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A team of researchers from the U.S. and Europe analyzed published literature on the effects of noise on health, and found associations between noise and heart disease, cognitive performance, sleep problems and hospital patient outcomes. This is all in...
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It's not that they don't know it's not the healthy decision. Compared to last year, more employees said they understand how long the flu is contagious for, where germs congregate in the office and how long the virus can live on those shared surfaces....
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If you see blood in your urine, even if it is just once, it could be a sign of cancer, a public health campaign warns. Kidney cancer diagnoses have risen by a third in the past 10 years in England. And the death toll has increased by 7%, with about 3,500...
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A programme to vaccinate girls against the virus that causes cervical cancer has begun in Laos, South East Asia. It's one of nearly a dozen developing nations where the HPV vaccine is being introduced in the coming year as part of a scheme to enable poorer...
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A miniaturised, wireless pacemaker that can be inserted into the body without invasive surgery has been given approval for use in the European Union. Developed by US start-up Nanostim, the device is designed to be implanted intravenously directly in the...
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Air pollution is continuing to damage European citizens' health and the environment, latest figures show. The European Environment Agency (EEA) listed tiny airborne particles and ozone as posing a "significant threat". However, the authors said nations...
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Cancer costs countries in the European Union 126bn euro (£107bn) a year, according to the first EU-wide analysis of the economic impact of the disease. The charity Cancer Research UK said it was a "huge burden". The figures, published in the Lancet Oncology,...
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Twice as many Britons as previously thought could be carrying the human form of "mad cow" disease, variant CJD. Researchers believe one in 2,000 people in the UK is a carrier of the disease linked to eating contaminated beef. Their estimate in the BMJ...
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A 25-year-old Mexican with the autistic condition Asperger's has won the right to make key decisions about his life without parental consent. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Ricardo Aldair by four votes to one. Mr Aldair said that Mexican legislation...
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A rapid blood test to diagnose blood poisoning, or sepsis, at the hospital bedside could potentially save thousands of lives, say researchers. Early studies at King's College London suggest the condition can be diagnosed in two hours using a simple blood...
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