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Raise a glass to healthy old age: Women in their 50s told two drinks a day can fight off illness
A glass or two of alcohol a day in middle age could help women enjoy a happy and healthy retirement. Those in their 50s who regularly have a little wine with their dinner are more likely to be free of the ills of old age, from cancer to heart disease, than those who are teetotal or drink to excess.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-Women-50s-told-drinks-day-fight-illness.html
Ibuprofen 'can double the risk of miscarriage' and many expectant mothers are unaware of the dangers
Pregnant women who take painkillers such as ibuprofen are twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage, a study claims. Scientists warn that tens of thousands of expectant mothers are taking the pills unaware of the dangers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2034434/Ibuprofen-double-risk-miscarriage.html
GPs offer 10-minute test for Alzheimer's for people as young as 50
A ten-minute memory test that gives early warning of Alzheimer?s in people as young as 50 is being piloted in GP surgeries. Using a touch-screen computer or an iPad, it can distinguish between normal forgetfulness and the more dangerous memory lapses that signal dementia in its earliest stages.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2034517/Alzheimers-test-offered-people-young-50.html
Stem cell drug may heal heart damage in medical breakthrough
Heart attack patients will be injected with stem cells in a new treatment hailed as a medical breakthrough. It uses the cells to fortify and rebuild damaged heart muscles and blood vessels in an attempt to prevent further attacks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...g-heal-heart-damage-medical-breakthrough.html
UK among countries worst at tackling pancreatic cancer
The UK ranks as one of the worst countries in the world in terms of survival for patients with pancreatic cancer, largely because of inadequate care, say experts. A review suggests that although a fifth of patients with this deadly cancer could receive potentially life-saving surgery, only 10% do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14811010
A glass or two of alcohol a day in middle age could help women enjoy a happy and healthy retirement. Those in their 50s who regularly have a little wine with their dinner are more likely to be free of the ills of old age, from cancer to heart disease, than those who are teetotal or drink to excess.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-Women-50s-told-drinks-day-fight-illness.html
Ibuprofen 'can double the risk of miscarriage' and many expectant mothers are unaware of the dangers
Pregnant women who take painkillers such as ibuprofen are twice as likely to suffer a miscarriage, a study claims. Scientists warn that tens of thousands of expectant mothers are taking the pills unaware of the dangers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2034434/Ibuprofen-double-risk-miscarriage.html
GPs offer 10-minute test for Alzheimer's for people as young as 50
A ten-minute memory test that gives early warning of Alzheimer?s in people as young as 50 is being piloted in GP surgeries. Using a touch-screen computer or an iPad, it can distinguish between normal forgetfulness and the more dangerous memory lapses that signal dementia in its earliest stages.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2034517/Alzheimers-test-offered-people-young-50.html
Stem cell drug may heal heart damage in medical breakthrough
Heart attack patients will be injected with stem cells in a new treatment hailed as a medical breakthrough. It uses the cells to fortify and rebuild damaged heart muscles and blood vessels in an attempt to prevent further attacks.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...g-heal-heart-damage-medical-breakthrough.html
UK among countries worst at tackling pancreatic cancer
The UK ranks as one of the worst countries in the world in terms of survival for patients with pancreatic cancer, largely because of inadequate care, say experts. A review suggests that although a fifth of patients with this deadly cancer could receive potentially life-saving surgery, only 10% do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14811010