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		<title>Sunday hospital admissions &#8216;a bigger risk&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 at the weekend have a lower chance of survival. The new study in question looked at over 14 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaria deaths &#8216;higher than expected&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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. The Guardian also reveals that the study “demolishes conventional thinking” that almost all malaria deaths are in babies and small children under the age of five. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we really fear &#8216;new flesh-eating bacteria&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 people coughing and sneezing on crowded trains and buses. This unsettling news put some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to &#8216;tax sugar like alcohol&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled and taxed in the same way as tobacco and alcohol,” according to health experts quoted in today’s Daily Express. The researchers say that sugar indirectly contributes to 35 million deaths a year worldwide. The news is based on a comment article by US health scientists, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets of the inner voice unlocked</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Mind-boggling! Science creates computer that can decode your thoughts and put them into words,” the Daily Mail’s headline exclaimed today, while The Daily Telegraph heralded an era in which a “mind-reading device could become a reality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking famous mind readers such as Derren Brown had just produced a telepathy implant. Instead, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPI heartburn drugs &#8216;up hip fracture risk in smokers&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Heartburn pills taken by thousands of women ‘raise risk of hip fractures by up to 50 per cent’,” the Daily Mail reported today. The headline is based on a large new study of drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are commonly used to treat heartburn, acid reflux and ulcers. The study found that post-menopausal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No evidence milk boosts brain power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Drinking just one glass of milk a day could boost your brain power,” the Daily Mail has reported today. Milk is being hailed as a memory aid, the newspaper says, with a study showing that dairy products could “help stave off mental decline”. The study on which the story is based found that adults with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can vitamin D help infertile couples conceive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A “sunny break may be alternative to IVF,” the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper said that sunlight can increase levels of vitamin D, which balances sex hormones in women and improves sperm count in men. It added that a study found some couples &#34;may be undergoing unnecessary and costly fertility treatment when spending time in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fears of faulty &#8216;toxic&#8217; hip replacement implant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today many newspapers and TV stations have reported that medical regulators have launched an investigation into a type of hip replacement called a “metal-on-metal” (MoM) device (DePuy ASR hip replacement implant). The concern is that as the hip replacements wear down, metal particles can be released from the artificial hip, react with the soft tissue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Oral cancer risk&#8217; in men as HPV rates higher</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“More men [than women] have oral cancer virus,” BBC News has reported, saying that this is “leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers”. This news story is based on research into the number of people infected with the oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States. HPV is known to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family carers missing out on support</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘More than a million cancer carers may be missing out on vital support,’ the Daily Mirror and other newspapers have reported today. The news reports are based on a survey carried out for Macmillan Cancer Support, which identified that among 386 people who provided five or more hours of care a week to someone with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism detected in brains of six-month-old infants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Signs of autism can be detected in six-month-old babies by measuring brain activity,” the Daily Mail has reported. While the Mail was correct, the research has not yet proved to be a perfect diagnostic test. This and other related headlines are based on a study that assessed the brain activity of 104 infants aged 6-10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working long hours &#8216;linked to depression&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Working eleven hours a day can lead to severe depression,” Metro has today reported. According to the newspaper, staff who put in 11 or more hours a day at the office are twice as likely to suffer a severe bout of depression than those working just eight. This news is based on a study that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massive decline in deadly heart attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart attack deaths have halved in less than a decade, according to a major study of over 800,000 patients in England. The research has been extensively reported, with news sources suggesting a range of possible reasons, such as better treatments and a reduction in numbers of people smoking. As the study itself points out, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical chief highlights importance of vitamin D</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vitamin D was in the headlines today, with many papers reporting that a quarter of all toddlers are deficient in the nutrient and that childhood rickets is on the rise. The vitamin plays several important roles in the body, including regulating the balance of nutrients needed for strong, healthy bones. The vitamin has fallen under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fried food study does not reflect UK diet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea that regularly eating fried foods causes heart attacks is a ‘myth’, The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The newspaper has panned conventional wisdom based a large Spanish study investigating how