A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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Wearing health and fitness tracking devices can have a negative effect
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People who hear voices may benefit from recording their experiences in
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A computer algorithm can identify patients at risk of colorectal cancer
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People with dementia receive little specialist support at the end of th
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The health risks from modern life such as air pollution and smoking are
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Teenagers who lack a sense of belonging to social groups such as in the
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Women with excessive abdominal fat are at risk of developing a type of
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Staff at GP surgeries are facing increasing levels of violence, harassm
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NHS respiratory nurses are unable to spend long enough with patients, h
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People who have less rapid eye movement (REM) – the stage when dreaming
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Exercise could help women cope with postnatal depression and should be
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Researchers are urging a rethink over the term ‘metabolically healthy o
Eating just three or four servings of fruit, vegetables and legumes per day may benefit health and mortality as much as the five portions widely recommended in dietary guidelines, a study suggests.
State school students are likely to outperform privately educated students in medical school and are twice as likely to graduate at the top of the class, a study shows.
Mindfulness could help heavy drinkers start to cut back on alcohol consumption, according to researchers who used brief audio recordings to train drinkers in such strategies.
Children who skip breakfast regularly may not be consuming the daily amounts of key nutrients for growth and development recommended by the UK government.
A drug commonly used to treat patients with obesity or type 2 diabetes could be used as a new way to lower brain pressure, for which treatments are desperately needed, researchers say.
Tiny particles of carbon in traffic fumes can damage the immune system’s ability to kill viruses and bacteria, making people more vulnerable to infection, a new study says.
