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Girls from the age of 12 are now being inoculated against the virus responsible for cervical cancer. The nationwide schools programme has hit a series of controversies throughout its development and inception, and now parents are refusing to consent to the vaccine.
After the launch of the Government’s campaign to raise awareness, families have complained [...]

B-vitamin deficiency may be responsible for vascular cognitive impairment, according to a study published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research on mice showed that a diet lacking in B-vitamin resulted in lower levels of cognitive ability.  The research is significant because it reveals an association between levels of homocysteine (an amino acid [...]

A recent joint replacement study conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons has revealed that the latest surgical techniques used for hip or knee replacements have lower success rates than the older methods.
Over 16,000 NHS patients have hip resurfacing or partial knee replacements every year, but one in seventy five will have to undergo a [...]

There is new hope in the treatment of deafness.  Scientists have successfully proven it is possible to regenerate ear hair cells.
60% - 90% of deafness and hearing impairment is due to the loss of hair cells in the cochlea (inner ear).  The cochlea is responsible for detecting sound and activating nerves which transmit the [...]

Sufferers of the most common cause of progressive blindness in the elderly are due to receive a drug that cost £10,700 per patient on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has approved the Use of Lucentis for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The advice should mean that thousands of people [...]

American researchers have found that running on a regular basis can slow the effects of ageing. Elderly joggers were found to be half as likely to die prematurely from conditions, such as cancer, than non-runners, and enjoy a healthier life with fewer disabilities.

The Stanford University Medical Center Experts said the findings in Archives of [...]

Specialists from the University of California have recommended that treatment to lower cholesterol should begin in childhood in order to cut the risk of heart disease.

They claim that although the success of cholesterol-lowering treatments such as statins, which have reduced the amount of deaths from heart disease by around 30 percent, most patients [...]

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been warned that moves to cut salt levels in bacon and ham increases the risk of the potentially fatal, paralysing food bug botulism. Ham processors are concerned that the moves to reduced salt content to 2.12g per 100g by 2010 and 1.75g by 2012, are related to the [...]

Is the recent economic downturn or ‘credit crunch’ as its generally referred to, not only affecting our bank balance, but also our health? New evidence suggests that this is true.
 
An expert in European public health, Professor Martin McKee, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says much of the research on the issue [...]

Even if you don’t smoke yourself, research has found that if you are married to a smoker it will significantly raise your risk of a stroke.
 
The team form Harvard University looked at records of more than 16,000 people over the age of 50, and their spouses, over a period of nine years. The study, published [...]