people’s fried food consumption was linked to their risk of events such as heart attacks and episodes of heart pain. To study the relationship researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stem cell therapy &#8216;safe for eye condition&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A groundbreaking stem cell trial offers hope for millions with progressive conditions that end in sight loss, the Daily Mail has today reported. The high profile study was covered in different ways by news sources, with The Independent going as far to say patients had been ‘cured’ by a stem cell ‘miracle’. The news is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scans reveal brain effects of magic mushrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Magic mushrooms could one day be prescribed for depression,” The Independent has today reported. The newspaper said the approach is based on potentially using its chemical properties to trigger positive memories during psychotherapy. A number of newspapers have reported similar news, which is based on research led by the former government drugs adviser Professor David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does fruit and veg chemical fight cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A healthy fruit and vegetables diet could help guard against one of the deadliest cancers,” the Daily Express has today reported. The newspaper says this is due to “a potent super-nutrient” found in these foods. This story is based on research into a chemical called luteolin that is found in a wide variety of plants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synthetic particles &#8216;could boost vaccines&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tiny capsules engineered to mimic part of the body’s immune system could strengthen its response to vaccines,” reported the BBC today. The body’s immune response to a vaccine allows the immune system to learn about potential infections such as the flu, allowing it to prepare defences against genuine infections it encounters further down the line. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statins &#8216;may block cancer&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A daily dose of statins has “been shown to block the growth and spread of tumours,” according to the Daily Express. The newspaper reported that common cholesterol-lowering drugs “could be the key to beating cancer”. The news is based on laboratory research into the role of a specific genetic mutation in the development of breast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-spot proves hard to find</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The elusive female G-spot may not actually exist,” The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The news, which was also covered by the Daily Mail, has generated a flurry of rather graphic reader comments, including debates on where exactly the erogenous zone might be (some readers have even suggested using satnav). The news is based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment &#8216;sustains intelligence&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Mail has reported that “lifestyle is key to staying alert into old age”, and that genes are not to blame for changes in intelligence as we age. The newspaper adds that our environment is the most important factor controlling changes in intelligence &#8211; in other words, we can control it. This news is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do humans respond to fear like animals?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human response to fear is more primal, and animal-like, than previously thought, according to a story in the Daily Mail today. The paper reported that humans share a “primitive response to fear with other animals, despite our ability to consciously assess danger”. The report is based on a small study that looked at how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubts cast over whether anti-flu drug Tamiflu works</title>
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		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/doubts-cast-over-whether-anti-flu-drug-tamiflu-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tamiflu maker accused of secrecy over trial data,” reported The Independent today, while The Daily Telegraph said that scientists have challenged Roche, the manufacturer of the antiviral, to “prove Tamiflu works”. While these are disturbing headlines, they do not necessarily mean that the drug is ineffective or even harmful, as some newspapers seem to imply. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contraceptive pill for period pain: does it work?</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/contraceptive-pill-for-period-pain-does-it-work/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/contraceptive-pill-for-period-pain-does-it-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Pill CAN ease the agony of period pain: scientists confirm what millions of women already know,” the Daily Mail reported today. This headline is based on a study that found that use of the combined oral contraceptive pill (and, to a lesser extent, getting older and childbirth) was associated with slightly less severe period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study linking HRT to breast cancer &#8216;was wrong&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/study-linking-hrt-to-breast-cancer-was-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/study-linking-hrt-to-breast-cancer-was-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several newspapers have today reported that HRT does not increase the risk of breast cancer. The reports said that the study that reported the link in 2002 was “fundamentally flawed”. The original research found that women who had taken HRT were twice as likely to develop breast cancer and more likely to die. The Daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flourescent spray &#8216;detects oesophageal cancer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/flourescent-spray-detects-oesophageal-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/flourescent-spray-detects-oesophageal-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A throat spray has been developed to spot cancer of the oesophagus at an early stage,” the Daily Mail has claimed. The paper says that the test “offers hope” to 8,000 Britons diagnosed with the cancer each year. Contrary to what the media has suggested, scientists were not trying to develop a way to screen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fluorescent spray &#8216;detects oesophageal cancer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/fluorescent-spray-detects-oesophageal-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A throat spray has been developed to spot cancer of the oesophagus at an early stage,” according to the Daily Mail. The paper says that the test “offers hope” to the 8,000 Britons diagnosed with the cancer each year. Contrary to what the media has suggested, scientists were not trying to develop a way to screen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood vessels &#8216;grown in lab&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/blood-vessels-grown-in-lab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British scientists may have found a way to grow “off the shelf” veins and arteries, The Daily Telegraph today reported. The newspaper said the discovery could potentially revolutionise treatment for range of conditions. In the study behind the story, researchers looked at “pluripotent” stem cells, which are early biological cells that can change into other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PIP breast implants – latest from the NHS</title>
