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Pill may help delay menopause - The Guardian 11th June 2007
Women may soon be able to prolong their childbearing years by taking a pill to delay menopause, scientists said yesterday. Fertility expert Robert Winston told the Cheltenham science festival yesterday that techniques might be developed within a decade to help extend the life of women's eggs.
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Scientists develop pill to delay the menopause - Daily Mail 11th June 2007
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Translation can discourage integration, says Kelly - The Guardian 11th June 2007
Councils will be told this week to think twice before paying to translate documents into foreign languages and supporting community groups that serve a single ethnic minority. The government-appointed Commission on Integration and Cohesion is to tell local authorities to apply tests when making decisions about providing translated material.
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Translations do not help integration, warns Kelly - The Independent 11th June 2007
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Make migrants learn English, says Kelly - The Times 11th June 2007
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Translation services 'must be axed to force immigrants to learn English' - Daily Mail 11th June 2007
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In praise of Dr Human - The Guardian 11th June 2007
Good health is more about common sense than rubber-stamping medical round robins. Some of my best friends are doctors: and most of my saviours, on too frequent acquaintance, are doctors, too. They are, all of them, recognisable human beings. None, so far as I am aware, has ever aspired to high British Medical Association office. Despite their best professional endeavours, life seems too short for that.
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Questions raised over MS treatment derived from goats' blood - The Guardian 11th June 2007
Multiple sclerosis sufferers are spending their life savings and running up large debts to pay for a treatment derived from goats' blood that is being sold in Britain without any scientific proof that it works. The MS Society is concerned about promotion and sales of the treatment, called Aimspro, to people with the progressive disease who have few other options. It has called on the firm selling it, Daval International, to put the drug through trials.
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Coeliac disease linked to level of genes controlling inflammation - The Guardian 11th June 2007
Scientists have found a new genetic risk factor for coeliac disease, an immune disorder that stops people eating wheat-based food. More than 125,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with the disease but there could be a further 500,000 people who do not know they have it. The condition is caused by an intolerance to gluten, a protein in wheat, barley and rye, which causes damage to the gut and prevents normal digestion. It runs in families and, if left undetected, can lead to anaemia, poor bone health and weight loss.
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MPs to fight for abortion on demand - The Observer 10th June 2007
Cross-party group wants to remove delays and need for two doctors to approve terminations Denis Campbell, health correspondent Sunday June 10, 2007 The Observer Pro-abortion MPS are preparing for a bitter political battle in an attempt to bring in termination on demand in the first three months of pregnancy.
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NHS swamped by an epidemic of allergies - The Observer 10th June 2007
Sufferers are being lured by faddish diets from private clinics, doctors say The NHS is failing to keep up with the growing number of allergy sufferers, with new figures today showing that only a handful of specialist doctors across the country are running clinics for them.
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Health service's IT surgeon - The Observer 10th June 2007
Richard Granger is in charge of giving the NHS a £7bn computer systems transplant, and vilification by the media has become part of his job. Yet he is confident that he is already transforming the service for the better, writes Nick Mathiason
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Health fears grow as mountains of meat are smuggled into the UK - The Observer 10th June 2007
The amount of illegal meat entering Britain may be far higher than previously thought, increasing concerns about contamination of the food chain. New figures disclosed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show the amount seized by customs and local authority environmental health teams has risen by almost 600 per cent in the last six years. Defra minister Ben Bradshaw said 104 tons of illegal meat was seized last year, compared with 18.6 tons in 2001.
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Money to burn... - The Observer 10th June 2007
Smokers who use the 1 July ban to quit could save £1,500 a year. Gareth Rubin has some ideas for using (or wasting) that cash In less than a month, smokers in England will become an officially oppressed minority. From 1 July, they will have to light up in their own homes, as all enclosed public places will be smoke-free. The move follows bans implemented in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
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700,000 elderly people 'are being abused' - The Observer 10th June 2007
More than 700,000 elderly people are subjected to abuse in their own homes or privately run nursing homes, according to the results of a new study to be published this week. The report - the first investigation for a decade to look at the abuse of the elderly in the UK - will say the rate of violence, bullying and neglect is significantly higher than was thought. Although the rates of serious physical abuse and injury are relatively low, there are high levels of neglect, verbal assaults and behaviour that strips people of their self-esteem. The results are so serious that ministers are planning an overhaul of the adult protection system, which could lead to more people being prosecuted.
