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Depressed women 'have increased risk of stroke'
Women with depression may also be at increased risk of having a stroke, US researchers suggest. A study of over 80,000 women found those with a history of depression had a 29% increased risk of stroke.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14489188
Bed bugs invasion: Infestations at their worst since the 1940s as hospital admissions for bites rise by a fifth
Most of us probably think that bed bugs belong to a bygone age when hygiene was less of a priority. But the tiny biting insects are on the march. Pest experts say the number of homes invaded by the parasites has exploded in the last decade and they are now a bigger problem than any time since the 1940s.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ions-hospital-bite-treatment-rises-fifth.html
Cutting out half a teaspoon of salt a day would save millions of lives worldwide
Reducing salt intake by a third would save millions of lives worldwide. The three-gram cut ? or half a teaspoon less each day ? would prevent 20,000 deaths by strokes and heart attacks in the UK alone each year, say scientists.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...-millions-of-lives-worldwide-115875-23337994/
Women with depression may also be at increased risk of having a stroke, US researchers suggest. A study of over 80,000 women found those with a history of depression had a 29% increased risk of stroke.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14489188
Bed bugs invasion: Infestations at their worst since the 1940s as hospital admissions for bites rise by a fifth
Most of us probably think that bed bugs belong to a bygone age when hygiene was less of a priority. But the tiny biting insects are on the march. Pest experts say the number of homes invaded by the parasites has exploded in the last decade and they are now a bigger problem than any time since the 1940s.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ions-hospital-bite-treatment-rises-fifth.html
Cutting out half a teaspoon of salt a day would save millions of lives worldwide
Reducing salt intake by a third would save millions of lives worldwide. The three-gram cut ? or half a teaspoon less each day ? would prevent 20,000 deaths by strokes and heart attacks in the UK alone each year, say scientists.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health...-millions-of-lives-worldwide-115875-23337994/