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		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/pip-breast-implants-%e2%80%93-latest-from-the-nhs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 investigation into them in France was widely covered in the media in December 2011. It is thought that around 40,000 women in the UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Processed meat &#8216;linked to pancreas cancer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/processed-meat-linked-to-pancreas-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News has reported a possible link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer. Apparently, consuming only an extra 50g a day – about one sausage – can raise your risk of this rare cancer by 19%. The news is based on research that combined results from 11 earlier studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deodorant chemical &#8216;found in breast tumours&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/deodorant-chemical-found-in-breast-tumours/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/deodorant-chemical-found-in-breast-tumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Chemical found in deodorants, face cream and food products is discovered in tumours of ALL breast cancer patients”, reported the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that the chemical, which is widely used as a preservative in cosmetics, has been found in tissue samples of 40 women with breast cancer. The headline is based on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes drug &#8216;may aid weight loss&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A “fat-busting jab could be the key to battling Britain’s obesity crisis”, the Daily Express has reported today. The news is based on a study looking at drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists that can regulate blood sugar and suppress appetite. The drugs are currently used to control blood pressure in some diabetic patients, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confusing claims over internet addiction</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/confusing-claims-over-internet-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People addicted to the internet may experience “changes in the brain similar to alcoholics and cocaine addicts”, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The claim is based on a study that compared the brain structure of teenagers with internet addiction disorder (IAD) with non-addicted peers. Although not universally recognised as a medical condition, IAD is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle-aged surgeons &#8216;best performance&#8217; claim</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/middle-aged-surgeons-best-performance-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Middle-aged surgeons ‘are safest’” BBC News has reported, while The Independent said: “If the surgeons [sic] young or old, put the operation on hold.” Patients are not advised to delay any operation based on this study. These headlines refer to a French study of patients who had all or part of their thyroid gland surgically removed. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breastfed babies cry more than formula-fed babies</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/breastfed-babies-cry-more-than-formula-fed-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Is breast really best?” asked the Daily Mail today. A study has found that babies fed on formula cry less and are easier to get to sleep, it reported. However, this study does not prove that breastfeeding results in unhappier babies, or that formula feeding is better. The Mail’s story is based on research that asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine patches may ease mental decline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small pilot study has suggested that nicotine may aid memory in early dementia, according to BBC News. During the study, researchers gave non-smoking elderly people with mild mental impairment either genuine nicotine patches or dummy patches containing no nicotine. The 39 patients given genuine nicotine patches showed improvements in some, but not all, memory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart attack risk &#8216;rises after bereavement&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/heart-attack-risk-rises-after-bereavement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Losing a loved one really can break your heart,” reported the Daily Mail. Several other news sources also reported that a study suggests people are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack within a day of being bereaved. In the days that follow, the risk drops to approximately six times higher than normal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does maternal diet raise diabetes risk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bad diet during pregnancy raises an unborn child’s risk of developing diabetes in later life, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that a mother’s poorer diet in pregnancy reduces a person’s ability to store fat once they reach adulthood. The news headlines are based on the results of a laboratory study that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does maternal diet raise diabetes risk?