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So much money, but where are the vaccines? - The Observer 10th June 2007
Labour has lavished millions on the NHS, but is still failing to address critical women's issues Gordon Brown charmed the Hay Festival. An intellectual audience had its suspicion of politicians blown away by the civilised man who took to the stage to chat to The Observer's Mariella Frostrup. Open, relaxed and informed, Brown couldn't have been further from his enemies' caricature of a tax-grabbing sociopath.
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Pregnancy warning over faulty tests - The Guardian 9th June 2007
Women who were given a negative pregnancy test result on the NHS this spring were last night urged to contact their doctor after a faulty batch of pregnancy testing kits was identified. Dozens of women could be months into a pregnancy without knowing it, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned. Health campaigners said many of these women may have unwittingly had medical treatments, consumed alcohol or taken drugs which could be harmful to their child. There were further concerns that some would find themselves months into an unwanted pregnancy with no option but to continue.
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Scare as 83,000 pregnancy test kits recalled - The Telegraph 9th June 2007
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Thousands told to take pregnancy tests again after recall of faulty kits - Daily Mail 8th May 2007
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Release the pressure - The Guardian 9th June 2007
New research shows that feelings of injustice are enough to cause stress and heart attacks. Huw J Williams reveals the tell-tale signs and recommends ways to keep your cool. You are on your way to work but you really don't want to go. Exhausted, you'd give anything to be able to crawl back into bed. It took hours to nod off last night: negative thoughts running through your mind on an endless loop. It's been like that for a while now. You can't remember the last time you actually slept well, even at the weekends.
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Dr Tom Smith: Cold cure - The Guardian 9th June 2007
Is it true that if you go to really cold countries you won't get as many throat infections and colds? Are germs killed off by the cold?
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Trevor Baker wonders if cigarettes really are the official smell of rock'n'roll - The Guardian 9th June 2007
Trevor Baker wonders if cigarettes really are the official smell of rock'n'roll One of the great things about being a "punk rock warlord" like Joe Strummer is that you get to say really cool, funny things without having to worry too much if they're a bit stupid. One such comment is captured in Julien Temple's new biopic, The Future Is Unwritten, where the late Clash frontman sounds off about smoking.
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Joan Smith: Children of a lesser nation - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
We wear yellow ribbons for little Madeleine; she touches our child-loving hearts. But look a little deeper and you'll find a country happy to demonise its young and abandon them to abuse and grinding poverty
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What happened to childhood? How we are failing the young - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
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Doctors: 'Put obese children into care' - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
Doctors are calling for the parents of obese children under the age of 12 to be targeted under child protection laws and for their offspring to be taken into care. A motion to be put forward at the British Medical Association's (BMA) annual conference later this month will also say that social workers should treat childhood obesity as neglect in cases where parents refuse to listen to the advice of healthcare experts.
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Virus spread by sex is linked to breast cancer - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
HPV, a virus that can be transmitted by sex, may be implicated in breast and a raft of other cancers, according to a series of new research findings. The virus, already implicated in most cervical cancers, may play a role in a number of other malignancies, and may be involved in a three-fold increase in tonsil cancer.
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We wear yellow ribbons for little Madeleine; she touches our child-loving hearts. But look a little deeper and you'll find a country happy to demonise its young and abandon them to abuse and grinding poverty
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What happened to childhood? How we are failing the young - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
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Doctors: 'Put obese children into care' - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
Doctors are calling for the parents of obese children under the age of 12 to be targeted under child protection laws and for their offspring to be taken into care. A motion to be put forward at the British Medical Association's (BMA) annual conference later this month will also say that social workers should treat childhood obesity as neglect in cases where parents refuse to listen to the advice of healthcare experts.
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Virus spread by sex is linked to breast cancer - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
HPV, a virus that can be transmitted by sex, may be implicated in breast and a raft of other cancers, according to a series of new research findings. The virus, already implicated in most cervical cancers, may play a role in a number of other malignancies, and may be involved in a three-fold increase in tonsil cancer.
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Child accidents surge as wheeled trainers spread - The Independent on Sunday 10th June 2007
The craze for "heeling", propelling yourself along on a pair of trainers with wheels in their heels, has triggered a surge in accidents as their popularity rises, new figures show. British demand for Heelys, which are produced by an American company of the same name, is soaring, prompting fears that UK casualty wards will soon be flooded with children nursing broken bones and sprained joints.
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The craze for "heeling", propelling yourself along on a pair of trainers with wheels in their heels, has triggered a surge in accidents as their popularity rises, new figures show. British demand for Heelys, which are produced by an American company of the same name, is soaring, prompting fears that UK casualty wards will soon be flooded with children nursing broken bones and sprained joints.
