Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The risk of liver disease and cancer starts from late adolescence in overweight or obese men, research suggests.
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Older people who have less teeth have an increased risk of developing dementia, new study results suggest.
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Researchers from St George's, University of London, and the University of Glasgow assessed nearly 5,000 children for type 2 diabetes risk factors and their daily time spent watc
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A care model led by practice nurses improves the uptake of insulin treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes, say researchers in Australia.
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Physical activity levels may start to tail off as young as seven, rather than during adolescence as is widely thought, say UK researchers.
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Improving sleep can lead to levels of mental and physical well-being comparable to completion of a course of mindfulness therapy or a lottery jackpot win, according to research.
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Older people have an increased risk of dying in the first eight months after a pelvic fracture, new study results suggest.
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Parenthood is associated with a longer life than being childless, particularly in old age, say Swedish researchers.
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One of the most popular over-the-counter painkillers in the UK can heighten the chances of suffering a potentially fatal cardiac arrest, a study has shown.
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Autoimmune disease could be linked to a heightened risk of dementia, say researchers from the University of Oxford.
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Symptoms may have been missed in up to one in six patients who died of a heart attack in hospital in England, new study results suggest.
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A nurse-led self-management programme for people with HIV can significantly improve adherence to medication used to treat the condition, new study results suggest.
Palliative and end of life care should be top priorities for future research, a new study suggests.
There is no evidence to suggest an increased risk to newborns whose mothers take drugs to prevent or treat influenza during pregnancy, new study results suggest.
A large review lead by researchers at Imperial College London has discovered ‘strong evidence’ to support the association between obesity and some major types of cancer, mainly those related to digestive organs and hormone-related malignancies.
Brainy teenagers are more likely to drink alcohol and use cannabis than their less academically gifted peers but are less likely to smoke, new study results suggest.
Having at least three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit a day could help prevent dementia in older adults, new research suggests.
Exposure to a particular group of synthetic chemicals may be linked to behavioural difficulties in six year olds, say researchers in France.