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bad diet during pregnancy raises an unborn child’s risk of developing diabetes in later life, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that a mother’s poorer diet in pregnancy reduces a person’s ability to store fat once they reach adulthood. The news headlines are based on the results of a laboratory study that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does maternal diet raise your diabetes risk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bad diet during pregnancy raises an unborn child’s risk of developing diabetes in later life, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that a mother’s poorer diet in pregnancy reduces a person’s ability to store fat once they reach adulthood. The news headlines are based on the results of a laboratory study that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Have two alcohol-free days per week&#8217; say MPs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs have called for “two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking”, The Guardian and other news sources reported. The news is based on a new report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which examined the UK’s alcohol guidelines. Current Department of Health guidance recommends that men should not regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Have two alcohol-free days per week&#8217; say MPs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs have called for “two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking”, The Guardian and other news sources reported. The news is based on a new report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which examined the UK’s alcohol guidelines. Current Department of Health guidance recommends that men should not regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have two alcohol-free days a week, say MPs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs have called for “two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking”, The Guardian and other news sources reported. The news is based on a new report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which examined the UK’s alcohol guidelines. Current Department of Health guidance recommends that men should not regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS PIP breast implants to be removed for free</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is not enough evidence to recommend the routine removal of PIP breast implants, a government expert committee has concluded. However, the committee said the NHS would remove and replace the implants without charge if patients it had operated on remained concerned. The government said it expected the private sector to follow suit and not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS PIP breast implants to be removed for free</title>
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		<title>Do our brains decline from middle age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Memory and other brain skills begin to decline at the age of 45 – much earlier than previously thought,” the Daily Mail has today reported. The news is based on a large UK study looking at the rate of cognitive decline in different age groups. Between 1997 and 2007 it assessed 7,390 participants aged between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do our brains decline from middle age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Memory and other brain skills begin to decline at the age of 45 – much earlier than previously thought,” the Daily Mail has today reported. The news is based on a large UK study looking at the rate of cognitive decline in different age groups. Between 1997 and 2007 it assessed 7,390 participants aged between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental hepatitis C vaccine tested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown ‘promising’ results,” BBC News has today reported. This story is based on a clinical trial that tested the dosage and safety of a newly developed vaccine against the hepatitis C virus. Researchers developed a vaccine by inserting small pieces of DNA from a hepatitis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Older women&#8217;s sex drives examined</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey of older women has found they are happy with their sex lives even though encounters tend to be less frequent, the Daily Mail has today reported. The survey of older women in California found that nearly half were still sexually active, and that around two-thirds of women questioned experienced sexual arousal, lubrication and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Older women&#8217;s sex drives examined</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey of older women has found they are happy with their sex lives even though encounters tend to be less frequent, the Daily Mail has today reported. The survey of older women in California found that nearly half were still sexually active, and that around two-thirds of women questioned experienced sexual arousal, lubrication and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental hepatitis C vaccine tested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown ‘promising’ results,” BBC News has today reported. This story is based on a clinical trial that tested the dosage and safety of a newly developed vaccine against the hepatitis C virus. Researchers developed a vaccine by inserting small pieces of DNA from a hepatitis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists grow sperm in lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infertile men may soon be able to father children with their own sperm grown outside their bodies, the Daily Mirror has today reported. The article explained that researchers have successfully created mouse sperm in the lab, raising the possibility of couples no longer having to rely on sperm donors. The story is based on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists grow sperm in lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infertile men may soon be able to father children with their own sperm grown outside their bodies, the Daily Mirror has today reported. The article explained that researchers have successfully created mouse sperm in the lab, raising the possibility of couples no longer having to rely on sperm donors. The story is based on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protein gives clue to hearing loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gene research may provide a clue to the causes of deafness, according to today’s Daily Mirror. The Daily Mail suggested that “the discovery of deafness gene brings treatment for hearing loss a step closer”. The news is based on an animal study investigating how the hearing of mice was affected when they were deliberately bred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protein gives clue to hearing loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gene research may provide a clue to the causes of deafness, according to today’s Daily Mirror. The Daily Mail suggested that “the discovery of deafness gene brings treatment for hearing loss a step closer”. The news is based on an animal study investigating how the hearing of mice was affected when they were deliberately