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Eating fruit and walking can halve chance of dying from breast cancer - The Independent 9th June 2007
Women with breast cancer can halve their risk of dying from the disease if they eat fruit and take up walking, research released yesterday has shown. Even those who are overweight or obese gain the same benefit from the strategy - provided they follow both parts of it. Eating fruit and vegetables without walking or walking without eating fruit has no effect, the researchers said.
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Treatment ‘should not try to stop people who self-harm’ - The Times 11th June 2007
Young women who self-harm should be allowed to continue as part of their treatment, according to a leading expert. Controversial “harm minimisation” therapy is being piloted in the North West, even though it contravenes NHS guidelines, which state that preventing further self-harm must be the priority. The therapy even provides some patients with “safe cutting kits”, containing sterile blades and swabs. Sam Warner, research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, is the consultant clinical psychologist behind the treatment. Dr Warner believes that the traditional approach, of removing all harmful objects, placing patients in seclusion and monitoring them, is counterproductive.
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Single embryo IVF ‘boosts chance of success while reducing the risk’ - The Times 11th June 2007
Many women having IVF could be treated with a single embryo without lowering their chances of having a child, according to research into a procedure that could play a pivotal role in reducing hazardous twin and triplet births. British doctors have discovered that transferring one embryo at a time to the womb can slightly increase success rates, provided that patients are chosen carefully and a new culture technique is used.
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Dr Branestawm will see you now - The Times 11th June 2007
Honesty compelled me to disclose, in a March Notebook, that a visit to Cardiff had been much enhanced by sharing a hotel with the England rugby team. Only marginally less thrilling was an encounter, during the same trip, with Dr Andy Goldberg, the founder of Medical Futures, a kind of one-stop shop that brings health workers with brilliant new ideas to the attention of venture capitalists, patent attorneys and NHS managers. His concept was to turn Sellotape-and-glue bits of genius crafted on the hoof by overworked doctors into slick new medical products that could be marketed worldwide.
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We don't do drugs - The Times 11th June 2007
We hear little from the vast majority of teenagers who have no interest in drugs. Here, four tell their story Most of the media attention and heart-searching about drugs focuses on the young people who take them. Far less documented are the reasons why so many young people are not tempted to experiment with cannabis, pills and other drugs.
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Prepare to be ostracised, all you smokers of England - The Times 11th June 2007
Smokers of England, lay down your cigarettes. Yes, right away; stub them out. Now take a few deep breaths, to allow your blood to become reoxygenated, and your brain function to be restored. What I’m about to tell you is very important. It is the story of what is about to happen to you, and the society you inhabit, when the smoking ban in pubs, restaurants and workplaces comes into force on July 1. You’ll find some of this story quite unexpected: indeed, I would struggle to believe it myself had I not experienced it in Scotland in the 15 months since the ban was introduced here.
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The mentally ill are not feeble - The Times 11th June 2007
Mick Hume may be correct in saying that working conditions during the Victorian era were more stressful than today (Notebook, June 8 ) and no doubt mental illness affected business productivity then, although we have no data to prove that. We do know that the current annual cost to the economy of mental ill-health is in the region of £30 billion.
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Balding and irritable? Firm launches gel for male menopause - The Times 11th June 2007
A cure-all for the “male menopause” is to be launched today by a Scottish company in the form of a synthetic testosterone gel that can be absorbed through the skin. Tostran is a prescription gel aimed at men over 40 who suffer from “hypogonadism” – a condition whose main symptoms include baldness, weight gain, lethargy, irritability, reduced libido and erectile dysfunction.
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Women with breast cancer can halve their risk of dying from the disease if they eat fruit and take up walking, research released yesterday has shown. Even those who are overweight or obese gain the same benefit from the strategy - provided they follow both parts of it. Eating fruit and vegetables without walking or walking without eating fruit has no effect, the researchers said.
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Treatment ‘should not try to stop people who self-harm’ - The Times 11th June 2007
Young women who self-harm should be allowed to continue as part of their treatment, according to a leading expert. Controversial “harm minimisation” therapy is being piloted in the North West, even though it contravenes NHS guidelines, which state that preventing further self-harm must be the priority. The therapy even provides some patients with “safe cutting kits”, containing sterile blades and swabs. Sam Warner, research fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, is the consultant clinical psychologist behind the treatment. Dr Warner believes that the traditional approach, of removing all harmful objects, placing patients in seclusion and monitoring them, is counterproductive.
