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Children’s negative thoughts and anxieties about elective surgery reduced by play

A therapeutic play intervention could reduce p

23 Jun 2015
Long hours spent watching TV or computer screens affects teenage boys’ bone health

Teenage boys who spend a large amount of their

23 Jun 2015
Exercise therapy is more beneficial than arthroscopic surgery in older knee patients

Arthroscopic surgery for knee pain in middle-a

23 Jun 2015
Diet and exercise plans help prevent excessive pregnancy weight gain

An updated systematic review has found that di

16 Jun 2015
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients should be cared for within regional networks

The authors of a qualitative study of people w

16 Jun 2015
Cancer tops cardiovascular disease in UK death rates, but north-south divide continues

Cancer has narrowly overtaken cardiovascular d

16 Jun 2015
Poor sleep and tendency to catastrophise linked to greater pain in osteoarthritis

Insomnia and a tendency to catastrophise ampli

16 Jun 2015
Ordinary life may seem ‘trivial’ to military nurses returning from war zones

Military nurses returning from deployment over

16 Jun 2015
Being bullied at 13 may increase risk of depression in later life

People who are bullied in their early teens ma

09 Jun 2015
Screening of Olympic athletes reveals significant cardiovascular abnormalities

An extensive study of elite athletes has found

09 Jun 2015
High adolescent body mass index doubles chance of developing colorectal cancer

Overweight and obese teens may have double the

09 Jun 2015
Ireland and the UK have high rate of paracetamol-induced liver failure, study reveals

Large unexplained variations in paracetamol-in

09 Jun 2015

A genetically engineered herpes virus has halte

09 Jun 2015

Almost nine out of ten men with advanced prosta

02 Jun 2015

New evidence appears to confirm the link betwee

02 Jun 2015

The current focus on drug treatments to prevent

02 Jun 2015

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who

02 Jun 2015

Researchers have shed light on how cancer patie

02 Jun 2015

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