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Pull plug on NHS e-records - MPs
Ministers should consider pulling the plug on the central part of the NHS IT programme in England, MPs say. The Public Accounts Committee said mounting problems with the electronic records system were making the ?7bn project "unworkable".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14378346
Eating disorders delay pregnancy
Women with a history of eating disorders may struggle to fall pregnant quickly, research suggests. They are also more than twice as likely to need fertility treatment, a study of more than 11,000 UK mothers has found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14370824
How dieting can give your brain the cannibal urge
As any dieter knows, there are moments when you are so hungry you could gnaw off your own arm. Now it seems that the brain feels the same way. When starved of food, brain cells actually eat each other.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-eat-arm-How-dieting-brain-cannibal-urge.html
Mediterranean diet can add 15 years to your life
Female non-smokers who eat a Mediterranean diet, exercise and keep a healthy weight could live up to 15 years longer, researchers say. Meanwhile, men who follow a similarly healthy regime could add eight years to their lifespans, according to academics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. A Mediterranean diet is high in vegetables, olive oil, fruit, nuts, fish and whole grains but low in meat and alcohol.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...et-can-add-15-years-to-your-life-2330916.html
Ministers should consider pulling the plug on the central part of the NHS IT programme in England, MPs say. The Public Accounts Committee said mounting problems with the electronic records system were making the ?7bn project "unworkable".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14378346
Eating disorders delay pregnancy
Women with a history of eating disorders may struggle to fall pregnant quickly, research suggests. They are also more than twice as likely to need fertility treatment, a study of more than 11,000 UK mothers has found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14370824
How dieting can give your brain the cannibal urge
As any dieter knows, there are moments when you are so hungry you could gnaw off your own arm. Now it seems that the brain feels the same way. When starved of food, brain cells actually eat each other.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-eat-arm-How-dieting-brain-cannibal-urge.html
Mediterranean diet can add 15 years to your life
Female non-smokers who eat a Mediterranean diet, exercise and keep a healthy weight could live up to 15 years longer, researchers say. Meanwhile, men who follow a similarly healthy regime could add eight years to their lifespans, according to academics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. A Mediterranean diet is high in vegetables, olive oil, fruit, nuts, fish and whole grains but low in meat and alcohol.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...et-can-add-15-years-to-your-life-2330916.html