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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe.
Health	Social Trends 33, Office of National Statistics



Compound Flavanol, which is found in cocoa and the main ingredient in chocolate, may help prevent cancer and heart disease, research by Professor Norman Hollenberg, from Harvard Medical School in the U.S., has found.
Health	The Sentinel - February 10th 2006



Since the Abortion Act was passed in 1967, 6,231,033 babies have lost their lives. The annual attrition rate in Britain from abortion in now more than 200,000 babies every year. This represents a tripling of the number since 1967 and each year the number keeps rising. Put another way, more than 600 babies are aborted every day; more than 3,000 a year are killed after 20 weeks, disabled babies can be aborted (in cases such as cleft palate or Down’s syndrome) up to birth. In fact, during 2004 alone some 450 babies were aborted for having Down’s syndrome.
Health	The Universe – 15th January 2006



Research published by the University of Oslo indicates that women who have abortions suffer more long term mental distress than those who have miscarriages during pregnancy. According to the study, after five years just 2.6% of women in the miscarriage group were still suffering distress compared with 20% in the abortion group.
Health	The Universe – 25th December 2005



Nearly six million children die from hunger or malnutrition every year, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Health	Evangelical Times – January 2006



The National Blood Service (NBS) needs to collect 8,000 donations of blood every day for 310 hospitals. Currently only 5% of the eligible population are blood donors. Over 95% of the blood collected is processed into its main components – red cells, platelets and plasma. Donors can give blood three times per year. Giving blood takes about an hour from start to finish but the actual donation only takes 10-15 minutes. A regular supply of blood is vital – red cells last only 35 days and platelets only 5 days. A large hospital will use 18,000 – 30,000 units a year.
Health	The Sentinel – 15th December 2005



Health chiefs issued a warning after it emerged children as young as 11 were using sunbeds. Researchers discovered that 8% of schoolchildren, aged 11 and 12 had used tanning beds in the past 12 months.
Health	The Sentinel – 14th December 2005



The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) said that malnutrition costs the UK more than £7.3 billion in expenditure each year. This was double one estimate of the cost of obesity, which is put at around £3.5 billion.
Health	The Sentinel – 14th December 2005



A survey of some 2,000 office employees by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists showed that more than two thirds had pains in their back, neck or upper limbs because they sat for too long at their workstation. One in four admitted they did not leave their desk for a break for three hours, while 5% remained seated for more than six hours. Almost five million working days were lost in the UK through bad backs in 2003-04 with sufferers taking an average of 20 days off.
Health	The War Cry – 10th December 2005



The number of women buying the morning after pill from chemists has nearly doubled in a year. The proportion now buying the drugs over the counter instead of going to a GP or an accident department, has risen sharply from 27% in 2003-04 to 50% in 2004-05.
Health	Evangelicals Now – January 2006



According to Government statistics, in 2003/04 some 4,647 children were admitted to hospital suffering from mental and behavioural disorders caused by the effects of alcohol, liver disease and the toxic effects of bingeing. The figures were up by around 11% from 1996/7.
Health	Evangelicals Now – January 2006



Global Statistics – At the end of 2004, an estimated 39.4 million people had HIV. 4.9 million people were infected with HIV in 2004 and 3.1 million people died from Aids-related illness. The number of new cases diagnosed in East Asia rose by almost 50% between 2002 and 2004 due mostly to China’s rapidly growing epidemic. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, diagnoses rates were up by 40% between 2002 and 2004 mainly because of increases in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst affected region, with 25.4 million people living with HIV at the end of 2004, up from 24.4 million in 2002. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for nearly 64% of all HIV infections worldwide. 76% of all the women living with HIV live there.
Health	The Independent – 14th November 2005



UK statistics - HIV is the fastest growing serious health condition in the UK. About 63,000 cases of HIV have been reported since it was discovered in the early Eighties. 3,802 Aids-related deaths in total. 6,675 new diagnoses in 2003. 4,706 new diagnoses reported so far for 2004, but this is expected to rise to around 7,000 when all the data is compiled. Men living with HIV outnumber women who have HIV by 2:1. 47% of new cases of HIV were in London. 52% of people with HIV in 2003 live in London.
Health	The Independent – 14th November 2005



A poll of about 259 GPs found 41% believed that some of their patients were overdosing on vitamins, and remained ignorant to the risks.
Health	The Sentinel – 17th November 2005



More than 4 out of 10 Britons believe that people who fail to look after their health should face penalties.
Health	The Sentinel – 22nd November 2005

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