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Single embryo IVF ‘boosts chance of success while reducing the risk’ - The Times 11th June 2007
Many women having IVF could be treated with a single embryo without lowering their chances of having a child, according to research into a procedure that could play a pivotal role in reducing hazardous twin and triplet births. British doctors have discovered that transferring one embryo at a time to the womb can slightly increase success rates, provided that patients are chosen carefully and a new culture technique is used.
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Dr Branestawm will see you now - The Times 11th June 2007
Honesty compelled me to disclose, in a March Notebook, that a visit to Cardiff had been much enhanced by sharing a hotel with the England rugby team. Only marginally less thrilling was an encounter, during the same trip, with Dr Andy Goldberg, the founder of Medical Futures, a kind of one-stop shop that brings health workers with brilliant new ideas to the attention of venture capitalists, patent attorneys and NHS managers. His concept was to turn Sellotape-and-glue bits of genius crafted on the hoof by overworked doctors into slick new medical products that could be marketed worldwide.
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We don't do drugs - The Times 11th June 2007
We hear little from the vast majority of teenagers who have no interest in drugs. Here, four tell their story Most of the media attention and heart-searching about drugs focuses on the young people who take them. Far less documented are the reasons why so many young people are not tempted to experiment with cannabis, pills and other drugs.
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Prepare to be ostracised, all you smokers of England - The Times 11th June 2007
Smokers of England, lay down your cigarettes. Yes, right away; stub them out. Now take a few deep breaths, to allow your blood to become reoxygenated, and your brain function to be restored. What I’m about to tell you is very important. It is the story of what is about to happen to you, and the society you inhabit, when the smoking ban in pubs, restaurants and workplaces comes into force on July 1. You’ll find some of this story quite unexpected: indeed, I would struggle to believe it myself had I not experienced it in Scotland in the 15 months since the ban was introduced here.
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The mentally ill are not feeble - The Times 11th June 2007
Mick Hume may be correct in saying that working conditions during the Victorian era were more stressful than today (Notebook, June 8 ) and no doubt mental illness affected business productivity then, although we have no data to prove that. We do know that the current annual cost to the economy of mental ill-health is in the region of £30 billion.
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Balding and irritable? Firm launches gel for male menopause - The Times 11th June 2007
A cure-all for the “male menopause” is to be launched today by a Scottish company in the form of a synthetic testosterone gel that can be absorbed through the skin. Tostran is a prescription gel aimed at men over 40 who suffer from “hypogonadism” – a condition whose main symptoms include baldness, weight gain, lethargy, irritability, reduced libido and erectile dysfunction.
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'Healthy food' firms told to put up or shut up - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
FOOD companies that make false or unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits of their products will be forced to withdraw them under a new European Union crackdown. The products – ranging from baby foods said to bolster a child’s immune system to a tea claimed to boost memory – will be allowed to carry the claims only if they can show they are based on scientific research.
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The big millennium babies: quarter are overweight by three - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
FOOD companies that make false or unsubstantiated claims about the health benefits of their products will be forced to withdraw them under a new European Union crackdown. The products – ranging from baby foods said to bolster a child’s immune system to a tea claimed to boost memory – will be allowed to carry the claims only if they can show they are based on scientific research.
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The big millennium babies: quarter are overweight by three - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
A GOVERNMENT-funded study of children born at the start of the new millennium has found that a quarter were officially overweight or obese by the age of three. Preliminary results from the study, the biggest of its kind, suggest that 18% of three-year-olds are overweight and 5% are obese, meaning that 23% of children now develop weight problems before their fourth birthday.
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A quarter of toddlers are overweight - Daily Mail 10th June 2007
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Points - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
It is about time smokers stood up to the anti-smoking lobby FUME, FUME: So Cosmo Landesman believes smokers are too militant (Comment, last week). It’s about time smokers stood up to the antismoking lobby. He should read Rod Liddle (Resist the tobacco Taliban, Comment, June 25 2006). I quote: “This repulsively pious [anti-smoking] lobby issues forth ever more spiteful and immoral injunctions”.
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If you go down to the sea today... - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
You’re in for a big surprise: a 10% chance of getting a gastrointestinal disease. Thirty years ago The Sunday Times campaigned to clean up Britain’s beaches — and succeeded. But our seas are still swamped with filth; fish stocks and wildlife are being decimated and ‘dead zones’ are appearing off our coast where nothing can thrive but gut-infecting bacteria
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Swim in British waters at your peril - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
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A quarter of toddlers are overweight - Daily Mail 10th June 2007
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Points - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
It is about time smokers stood up to the anti-smoking lobby FUME, FUME: So Cosmo Landesman believes smokers are too militant (Comment, last week). It’s about time smokers stood up to the antismoking lobby. He should read Rod Liddle (Resist the tobacco Taliban, Comment, June 25 2006). I quote: “This repulsively pious [anti-smoking] lobby issues forth ever more spiteful and immoral injunctions”.
