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Latest news on PIP breast implants

12:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

Women concerned about French-made PIP breast implants can find all the latest NHS information about the issue on this page. Worries about the implants have emerged since news of a major...

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Difficult to see how C. diff spreads

10:27am Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“We don’t know what causes deadly hospital superbug to spread, admit scientists,” the Daily Mail has reported. “Hospitals may be adopting the wrong strategy for combating a notorious bug"...

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Claim spoon-feeding 'makes infants fatter'

10:22am Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Spoon feeding makes babies fatter,” the BBC reported today. According to the broadcaster, babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger foods. This high-profile news is sure to...

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DVT flying advice reassessed

5:30am Wednesday 8th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Sitting in a window seat during a long flight can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis,” according to The Daily Telegraph. It has long been known that flying is associated with an increased risk of...

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Artificial jawbone used in transplant

6:00am Tuesday 7th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

An 83-year-old woman has been implanted with the world’s first “3D printer-created jaw”. Using cutting-edge laser manufacturing techniques, doctors and metal experts were able to build up layers of titanium...

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Diabetes 'increases birth defect risk'

5:00am Monday 6th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital abnormality,” The Guardian said today. The news is based on UK research that compared the rates of birth defects in women with and without diabetes. It found...

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Gene fault linked to stroke risk

4:45am Monday 6th February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

A “single genetic mutation can double your risk of stroke”, the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper added that scientists hope the discovery could lead to tailored treatments for the condition. The news...

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Weekend hospital mortality warning

9:42am Friday 3rd February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

A new study has found that “patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend”, according to BBC News. The broadcaster said the research backs up previous studies suggesting patients admitted...

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Malaria deaths 'underestimated'

9:42am Friday 3rd February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

“Malaria deaths twice as high as was thought,” The Independent has reported today. Many newspapers have covered research that found that malaria claimed 1.2 million lives worldwide in 2010...

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New 'flesh-eating bug', papers claim

6:15am Thursday 2nd February 2012 content supplied byNHS Choices

Britain is in the grip of a new “flesh-eating bug spread by sneezes and coughs”, according to the front page of today’s Metro. The newspaper says that the bacteria are spreading across Britain, as they can be caught through...

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