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School sex education often negative and heterosexist

Sex and relationship education in schools should be more positive, and delivered by expert

19 Oct 2016
Short talk with nurse trained in smoking cessation doubles quit rates

Self-reported smoking cessation rates among hospital patients more than doubled when nurse

17 Oct 2016
Women who take hormonal contraception more likely to be treated for depression

Women who take the combined pill are 23% more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant co

16 Oct 2016
Extending cervical screening beyond 5 years safe for some women

Extending the cervical cancer screening interval beyond 5 years for women aged 40 and

13 Oct 2016
Low cancer symptom awareness linked to lower chance of survival

In regions where cancer survival is poorer, people tend to have a lower awareness of cance

13 Oct 2016
Antipsychotics increase pneumonia risk in people with Alzheimer's

Taking antipsychotic drugs increases the risk of pneumonia in people with Alzheimer’s dise

09 Oct 2016
Healthy diet improves children's reading skills

New research from Finland suggests a healthy diet is linked to better reading skills

09 Oct 2016
Living with spouse cuts risk of being overweight in patients with type 2 diabetes

Patients with type 2 diabetes who live with their spouse have half the risk of being overw

07 Oct 2016
Prescription painkillers linked to increased risk of heart failure

Commonly-used prescription drugs for treating pain and inflammation are associated with an

05 Oct 2016

Study shows consistent association between high blood sugar levels during pregnancy and in

04 Oct 2016

Tailoring invitation methods for the NHS Health Check could help increase uptake among bla

04 Oct 2016

Diet high in fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains could significantly reduce risk of

01 Oct 2016

Growth in the use of e-cigarettes in England is linked with higher rate of successful attem

01 Oct 2016

The number of patients referred to hospital for an unnecessary endoscopy could be cut by al

30 Sep 2016

Current smokers survived an average 1 year and 9 months after diagnosis of&n

30 Sep 2016

A cardioprotective drug could help prevent long-term heart damage in children who receive c

28 Sep 2016

Whole brain radiotherapy makes little or no difference to survival rates or quality of life

27 Sep 2016

Twins should be delivered at 37 weeks to minimise stillbirths and newborn deaths, say exper

26 Sep 2016

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