bred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many &#8216;healthy snacks&#8217; are high in calories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the time of year when research about diet and exercise makes a big splash in the headlines, but today the Daily Mail warned that dieters should steer clear of seemingly healthy dips and spreads that are actually high in calories. The newspaper highlighted warnings that hummus, which is widely thought to be healthy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise &#8216;may boost school performance&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC News has reported that there is “strong evidence of a link between exercise and academic performance”. The news service says that a review of previous research found a link, which could be due to exercise increasing the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. The news was based on a Dutch review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many &#8216;healthy snacks&#8217; are high in calories</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the time of year when research about diet and exercise makes a big splash in the headlines, but today the Daily Mail warned that dieters should steer clear of seemingly healthy dips and spreads that are actually high in calories. The newspaper highlighted warnings that hummus, which is widely thought to be healthy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise &#8216;may boost school performance&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News has reported that there is “strong evidence of a link between exercise and academic performance”. The news service says that a review of previous research found a link, which could be due to exercise increasing the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. The news was based on a Dutch review that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Headlines quiz of the year 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a year in which great scientific minds have addressed many burning questions, asking – among many, many other things – should nuns take the Pill, is watching television bad for your heart, do hammocks aid sleep, and can a shed make a man healthy. In 2011 Behind the Headlines has covered more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011&#8242;s best health news</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Behind the Headlines often spends time explaining mistaken or misguided news reports, the joy of this service is when there are genuinely exciting medical advances to report. Over the past year there have been many important and fascinating stories, and it is a credit to the national press that so many of them have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strangest health news stories of 2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year 2011 has been an interesting one for medical science, with remarkable progress made in a wide range of fields, notably stem cell research. But for every great piece of research covered well by the media, there are examples that sensationalise more equivocal studies. We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting stories where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study rates heart scan techniques</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks,” reports BBC News today. This story is based on a large, well-designed study comparing a new technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging against the commonly used alternative test, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heartburn reflux rise &#8216;triggered by fatty diet&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Obesity could be driving a 50% rise in people suffering acid reflux over the last decade,” reported the Daily Mail. In acid reflux, stomach acid is regurgitated into the oesophagus, the tube that food passes down after it is swallowed. The news comes from a study that found that the number of people experiencing at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain tumour risk from high blood pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with high blood pressure may be twice as likely to develop a brain tumour, according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said a new study had found an association between the two factors, although crucially it could not show that high blood pressure actually caused the tumour to develop. The research followed more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breast implants scrutinised following cancer death</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many newspapers today reported details of a possible link between breast implants and a rare form of cancer. It is thought that up to 50,000 British women have had the French brand of implants concerned, which is subject to a major investigation in France. The brand of implants, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), was withdrawn from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swallowed pen found after 25 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a flurry of internet news over the bizarre case of a woman who had a pen removed from her stomach, 25 years after she swallowed it. Amazingly, the plastic pen still worked after over two decades lodged inside her. The case has been described in the British Medical Journal Case Reports, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless people die 30 years yonger than average</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a sobering note during the festive period, the BBC today reported that homeless people “die 30 years younger” than the national average. The Daily Telegraph said that “homeless women die ‘by age 43’” while The Guardian said that homeless people have a “life expectancy of just 47”. These headlines are based on initial findings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hormone may ease menopause symptoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hormone pill “may help women through the menopause and give their sex lives a boost,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper reported that the hormone pill, called DHEA, could become an alternative to the current Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for easing menopausal problems such as hot flushes and night sweats. DHEA is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the sun stop chickenpox?