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Despite a comprehensive scientific demolition of any link between the MMR vaccine and autism, take up rates are now just 80% nationally, falling 62% in some parts of London. Experts believe that London alone has 350,000 unprotected children under 16. It is estimated that an average of 15% of children and adults would be admitted to hospital if infected by measles.
Health	The Independent on Sunday - 31st October 2004



Research published in the medical journal Thorax suggests a person drinking a glass of red wine each day is 13% less likely to contract lung cancer than those not drinking red wine.
Health	The Independent - 28th October 2004



The UK Abortion Act of October 1967, 6,500,000 babies have been killed.
Health	The Universe - 24th October 2004



Research shows the number of people in the UK over 65 will rise by 81% over the next five decades from 9.3 million to 16.8 million. The number in the 85 plus age group, the most likely to need nursing, residential or home care is now expected to rise from 1.1 million in 2000 to 4 million in 2051.
Health	The Universe - 31st October 2004



45% of all Pakistanis do not have access to basic healthcare.
Health	Faith for Life - November 2004



The survey of more than 700 mums of children under two years old highlights the way in which they are torn between their baby's need to explore and their own need to protect. 81% of mums encourage their babies to explore their environment, with 48% agreeing that you can't wrap them in cotton wool. Yet 37% remain worried about their baby picking up infections, and less than 1% went as far as to say that children need some germs to help their system or you can be too clean.
Health	The War Cry - 13th November 2004



The number of women screened for breast cancer as part of the national programme last year has risen by more than 80,000. The number of women who attended the screening programme increased to 1,541,794 in 2002/03, compared to 1,461,517 the previous year.
Health	The Sentinel – 11 October 2004



A staggering one in ten women and one in eight men under the age of 25 tested positive for Chlamydia.latest research by the Health Protection Agency shows that women aged 16-19 are 43% more likely to test positive for the infection than women in their early 20's.50% of men and 70% of women with Chlamydia show no symptoms at all.
Health	Sentinel Sunday – 10 October 2004



83% of us are considering counselling to make us happier and better able to cope with life.
Health	The Independent on Sunday – 10 October 2004



Recent figures suggest more than one-fifth of all children are over-weight or obese - partly because of a sharp growth in the use of fast foods, and a steep drop in activity by teenagers.
Health	The Independent on Sunday – 10 October 2004



Tests of the first vaccine against tuberculosis in more than 80 years have shown that it is safe and probably effective against the killer disease, which is spreading again as it becomes resistant to conventional drugs. In England, the number of cases has risen by a quarter over the past decade, claiming about 350 lives a year.
Health	The Independent – 25 October 2004



A European medicines regulator will today order a safety review of 4 powerful painkilling drugs taken by more than 750,000 people in Britain amid fears that they could increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) will announce a review of the Cox-2 inhibitors class of drugs, used to treat pain caused by arthritis and other conditions. Some 666,000 prescriptions were written for Vioxx in the year to June 2004 in the UK, bringing to 1.4 million the total number of people who received prescriptions for Cox-2 painkillers in the last year. Vioxx was withdrawn after evidence came to light that it almost doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people who had been taking it for 18 months. A report form the US Food And Drug Administration suggested that Vioxx may have caused more than 27,000 heart attacks in the four years it had been on the market, of which 7,000 may have been fatal.
Health	The Independent – 22 October 2004



Older fathers are more likely to have children who develop schizophrenia, one of the largest studies to examine the link has found. The British Medical Journal reports the risk of schizophrenia rises 50% with each 10-year increase in the father's age. The findings add weight to the theory that mutations in the sperm contribute to disorders.
Health	The Independent – 22 October 2004



Doctors' leaders in North Staffordshire are to launch a campaign to cut down on record numbers of antibiotics being prescribed for patients, after admitting they give out too many. They estimate that thousands of the 350,000 scripts written in the areas surgeries for the drugs last year were not only completely useless, but they helped put the community at a higher risk of catching infections from super-bugs.
Health	The Sentinel - 2 October 2004



The National Health Service is to offer every patient in Britain a personal diet and fitness regime among its radical measures to force individuals to take greater responsibility for their own health. "Personal health plans", which could also offer advice on sexual activity, are the centrepiece of the Governments forthcoming White Paper on public health.The controversial measures amount to an unprecedented intervention by the state into private individuals' lifestyle choices and are sure to revive the charge of government "nannying".
Health	The Independent On Sunday – 24 October 2004

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