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If you go down to the sea today... - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
You’re in for a big surprise: a 10% chance of getting a gastrointestinal disease. Thirty years ago The Sunday Times campaigned to clean up Britain’s beaches — and succeeded. But our seas are still swamped with filth; fish stocks and wildlife are being decimated and ‘dead zones’ are appearing off our coast where nothing can thrive but gut-infecting bacteria
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Swim in British waters at your peril - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
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What about the beaches? - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
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Beach body diet: week two - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
In the final part of our pre-summer special, the nutritionist Natalie Savona and the fitness guru Matt Roberts tell you everything you need to know to fine-tune your bikini body. Summer? Bring it on
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On the edge: Running for dear life (on my brother’s blood cells) - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Our correspondent thought he was going to die, but an experimental leukaemia treatment put new life in his legs It’s precisely 11.06am on a Sunday morning in May, and I’m charging down Alexandra Palace Way in north London, on the Crouch End 10km run. Well, not charging exactly. Falling painfully downhill would be a better description.
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Dr Know - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Experts recently warned that taking multivitamins more than seven times a week almost doubles the risk of a fatal form of prostate cancer. What is a safe intake?
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Just one bottle of red away from a problem - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Last week the government launched a campaign to tackle middle-class drinkers. One writer tells a cautionary tale It happened one September. Paul Hill’s wife had left him and in due course the divorce came through. He moved out of the house they shared, and rented a room. Hill, 31, worked in publishing but the job didn’t interest him. On leaving work, he went straight to the pub. One Friday shortly after his birthday Hill didn’t go home.
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A land unfit for heroes - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
This week, Falklands war veterans commemorate their victory 25 years ago. About 300 men who came home will be missing from the parades. They have killed themselves. Many more are battling suicide, and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are swelling their ranks. This is their story — and they’re angry
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At last, a cure for everything? - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Scientists have pinpointed some of the mutant genes that contribute to our commonest diseases. But when might such breakthroughs have results? It was 1997, when Maddie Juniper was just six years old, that her parents first noticed the changes. Their formerly healthy, happy little girl had suddenly become constantly hungry and thirsty and was also losing weight. Within weeks they had not just a disease but a devastating diagnosis: type 1 diabetes.
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Our correspondent thought he was going to die, but an experimental leukaemia treatment put new life in his legs It’s precisely 11.06am on a Sunday morning in May, and I’m charging down Alexandra Palace Way in north London, on the Crouch End 10km run. Well, not charging exactly. Falling painfully downhill would be a better description.
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Dr Know - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Experts recently warned that taking multivitamins more than seven times a week almost doubles the risk of a fatal form of prostate cancer. What is a safe intake?
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Just one bottle of red away from a problem - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Last week the government launched a campaign to tackle middle-class drinkers. One writer tells a cautionary tale It happened one September. Paul Hill’s wife had left him and in due course the divorce came through. He moved out of the house they shared, and rented a room. Hill, 31, worked in publishing but the job didn’t interest him. On leaving work, he went straight to the pub. One Friday shortly after his birthday Hill didn’t go home.
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A land unfit for heroes - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
This week, Falklands war veterans commemorate their victory 25 years ago. About 300 men who came home will be missing from the parades. They have killed themselves. Many more are battling suicide, and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are swelling their ranks. This is their story — and they’re angry
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At last, a cure for everything? - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Scientists have pinpointed some of the mutant genes that contribute to our commonest diseases. But when might such breakthroughs have results? It was 1997, when Maddie Juniper was just six years old, that her parents first noticed the changes. Their formerly healthy, happy little girl had suddenly become constantly hungry and thirsty and was also losing weight. Within weeks they had not just a disease but a devastating diagnosis: type 1 diabetes.
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What lurks in our DNA - The Times 9th June 2007
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We don't understand our genes - The Sunday Telegraph 10th June 2007
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Should we make short work of long hours? - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
People who spend too much time at their desk are not doing themselves or their employers any favours IT IS a truth most assume to be universally acknowledged: that British workers are stressed out by the longest working hours in Europe. At the beginning of the year, the TUC produced the latest set of statistics to support that case, claiming that the average British employee puts in a full working day in unpaid overtime every week – that’s almost £5,000 in unpaid salary every year.