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Exposure to sunlight may help impede the spread of chickenpox,” BBC News has reported. The broadcaster reported that the UV rays in sunlight could in theory influence the patterns of chickenpox cases seen worldwide, particularly as equatorial countries tended to have lower rates of the viral infection. The news is based on an article that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to boost child penicillin doses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penecillin doses may need to be increased as youngsters are getting heavier, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that dosing guidelines for penicillin and related antibiotics have not changed for almost 50 years, and are mostly based on children&#8217;s ages rather than their weight. This story is based on a review that examined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter vomiting bug shuts hospital wards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Dozens of hospital wards closed over fears of norovirus outbreak,’ The Daily Telegraph has reported today. The paper said that health officials have issued a warning about the serious threat posed by the winter diarrhoea and vomiting bug, norovirus, after wards had to be closed at eight UK hospitals. Reports of closed wards have also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do children’s Christmas toys pose a hearing risk?</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/do-children%e2%80%99s-christmas-toys-pose-a-hearing-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Noisy Christmas toys risk damaging toddlers&#8217; hearing,” says The Daily Telegraph. The paper warned that certain popular Christmas toys “can be as loud as a chainsaw and risk permanently damaging toddlers’ hearing”. This warning comes from researchers at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Irvine, which measured how noisy a range of popular children’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hairy limbs &#8216;may curb bedbug bites&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/hairy-limbs-may-curb-bedbug-bites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Finding hairs in your food can be disgusting, and it seems that blood-sucking insects feel just the same,” the Daily Mail has claimed. The newspaper has somewhat misrepresented research that offers clues as to why humans have only fine hair on most of their bodies. While a stray curly hair in your food might turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dementia care &#8216;lacking&#8217; report finds</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/dementia-care-lacking-report-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Hospital staff &#8216;lack skills to cope with dementia patients&#8217;,” The Guardian has today reported. The newspaper says that the National Audit of Dementia has found that the care dementia patients receive is “impersonal” and that they “suffer boredom”. There are currently 750,000 people reported to have dementia in the UK, and it is estimated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loud music &#8216;changes the way alcohol tastes&#8217;</title>
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		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/loud-music-changes-the-way-alcohol-tastes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Alcohol tastes sweeter when loud music is playing,” Metro reported today. The news is based on a study that found that people listening to loud club music rated alcohol as tasting sweeter than those who were either listening to nothing at all, to a news story – or to a mix of music and news. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New smear test improves cervical cancer screening</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/new-smear-test-improves-cervical-cancer-screening/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/new-smear-test-improves-cervical-cancer-screening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cervical cancer smear tests “could be improved by adding a further test looking for signs of a virus which causes it”, the BBC has reported. This story is based on a large Dutch trial that looked at whether existing smear tests could be improved if genetic (DNA) tests were also performed to look for certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alarm over hospital medication errors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline “Four in 10 drugs wrongly administered in hospitals” may have caused undue concern to readers of The Daily Telegraph today. Similar claims in The Independent gave a misleading impression of some valuable new research into the way medicines are given in hospital. The stories are based on a UK study looking at how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Claims of 24,000 &#8216;excess&#8217; deaths from diabetes</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/claims-of-24000-excess-deaths-from-diabetes/</link>
		<comments>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/claims-of-24000-excess-deaths-from-diabetes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as 24,000 people with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year, many of the papers have reported today. This shock statistic was a conclusion from the National Diabetes Audit, the first ever report to look at deaths from the condition. While this is a large number of deaths, it must be viewed in context [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol intake &#8216;linked to risky sex&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Alcohol is to blame for unsafe sex,” the Daily Mirror has announced. The newspaper reported that “Sexual desire is boosted by booze and researchers believe thrill-seekers are naturally drawn to drink and unprotected sex”. The story, which highlights an important issue during the Christmas party season, is based on a systematic review of studies that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronic fatigue syndrome &#8217;cause of school absence&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chronic fatigue syndrome could affect one in 100 pupils, BBC News has today reported. The estimate is based on research that followed nearly 3,000 children at three secondary schools in Bath and found that 28 pupils missed school due to chronic fatigue syndrome. The Daily Telegraph says that this means the condition could be 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene therapy used to treat haemophilia</title>
