Malignant melanoma, which causes three quarters of skin cancer deaths, was discovered 254 times in 2006.
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Pensioners living in affluent areas to get lower payments - The Telegraph 23rd September 2008
Pensioners living in affluent areas are to get smaller retirement payments because they are predicted to live longer, under new schemes introduced by insurers.
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People living in affluent areas to get lower pensions in new 'postcode lottery' scheme - Daily Mail 23rd September 2008
The middle classes face lower annual payouts under a new 'pensions by postcode' scheme.
It will assess life expectancy by area to determine how much income retired customers will receive each year.
Those living in leafier postcodes will receive a smaller annual pension as they would be expected to live longer.
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Sharp rise in HIV in Australia - BBC Health News 22nd September 2008
Rates of HIV infection in Australia have increased by almost 50% in the past eight years, according to a report.
The latest figures show that Australia now has about 10,000 cases of Aids, while more than 27,000 people are infected with HIV.
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Hay fever allergies on the rise - BBC Health News 21st September 2008
The number of people suffering from hay fever has soared in recent years, figures suggest.
GP diagnoses of allergic rhinitis, which includes allergies to pollen, animal fur and dust mite, rose by a third between 2001 and 2005.
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Advice day on diabetes - Liverpool Echo 13th September 2008
DIABETES is on the increase – and with 20,000 reported cases, Liverpool has one of the highest incidences of the disease in the country.
To give people a better understanding and to highlight the latest research for new treatments University Hospital Aintree is staging an open day on Tuesday.
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Mersey HIV/AIDS figs are at five-year high - Liverpool Echo 14th August 2008
THE number of cases of HIV/AIDS in Merseyside is at its highest point in five years.
Statistics released by Liverpool John Moores University and the Health Protection Agency show the total number of cases leapt from 381 in 2003 to 664 in 2007.
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