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Obese people will be paid to lose weight - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - Independent.co.uk 24th January 2008
Obesity crisis: get paid to lose weight - The Telegraph 24th January 2008
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International Health News
Of all the exports from our modern world, breast cancer ranks as among the most dubious. Once thought to be a disease of the rich, it is now a global epidemic. The rise of the cancer in Europe and America – cases have jumped 80 per cent in the UK since the 1970s – is being mirrored across the world. And scientists say increasing prosperity and the “Westernisation” of traditional lifestyles is to blame.
Link to articleVitamin E 'helps older people move' - The Telegraph 24th January 2008
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Cumbria and Lancashire Health News
High Blood Pressure In Northwest (from This Is Lancashire) 24th January 2008
THE proportion of people with high blood pressure in the North-west is above the national average, according to a new survey. A study by the Blood Pressure Association discovered that 41 per cent of North-west people had high blood pressure, while the English national rate was 40 per cent.
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Greater Manchester Health News
Plight of the NHS 'victims' - News - Manchester Evening News 24th January 2008
NEARLY 30,000 people in Greater Manchester suffering from dementia are being neglected by the NHS, MPs have revealed. They are among 560,000 sufferers in England and, according to the Commons public accounts committee, the number of cases will soar over the next 15 years. It costs £14 billion to deal with the problem nationally - that is more than cancer, heart disease and strokes combined.
Link to articlePatient dies after superbug battle - News - Manchester Evening News 24th January 2008
A PENSIONER has died after battling against a superbug when he was admitted to hospital for a routine operation. Stan Whitehead, 77, from Sale, went into Trafford General for an operation to replace his knee. Just a couple of days after surgery, the former teacher appeared to be making a speedy recovery and was planning to return home.
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