		<link>http://todaysvitalhealth.com/gene-therapy-used-to-treat-haemophilia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An experimental gene treatment means that people with haemophilia B may no longer need medication, BBC News has reported. The news is based on a study that looked at using gene therapy to treat haemophilia B, a genetic condition that prevents the body from producing a functional version of a protein called factor IX (FIX), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer survival rates &#8216;threatened by rising cost&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Cancer survival rates could fall because of a rise in the cost of diagnosis and treatment over the next 10 years,” the Daily Express warns today. Other papers, including the Daily Mail claim that treating patients at home instead of in hospital could stop cancer treatments from “bankrupting” the UK’s healthcare system. The papers have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion &#8216;does not raise mental health risks&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Having an abortion does not raise risk of mental health problems,” according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says that “the world’s biggest review of the issue” has found that it makes no difference to a woman&#8217;s mental health whether she chooses to have an abortion or continue with the pregnancy. The extensive review behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of breast screening questioned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Breast cancer screening could cause more harm than good,” The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The newspaper says up to half of the benefit that some women get from living longer lives could be cancelled out by others having misdiagnoses or unnecessary treatments. For example, some women may have surgery to remove cancers that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should nuns take the pill to fight cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Nuns should take the pill to cut cancer threat,” the Daily Mail has reported. The news is based on an article in a medical journal which argues that Catholic nuns are likely to be at greater risk of breast, ovarian and womb cancers because they do not bear children. The authors say that nuns “pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should nuns take the Pill to fight cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Nuns should take the pill to cut cancer threat,” the Daily Mail has reported. The news is based on an article in a medical journal which argues that Catholic nuns are likely to be at greater risk of breast, ovarian and womb cancers because they do not bear children. The authors say that nuns “pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good results for bowel cancer testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A bowel cancer screening programme in England is on course to cut deaths by a sixth,” the BBC has reported. The story goes on to say, however, that there is concern “that the programme misses tumours in certain parts of the colon”. This story is based on analysis of the first round of England’s Bowel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endurance exercise &#8216;may damage the heart&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Marathons can damage you heart,” according to the Daily Mirror. BBC News and The Daily Telegraph reported similar findings based on a small study that examined the hearts of 40 endurance athletes before, immediately after and one week after endurance events. These events ranged from a regular marathon (42.2km of running) up to an ultra-triathlon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifestyle could changes prevent cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, around 43% of cancer cases seen in the UK were caused by lifestyle and environmental factors, according to several news sources today. This equated to around 134,000 cancers caused by potentially avoidable behaviours such as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating a poor diet. The news is based on an extensive report that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sitting down &#8216;makes your bottom fatter&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sitting around at work all day really does give you a bigger bottom,” according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Telegraph ran a similar headline. While these headlines refer to plump posteriors, they’re based on a laboratory study that found that mouse fat cells produce fat at a faster rate when placed under mechanical stress. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas stocking-up on the morning after pill?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Morning after pill given out free over the phone,” said The Daily Telegraph in a report also carried by most newspapers. The Daily Express reported that a scheme now makes getting the morning after pill “as easy as ordering a pizza”, while the Daily Star reports this as a “Pill plea to party girls”. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-fat foods &#8216;could cause weight gain&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fat-free foods could “work against dieters”, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that fat substitutes may “confuse the body, gearing it up to receive calories that are never delivered”. The news is based on research in rats fed various combinations of full-fat and reduced–fat Pringles crisps over four weeks. The diet crisps contained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulse checks &#8216;could prevent 12,000 strokes&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Mail reports that, if doctors checked the pulse of every patient they see, this could “prevent 12,000 strokes a year”. The aim of the pulse checks would be to pick up cases of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder that increases to risk of stroke. The figure is based on a report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WiFi from laptops &#8216;may damage sperm&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood,” the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than ‘control’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wi-fi from laptops &#8216;may damage sperm&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood,” the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than ‘control’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;New blood pressure scan&#8217; of limited use</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a test “that could spot a curable cause of high blood pressure in thousands of people”, the Daily Mirror has reported. According to the newspaper, up to 5% of high blood pressure cases could be due to Conn’s syndrome, where benign tumours on the adrenal glands affect the body’s hormone levels. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curious claim that garden sheds make men healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Mail has claimed that sheds “could help men live longer.” The Mail adds that the “therapeutic effects of pottering around relieves stress, which lowers blood pressure and even boosts self-esteem”. This shed story has shaky foundations. It is loosely based on an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) about the need for [...]]]></description>
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