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People who eat a diet high in red and processed meat increase their risk of bowel cancer by as much as a third research has shown.
Health	The Sentinel 15th June 2005



Potentially lethal infections by hospital superbugs are soaring among children, scientists have warned. Severe shortages of specialist nurses and infection control staff are adding to rising rates of the bugs among babies and children, research indicates...The Independent revealed this week that 12 people have died and more than 300 others have been infected by an outbreak of a new strain of the diarrhoeal infection Clostridium difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. C.difficile is linked to overuse of antibiotics and poor hygiene in hospitals, and cases of the potentially deadly infection have risen by 23% in a year to more than 43,000 in 2004.
Health	The Independent - 10th June 2005



A lot of people have dementia. Of those over 60 years old, 5% have Alzheimer's disease. For those over the age of 81 the proportion is even higher - 20% or one in five.
Health	Christian Herald – 19th March 2005



Following the announcement of plans for high street chemists to provide free chlamydia detection kits, the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) has accused the government of merely mopping up the mess they have helped to create. In 2001, the morning after pill went on sale over the counter to help tackle rising teen pregnancy rate. Boots, along with other chemists, were blamed for fuelling consequential steep rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It was predicted that the sale of the morning after pill over the counter would fuel a rise in STIs. While cases of chlamydia and other STIs skyrocketed, the sales of the pill doubled. Statistics now confirm that since the pill went on sale, there has been a minimal reduction in unplanned teen pregnancies.
Health	Youthwork - May 2005



A survey last year found that 47% of Britons would help a relative to die and that 82% back a change in the law on medically assisted suicide. The Voluntary Euthanasia Society said at the time that this showed an increase in support for a change in the law.
Health	The Baptist Times - 31st March 2005



More than six million fetuses have been legally aborted since the Abortion Act was passed in 1967. Last year there were 181,000 abortions performed in Britain.
Health	Church of England Newspaper - 1st April 2005



In 1990 there were almost 60,000 legal abortions in Poland. In 1999 there were only 151 abortions. There was a 54% decline in infant mortality between 1990 and 1998.
Health	Prophecy Today - March / April 2005



People who fidget find it easy to lose weight because they may have inherited a biological tendency to burn calories without even trying, a study has found. A detailed comparison of the smallest body movements of obese and lean people over a 24 hour period has found that fidgeting has turned out to be an important way to lose weight. The scientists discovered that obese people are more likely to be coach potatoes who sit down for longer periods of time than lean people because it is part of their biological makeup.
Health	The Independent 28th - January 2005



Women should be allowed to have abortions at home, a leading gynaecologist said yesterday. The Government has been holding trials of the abortion drug RU486 for abortions at home. Two doses are administered in hospital under medical supervision but for the first time, women were allowed to have an abortion at home.
Health	The Independent - 28th January 2005



Injection of "fillers" to plump up lips and smooth out wrinkles could spread infections such as variant CJD and hepatitis, the Government's chief medical officer warned. "Aesthetic fillers" injected under the skin, popular with celebrities to counter sagging features, use material from animals, birds and human corpses.
Health	The Independent - 29th January 2005



Parents in the US could soon be assessing their children's weight as well as their grades under new plans for school reports. In a bid to tackle rising childhood obesity, a child's weight could be included in their annual report.
Health	The Sentinel - 29th January 2005



A vaccine for cervical cancer will be available within five years, a leading scientist has predicted. Trials of the injection are advanced and have been highly successful. Up to 70% of cervical cancers are caused by the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). While three quarters of sexually active women and men are exposed to HPV at some point, most have no symptoms. In 1 to 2% of cases, it can cause abnormalities that may become cancer.
Health	The Independent - 2nd February 2005



Senior scientific advisers to the World Health Organisation have recommended the creation of a genetically modified version of the smallpox virus to counter any threat of a bioterrorist attack. Permitting researchers to engineer the genes of one of the most dangerous infections known to man would make it easier to develop new drugs against smallpox, the scientists said. But the man who led the successful global vaccination campaign to eradicate smallpox from the wild said he opposed the move on the grounds that the scientific benefits were not worth the risks to public health.
Health	The Independent – 22nd January 2005



An inquiry into the high death rate among people with mental health problems treated on the NHS is to investigate claims that they are subject to institutionalised discrimination. Research by the Disability Rights Commission suggests that they are four times more likely to die from a treatable illness than other patients and 58 times more likely to die before the age of 50. The inquiry will look at why people with learning disabilities and mental health problems such as schizophrenia and manic depression as well as conditions such as Down syndrome and autism receive worse care from the NHS. Preliminary studies show people with schizophrenia die on average nine years before the rest of the population. Fewer than one in five women with a learning disability has cervical screening.
Health	The Independent – 24th January 2005



Following an extensive review of available data from 55 countries by the World Health Organisation, it is now estimated that 37 million people are blind worldwide. Previous projections had suggested the figure was closer to 47 million. The figures show that Christian Blind Mission, the UK's largest sight saving agency working overseas, has had a dramatic impact. Their involvement in the Vision 2020 campaign The Right To Sight is proof that the aim to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 can be reached.
Health	Christian Herald – 8th January 2005

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