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Seven days - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Hewitt and her NHS go critical The political career of health secretary Patricia Hewitt is lying on a trolley in some dark hospital corridor, very probably labelled “Do not resuscitate”. In a couple of weeks, Dr Brown is expected on his rounds to put Hewitt out of her misery. But until then she must put up with the pain. She’s already been attacked in recent weeks by midwives and junior doctors. Last week hospital consultants joined the fight by accusing Labour of crippling the health service.
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Clear the air ahead of the smoking ban - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
I run a small business with 20 people and let them smoke in the warehouse at the rear of the premises. Will I still be able to allow this when the English anti-smoking legislation comes in on July 1?
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Sunburn protection - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Everyone knows that sunburn increases your risk of skin cancer. However, properly protecting yourself from it is not as simple as slapping on sunscreen. Sunburn is caused by exposure to two types of radiation emitted by the sun: UVA and UVB. However, many people don’t realise that the sun protection factor (or SPF) of suntan cream measures only how effectively it protects you from UVB rays, not UVA, which are a prime cause of skin-wrinkling.
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Designs on a better Britain - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Kester, 43, who is paid £138,000 a year, was appointed chief executive in 2003. But his work, and that of the council, goes beyond helping firms prosper. It is also to use design to make public services more effective. For example, another of Kester’s diary dates was checking the progress of a scheme in Bolton where the NHS primary care trust is devising a strategy to help diabetes sufferers cope with the condition. The council’s designers devised a card game that patients can play. It reinforces key rules on managing the disease, such as strict attention to diet.
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Poor old Mummy - The Times 9th June 2007
Fortysomething would-be mums are in the doghouse again THIS week’s news about the sharp rise in the numbers of fortysomething women having IVF prompted a great deal of tut-tutting about women “defying nature”. The figures showed that more than 15 per cent of IVF patients are now aged between 40 and 45, compared with about 10 per cent in 1999.
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No room for miracle cures - The Times 9th June 2007
Stem cells or snake oils? You pays your money. Even as you read this an eight-year-old girl from Bournemouth is having stem cells removed from her bone marrow at a neurology clinic in Beijing. They will be injected into her spinal cord in the hope that they will develop into mature nerve cells, allowing her to walk for the first time. The wonderful and yet monstrous thing about stem cells is their potential to develop into virtually any human tissue. Tumours arising from stem cells in the testis or ovary often contain skin, hair and even teeth. Until we find a way to control their growth, these treatments, despite encouraging new research announced this week, will remain the stuff of science fiction.
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After a decade of Blair, did things only get better? - The Times 9th June 2007
The Government says the NHS is doing splendidly compared with ten years ago. It claimed this week that £29 billion had been invested in the past decade and waiting times had been cut. But what do people on the front line think? Have Tony Blair’s ten years in the job been good for our health, wellbeing and the environment? We talk to ten professionals about how they have been affected by Blair’s policies – from a nurse who’s seen some of her best colleagues get the chop in cutbacks, to a scientist who’s seen his lab transformed into a world-class science facility.
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Policies that bridge the gaps - The Times 9th June 2007
Mark Bridge explains how to make sure that you have adequate cover before setting off on your year of adventure With the end of A-level exams in sight, students across the country are daydreaming of gapyear travel. After a few months of saving, many will set out to broaden horizons, or simply “chill”, on far-flung beaches or Himalayan peaks.
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Men’s health myths - The Times 9th June 2007
WHO SAYS? Just about everyone. Men’s health groups are particularly guilty, but many doctors get it wrong, too. HOW WRONG IS IT? Extremely. The assumption that plumbing equals prostate can lead you down some dangerous blind alleys.
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How to save this child from a life of poverty, violence and despair - The Times 9th June 2007
A team of pioneering family nurses stands between teenage mothers and another generation of misery What are the most important moments to make a change in your life? When you go to university? Get a job? What about five months before you are even born? This is the lesson of Michelle, 16, who was having a chat last week about her pregnancy with Kim, her new “family nurse”, the first of her kind in Britain. During the conversation, Kim asked Michelle if anyone hits her, and the girl replied that yes, her mother did, ie, the soon-to-be grandma sitting watchfully in the corner.
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Should we make short work of long hours? - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
People who spend too much time at their desk are not doing themselves or their employers any favours IT IS a truth most assume to be universally acknowledged: that British workers are stressed out by the longest working hours in Europe. At the beginning of the year, the TUC produced the latest set of statistics to support that case, claiming that the average British employee puts in a full working day in unpaid overtime every week – that’s almost £5,000 in unpaid salary every year.
