Archive for September, 2009

English Wine Production Blossoms

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

English vineyard owners embarked on the first day of the harvesting season yesterday as wine experts suggest a sharp rise in the volume of home-grown wine production over the coming six years.
Luckily the dreary summer has not blighted the crop, as that glorious two weeks during Wimbledon ensured the vines got all the sun they [...]

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SNP Proposes Minimun Charge For Alcohol

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The SNP have had support from an academic report which backs the party’s plans to ensure alcohol should be charged at a minimum price, in order to potentially save hundreds of lives a year.
The report prepared by academics at Sheffield University established that if alcohol was charged at a minimum of 40p per unit, they [...]

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Drug Proved to Reduce the Rate at which Parkinson’s Develops

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Researchers have discovered a drug that has for the first time been proven to slow down the rate at which Parkinson’s disease develops - meaning great news for the approximate 120,000 sufferers in the UK.

A study carried out using 1,176 patients from 14 countries all over the world including Britain, who were in the early [...]

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Look Out, Junior Doctors About!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

OK, so it’s not like we choose when we get ill, but if we there was a choice, I would recommend avoiding a certain day in August to go suffering a heart attack.
That day, is the NHS’s very own black Wednesday - a day when the rate of death creeps up by an alarming extra [...]

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Breast Cancer Patients Live Longer If Original Tumour Removed

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Researchers have announced that women with secondary cancer following a tumour in their breast have a much higher chance of surviving if their original tumour was removed.
Cutting out lumps or tissue in the breast is the best course of treatment for women in the early stages, however this is rarely offered to those with advanced [...]

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Trans Gender Surgery Could Be Offered To Under 18’s

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Experts in the field of sex change are currently re-hashing UK guidelines on “hormone blockers” which could result in under 16’s being permitted to take them as well as trans gender surgery being extended to under 18’s.

Campaigners would welcome the change wholeheartedly, especially Kim Petras who is heading the protesters, after she became the world’s [...]

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Scientists Find a Cure For Colour Blindness

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Genetic scientists have made a breakthrough discovery, capable of curing colour blindness - a condition that affects millions worldwide.
Scientists working on the project, from the University of Washington, in Seattle and the University of Florida, managed to cure two monkey’s colour blindness. The technique is expected to be suitable to restore normal vision as well [...]

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Moob Operations On The Rise

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The number of men across the country having their ‘moobs’ reduced has shot up by 1,000 per cent in the last five years.
Men in their forties and fifties, or even older are finally able to proudly strip off at the public swimming pool or at the beach on holiday after years of hiding their sagging [...]

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Smoking Ban Creates Drop In Heart Attack Rates

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

It seems the smoking ban that was enforced throughout the UK a few years ago has had unexpected and very positive health effects. Of course the whole point of the ban was to try to reduce the number of smokers in the country as well as minimising the number of people suffering from passive smoking. However, new [...]

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Recipe Book For Prostate Cancer

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Scientists have developed a cook book to help tackle prostate cancer, entitled the Prostate Care Cookbook. The authors have said it is the first of its kind, with recipes designed around ingredients with known prostate cancer fighting properties.
The recipes in the book are “evidence-based cooking” and have been created for those with the disease [...]

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