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Antidepressants may double risk of suicide in younger people

The risk of aggression and suicide is doubled

17 Feb 2016
Colorectal cancer rates rise in line with countries’ economic development

Rising global rates of colorectal cancer appea

17 Feb 2016
Infants need better care after discharge following cardiac interventions

Service improvements are needed for infants go

17 Feb 2016
High blood pressure may be signalled by low stress resilience in early adulthood

A tendency to become easily stressed during ea

17 Feb 2016
New explanation offered for higher hospital mortality rates at weekends

Patients admitted to hospital as medical emerg

17 Feb 2016
Teenagers more likely to smoke tobacco after trying e-cigarettes

Restricting teenagers’ access to e-cigarettes

10 Feb 2016
Genetic test could identify women who are at greatest risk of ovarian cancer

Women who carry an inherited fault in the gene

10 Feb 2016
Physical activity associated with better fitness even in children who are overweight

Overweight children who are physically active

10 Feb 2016
Change of wording regarding consent may influence patient take-up for HIV screening

The way in which patients are offered an HIV t

10 Feb 2016
How and when psychological treatment is given can affect patient perception of success

Psychological therapies may be more effective

10 Feb 2016
Community nurses are key to cutting emergency demand

Community nurse practitioners are key to reduc

03 Feb 2016
Analysis of four million patients reveals women at greater heart disease risk than men

Women with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a str

03 Feb 2016

Occupational exposure to textile dust more than

03 Feb 2016

Women who eat potatoes before pregnancy have an

03 Feb 2016

University College London researchers have used

03 Feb 2016

Using the drug paroxetine in the first trimeste

27 Jan 2016

Men who eat blueberries, blackberries and citru

27 Jan 2016

Survivors of the childhood cancer retinoblastom

27 Jan 2016

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