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GPs warn NHS could 'unravel' if Health Bill goes ahead
The government needs to rewrite a key part of its Health Bill which encourages greater competition, the Royal College of GPs says. Dr Clare Gerada, the chair of the college, says otherwise the bill risks "unravelling and dismantling" the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13329031
Mental illness 'top reason to claim incapacity benefit'
Mental health problems have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders such as back pain as the main reason for incapacity benefit claims, researchers have said. Experts, writing in Occupational Medicine, looked at new benefit awards for both kinds of conditions in Britain from 1997 to 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755
Gay men 'report higher cancer rate than straight men'
Homosexual men are more likely to have had cancer than heterosexual men, as US study has suggested. The study of more than 120,000 people in California has led to calls for more specialist support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13295300
Intolerance to lactose: Why your aversion to dairy foods may be all in the mind
The mere thought of a latte or cappuccino brings some people out in a cold sweat and they like nothing more than to bore others with the virtues of soy milk. But researchers say lactose intolerance may be all in the mind.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ce-lactose-Why-aversion-dairy-foods-mind.html
Healthier lifestyle ?could save 20,000 from breast cancer?
Almost 20,000 breast cancer cases could be avoided every year in Britain if women drank less alcohol, improved their diets and exercised more, experts claim. The World Cancer Research Fund said about two in five cases would be prevented if people adopted healthier lifestyles.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ifestyle-save-20-000-women-breast-cancer.html
The government needs to rewrite a key part of its Health Bill which encourages greater competition, the Royal College of GPs says. Dr Clare Gerada, the chair of the college, says otherwise the bill risks "unravelling and dismantling" the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13329031
Mental illness 'top reason to claim incapacity benefit'
Mental health problems have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders such as back pain as the main reason for incapacity benefit claims, researchers have said. Experts, writing in Occupational Medicine, looked at new benefit awards for both kinds of conditions in Britain from 1997 to 2007.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755
Gay men 'report higher cancer rate than straight men'
Homosexual men are more likely to have had cancer than heterosexual men, as US study has suggested. The study of more than 120,000 people in California has led to calls for more specialist support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13295300
Intolerance to lactose: Why your aversion to dairy foods may be all in the mind
The mere thought of a latte or cappuccino brings some people out in a cold sweat and they like nothing more than to bore others with the virtues of soy milk. But researchers say lactose intolerance may be all in the mind.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ce-lactose-Why-aversion-dairy-foods-mind.html
Healthier lifestyle ?could save 20,000 from breast cancer?
Almost 20,000 breast cancer cases could be avoided every year in Britain if women drank less alcohol, improved their diets and exercised more, experts claim. The World Cancer Research Fund said about two in five cases would be prevented if people adopted healthier lifestyles.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ifestyle-save-20-000-women-breast-cancer.html