BEIJING (Reuters) - Worsening air and water pollution and frequent use of food additives and pesticides made cancer the top killer in China last year, state media reported on Wednesday, citing health experts.
Unfair treatment in life boosts a person's chances of having a heart attack, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The findings are based on more than 8,000 senior civil servants working for the British government in London (The Whitehall Study II). [click link for
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On 15 May 2007, six newspapers reported that a healthy Mediterranean diet halves the risk of lung disease. These were generally accurate reports of a large, well-conducted, cohort study of 42,971 men, whose results are likely to be reliable, but maybe not generalisable beyond men in the USA or men
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Hospital staffing is key in disaster planning, especially within the emergency department. Yet, mandatory assignment does not guarantee attendance. This study tested the hypothesis that healthcare workers perceptions and expectations about their role in disaster response influence their willingness
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Nearly forty per cent (37 per cent) of British women and a quarter of British men have confessed that they have felt unattractive on holiday as a result of excessive exposure to the sun, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK*. This research has been conducted to highlight Sun Awareness Week,
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China says checks on food exporters have turned up no sign of a chemical blamed for the deaths of cats and dogs in North America, and urged U.S. authorities to refrain from further action against Chinese producers.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men who pop too many vitamins in the hope of improving their health may in fact be raising their risk of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer, especially men with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
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