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Total Body Care brings you the latest in health news, views and issues from around the globe...
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The 'Today' presenter Justin Webb, whose son suffers from diabetes,explains how he was brought close to tears by an item on stem-cell treatment
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Patients have threatened to sue a doctor after paying£10,000 for a stem celltreatment that did not work.
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Cockroaches and locusts contain powerful antibiotic molecules in their brainsthat could be used to develop new treatments against MRSA and E-coli,scientists have discovered.
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Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
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Childless couples are facing a widening postcode lottery after NHS officialsordered GPs to slash the amount of fertility treatment on offer to cutcosts, stark new figures show.
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Transparent braces are transforming our pearly whites, says Emma Hill.
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Laziness runs in the family, a new study suggests.
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West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. |
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Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
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Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British Beer and Pub Association suggest.
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For women carrying multiple fetuses, a medical argument for reducing that number is clear. But the decision isn't always clear-cut. |
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Scientists in Newcastle have discovered why older women are more likely tosuffer from infertility, miscarriage and birth defects.
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Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
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Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may boost the risk of oesophageal cancer, a study suggests.
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Scientists have a taken major step towards understanding why older women aremore likely to produce abnormal eggs, increasing the risk of infertility,miscarriage and birth defects such as Down's syndrome.
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Drug taken by more than a million people with osteoporosis could increase riskof cancer of the oesophagus, study warns.
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Baby Gloomers are aged 45 to 54 and allegedly the unhappiest age group inBritain. With good reason says Neil Tweedie.
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He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony. |
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A man and woman are arrested on suspicion of helping a disabled man from South Tyneside take his own life.
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British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs.
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Compost manufacturers are considering putting warnings about Legionnaires'disease on their bags following advice from the Royal Horticultural Society.
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A breakthrough in understanding how a particularly aggressive form of breastcancer develops could lead to the creation of new drugs which would stoptumours ever developing, scientists hope.
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All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests. |
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The Scottish government says drinkers should be charged a minimum of 45p for every unit of alcohol as part of efforts to cut consumption.
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West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. |
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I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.
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The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them. |
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Ohio State offensive lineman Andrew Miller wants to be first in line for a vaccine this year. Here are five things you should know. |
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Young people who rob themselves of sleep by spending all night surfing theinternet and playing computer games are tripling their chances of developinga mental illness, according to research.
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Fish oils could save the lives of 10,000 heart failure sufferers every year,research has shown, and be prescribed as part of their daily treatment.
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School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.
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People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer but experience a more rapid decline once the disease sets in, a study suggests.
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One in five elderly people with broken hips do not get surgery quickly enough, a survey shows.
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Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday. |
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Tony Blair's drink revelations are hardly that-but they are a sales tonic,says Iain Hollingshead .
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Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Senior NHS managers could receive pay-outs topping£100,000 in a nationalseverance scheme just approved by ministers.
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Hospitals around the country are offering"sub-standard"care tohip-fracture patients who face a postcode lottery in treatment, according toa nationwide audit published today (THUR).
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Brain training games, crosswords and puzzles help maintain a healthy mind inthe elderly but can eventually speed up dementia late on in life, new studyclaims.
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Millions of homes could be hit by an explosion in the bedbug population, afterpest controllers reported infestations of the parasite rose 24 per cent in ayear.
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Iain Hollingshead got his fingers burnt trying out his girlfriend'shair straighteners, but millions of men don't.
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The number of hospital admissions caused by alcohol has risen by two-thirds inthe last five years because society is"turning a blind eye"toBritain's drinking culture, public health experts have warned.
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Obesity researchers have dismissed as a"myth"the excuse that we are"slaves"to our genes.
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Men with severe insomnia are four times more likely to suffer an early death,a study has found.
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Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions
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Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions
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