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|  | A leading private physiotherapy practice is introducing a new health check this week, designed to reveal whether any parts of a patient's musculo-skeletal system are functioning below par. ES Physical... |
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|  | People who start using sunbeds in their teens and 20s are 75 per cent more likely to develop melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reached... |
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|  | Patients requiring hip and knee replacement surgery are facing agonising waits at a hospital in King's Lynn as the NHS attempts to claw back money. Around 1,800 patients who are awaiting surgery at... |
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|  | People who use the class A drug ecstasy just once could be risking long-term brain damage, research has shown. Prolonged use of the drug has long been known to lead to mental health problems,... |
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|  | Chemotherapy, a common form of cancer treatment , has been found to cause short-term structural changes in the brain, according to a new study. Although there have been repeated complaints from... |
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|  | Patients over the age of 65 who are considering obesity surgery should make themselves aware of the added risks associated with the procedure, according to a surgeon in the field. Dr Edward... |
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|  | Patients at risk of heart disease should consider increasing their intake of folic acid, a London cardiologist has said. According to Dr David Wald, a senior lecturer at the Wolfson Institute of... |
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|  | Criminals who are addicted to heroin should be provided with the drug on the NHS to help cut crime, according to a senior police officer. Howard Roberts, deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire... |
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|  | A new sex education technique has been shown to be no more effective than traditional methods, according to researchers. The enhanced theoretically-based programme, known as Share, produced similar... |
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|  | Patients who have undergone obesity surgery may be more likely to suffer from kidney stones, researchers have warned. Specialists at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine found that patients who had... |
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|  | A third of Scottish pregnancies which are taken to full term are unintended, according to new research. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian family planning... |
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|  | A recommendation by the body responsible for providing guidance on NHS drugs is to be challenged in court for the first time. Two drugs companies, Eisai and Pfizer, are applying to the High Court for... |
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|  | Patients suffering from hip osteoarthritis and lower back pain should receive treatment for the hip first, as this could automatically alleviate the back pain, researchers believe. A small-scale study... |
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|  | Injections of botulinum type A, or BOTOX® , into the knee joint could help to reduce the pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) and delay the need for knee replacement surgery , researchers... |
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|  | The government's health watchdog has not approved a potentially life-extending lung cancer treatment on the NHS, meaning that thousands of sufferers could have to seek private treatment if... |
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|  | Obesity surgery could become a less invasive procedure within a matter of years, with doctors predicting the surgery could one day be performed via a tube inserted through the mouth. The surgery can... |
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|  | The government is launching a sexual health campaign in a bid to stop the rise of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK. The campaign, which will focus on 18 to 24-year-olds, is... |
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| A cholesterol-lowering drug which lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with vascular disease and diabetes could be cost-effective among a wider group of people, according to... |
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|  | A patient has been fitted with a new kind of artificial knee replacement at the Scripps Clinic in the US. The implant, which has been fitted for investigational purposes, contains sensors developed by... |
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|  | Smokers who are undergoing prostate cancer treatment are likely to suffer more serious side-effects, according to new research. Scientists at the Fox Chase Cancer Centre in the US have discovered a... |
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