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|  | Britons consistently underestimate the cost of the treatment they receive, according to new research by private health insurer Legal & General Healthcare. Legal & General asked 5,000... |
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|  | Increased exercise prior to hip and knee replacement procedures can reduce the need for inpatient rehabilitation, a study has shown. Researchers found that patients who had participated in water... |
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|  | Hip replacement surgery could help to relieve lower back pain, a new study has suggested. A small study carried out in American and Israeli spinal centres has revealed that total hip replacement... |
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|  | Cases of breast cancer have increased by 81 per cent since 1971, new figures have shown. A total of 41,000 cases of the disease, which is the commonest cancer in the UK, were diagnosed in the UK in... |
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|  | A drug which is currently used to treat arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease has been found to be effective in reversing severe liver disease. A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle... |
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|  | People in need of psychiatric care are being failed by poor access to community health services, according to a new report. The Healthcare Commission claims that local mental health care... |
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|  | Patients suffering from diabetes are at a much higher risk of critical illnesses and premature death, regardless of whether they are obese or not, according to a new study. Research carried out by the... |
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|  | Users of the drug methamphetamine are being warned that they could be doing serious damage to their teeth. The drug, also known as meth, crystal and speed, is used mainly by people between the ages of... |
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|  | Men receiving the most common treatment for prostate cancer are 44 per cent more likely to develop diabetes, according to experts. Scientists at the Harvard Medical School noticed that the... |
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|  | A study of different types of obesity surgery has found that a newer operation, called the duodenal switch, results in better weight loss than the standard gastric bypass procedure. Researchers from... |
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| Men with a history of gonorrhoea are more likely to develop prostate cancer, according to new research. A study of African-American men between the ages of 40 and 79 found that those patients who had... |
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|  | Patients undergoing cancer treatment in Belgium can now receive a new form of radiotherapy which is more precise in the way it targets tumours. Offered at the University Hospital at Leuven, the... |
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|  | Four fifths of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease associated with lung cancer, have not yet been diagnosed, a study has revealed. According to Cancer Research UK,... |
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|  | A new procedure should help to make obesity treatment much less uncomfortable for patients. Conventional gastric banding involves placing an adjustable silicon ring around the stomach, thereby... |
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|  | Adults suffering from sleep disorders are more likely to develop depression, scientists have claimed. A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that the onset of sleep disorders,... |
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|  | Acupuncture can be an effective way of treating back pain, according to new research. The technique, which involves needles being inserted into certain points of the body, has always courted... |
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|  | The threat of MRSA and other hospital superbugs is leading many patients in the UK to seek private treatment . Recent government research revealed that nearly 150 babies and children suffered... |
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|  | The over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception has failed to reduce the number of people having an abortion, according to family planning experts. Abortion rates have climbed from 11 per 1,000... |
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|  | One in seven young men between the ages of 20 and 24 are infected with chlamydia, according to figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). The data, which were presented at the agency's... |
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|  | Regular vitamin D intake can slash the likelihood of getting pancreatic cancer by half, researchers have said. A study has revealed that people who take vitamin D tablets are only half as likely to... |
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