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Seven days - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Hewitt and her NHS go critical The political career of health secretary Patricia Hewitt is lying on a trolley in some dark hospital corridor, very probably labelled “Do not resuscitate”. In a couple of weeks, Dr Brown is expected on his rounds to put Hewitt out of her misery. But until then she must put up with the pain. She’s already been attacked in recent weeks by midwives and junior doctors. Last week hospital consultants joined the fight by accusing Labour of crippling the health service.
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Clear the air ahead of the smoking ban - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
I run a small business with 20 people and let them smoke in the warehouse at the rear of the premises. Will I still be able to allow this when the English anti-smoking legislation comes in on July 1?
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Sunburn protection - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Everyone knows that sunburn increases your risk of skin cancer. However, properly protecting yourself from it is not as simple as slapping on sunscreen. Sunburn is caused by exposure to two types of radiation emitted by the sun: UVA and UVB. However, many people don’t realise that the sun protection factor (or SPF) of suntan cream measures only how effectively it protects you from UVB rays, not UVA, which are a prime cause of skin-wrinkling.
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Designs on a better Britain - The Sunday Times 10th June 2007
Kester, 43, who is paid £138,000 a year, was appointed chief executive in 2003. But his work, and that of the council, goes beyond helping firms prosper. It is also to use design to make public services more effective. For example, another of Kester’s diary dates was checking the progress of a scheme in Bolton where the NHS primary care trust is devising a strategy to help diabetes sufferers cope with the condition. The council’s designers devised a card game that patients can play. It reinforces key rules on managing the disease, such as strict attention to diet.
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Poor old Mummy - The Times 9th June 2007
Fortysomething would-be mums are in the doghouse again THIS week’s news about the sharp rise in the numbers of fortysomething women having IVF prompted a great deal of tut-tutting about women “defying nature”. The figures showed that more than 15 per cent of IVF patients are now aged between 40 and 45, compared with about 10 per cent in 1999.
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No room for miracle cures - The Times 9th June 2007
Stem cells or snake oils? You pays your money. Even as you read this an eight-year-old girl from Bournemouth is having stem cells removed from her bone marrow at a neurology clinic in Beijing. They will be injected into her spinal cord in the hope that they will develop into mature nerve cells, allowing her to walk for the first time. The wonderful and yet monstrous thing about stem cells is their potential to develop into virtually any human tissue. Tumours arising from stem cells in the testis or ovary often contain skin, hair and even teeth. Until we find a way to control their growth, these treatments, despite encouraging new research announced this week, will remain the stuff of science fiction.
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After a decade of Blair, did things only get better? - The Times 9th June 2007
The Government says the NHS is doing splendidly compared with ten years ago. It claimed this week that £29 billion had been invested in the past decade and waiting times had been cut. But what do people on the front line think? Have Tony Blair’s ten years in the job been good for our health, wellbeing and the environment? We talk to ten professionals about how they have been affected by Blair’s policies – from a nurse who’s seen some of her best colleagues get the chop in cutbacks, to a scientist who’s seen his lab transformed into a world-class science facility.
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Policies that bridge the gaps - The Times 9th June 2007
Mark Bridge explains how to make sure that you have adequate cover before setting off on your year of adventure With the end of A-level exams in sight, students across the country are daydreaming of gapyear travel. After a few months of saving, many will set out to broaden horizons, or simply “chill”, on far-flung beaches or Himalayan peaks.
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Men’s health myths - The Times 9th June 2007
WHO SAYS? Just about everyone. Men’s health groups are particularly guilty, but many doctors get it wrong, too. HOW WRONG IS IT? Extremely. The assumption that plumbing equals prostate can lead you down some dangerous blind alleys.
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How to save this child from a life of poverty, violence and despair - The Times 9th June 2007
A team of pioneering family nurses stands between teenage mothers and another generation of misery What are the most important moments to make a change in your life? When you go to university? Get a job? What about five months before you are even born? This is the lesson of Michelle, 16, who was having a chat last week about her pregnancy with Kim, her new “family nurse”, the first of her kind in Britain. During the conversation, Kim asked Michelle if anyone hits her, and the girl replied that yes, her mother did, ie, the soon-to-be grandma sitting watchfully in the corner.
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‘Megan’s Law’ plan scrapped over fears abusers forced into hiding - The Times 9th June 2007
The Government will next week rule out plans to introduce a “Megan’s Law” to monitor child sex offenders after research found that it drove up to 25 per cent of paedophiles in the US underground, The Times has learnt. Ministers will instead offer a compromise proposal by giving parents, guardians and carers the right to seek information about individuals in regular contact with their children.
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On their marks - The Times 9th June 2007
Olympic gold-winner Kelly Holmes is spearheading a drive to get the PlayStation generation into sport. Peta Bee cheers from the touchline When today’s parents remember school sports lessons, they think of gruelling cross-country runs, football matches in freezing conditions, compulsory showers and unflattering kit. Fast forward to 2007 and how things have changed. Golf, kickboxing, aerobics and archery are being offered by some schools in an attempt by the Government to make PE lessons more attractive to pupils who might previously have regarded them as loathsome.
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The price of wellbeing - The Times 9th June 2007
Money can’t buy happiness, scientists have declared. But, Roger Dobson finds, relationships do have a cash value Although they can drive you mad, there’s never been a better reason to make friends with your neighbours. This week, researchers announced that talking to the folk next door every day could be equivalent to earning an extra £40,000 a year.
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The Government will next week rule out plans to introduce a “Megan’s Law” to monitor child sex offenders after research found that it drove up to 25 per cent of paedophiles in the US underground, The Times has learnt. Ministers will instead offer a compromise proposal by giving parents, guardians and carers the right to seek information about individuals in regular contact with their children.
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On their marks - The Times 9th June 2007
Olympic gold-winner Kelly Holmes is spearheading a drive to get the PlayStation generation into sport. Peta Bee cheers from the touchline When today’s parents remember school sports lessons, they think of gruelling cross-country runs, football matches in freezing conditions, compulsory showers and unflattering kit. Fast forward to 2007 and how things have changed. Golf, kickboxing, aerobics and archery are being offered by some schools in an attempt by the Government to make PE lessons more attractive to pupils who might previously have regarded them as loathsome.
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The price of wellbeing - The Times 9th June 2007
Money can’t buy happiness, scientists have declared. But, Roger Dobson finds, relationships do have a cash value Although they can drive you mad, there’s never been a better reason to make friends with your neighbours. This week, researchers announced that talking to the folk next door every day could be equivalent to earning an extra £40,000 a year.
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Scientists calculate how much money it costs to buy happiness - Daily Mail 11th June 2007
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Adult prejudices are corrupting curriculum - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
The school curriculum has become estranged from the challenge of educating children. Issues that are integral to education have become subordinate to the imperative of social engineering and political expediency. Schools have become a battle-ground for zealous campaigners and entrepreneurs to promote their message. Public health officials constantly demand more compulsory classroom discussions on healthy eating and obesity.
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Quit smoking with Team Telegraph - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
If you're one of the UK's 10 million smokers, you have only 20 days left to light up in comfort. On July 1, the ban on smoking in most enclosed public spaces comes into play, and you'll be banished to pavements - and risk paying an £80 fine.
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Adult prejudices are corrupting curriculum - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
The school curriculum has become estranged from the challenge of educating children. Issues that are integral to education have become subordinate to the imperative of social engineering and political expediency. Schools have become a battle-ground for zealous campaigners and entrepreneurs to promote their message. Public health officials constantly demand more compulsory classroom discussions on healthy eating and obesity.
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Quit smoking with Team Telegraph - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
If you're one of the UK's 10 million smokers, you have only 20 days left to light up in comfort. On July 1, the ban on smoking in most enclosed public spaces comes into play, and you'll be banished to pavements - and risk paying an £80 fine.
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Quit smoking Day 1: Quit-smoking expert - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
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Quit smoking Day 1: Nutritionist - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
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Quit smoking Day 1: Fitness coach - The Telegraph 11th June 2007
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Dangerous patients left to roam free - The Sunday Telegraph 10th June 2007
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Dangerous patients left to roam free - The Sunday Telegraph 10th June 2007
Dangerous psychiatric patients with access to weapons are being left to walk the streets for weeks because of a shortage of police, social workers are warning. Patients who should be detained and taken to hospital are free for up to a fortnight, they say in a report to MPs. The delays are longest when firearms officers are required because the patient is known to have access to weapons.
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Labour 'tsars' cost taxpayers £20m, say Tories - The Sunday Telegraph 10th June 2007
They were supposed to be the ''army'' of powerful advisers who would solve some of the country's most intractable problems. But instead Tony Blair's so-called tsars have, in the past decade, cost the taxpayer up to £20 million - and, it is claimed, left a legacy of failure and incompetence.
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Labour 'tsars' cost taxpayers £20m, say Tories - The Sunday Telegraph 10th June 2007
They were supposed to be the ''army'' of powerful advisers who would solve some of the country's most intractable problems. But instead Tony Blair's so-called tsars have, in the past decade, cost the taxpayer up to £20 million - and, it is claimed, left a legacy of failure and incompetence.
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