Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Fall in use of ADHD medications might reflect NICE guidance and concern about long-term side effects
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There has been a sharp rise in UK teenage poisonings in the past 20 years, with girls at particular risk of self-harming, according to a new study.
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Boys in Northern India with heart problems are significantly more likely to have them corrected than girls, even when treatment is provided for free.
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Higher consumption of potatoes is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, say US researchers
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Cochrane review questions effectiveness of wound dressings
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Patients can be reluctant to add to doctors' workloads and are fearful of reporting symptoms they think are trivial
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'Suggestive evidence' found of link between car fumes, industrial pollution and stillbirths
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Popularity of vaping is increasing, particularly among young, urban professionals
Innovative method of testing for HIV trialled
More than half of all UK toddler deaths from unintentional drug poisoning are due to methadone, according to an analysis of more than a decade of national childhood poisonings data.
A hallucinogenic compound derived from magic mushrooms could provide a new route for antidepressant research.
A narrow band of green light could hold the key to defeating migraines, a new study suggests.
Statins could protect fetuses from the effects of maternal stress, research suggests.
Breast density measurement studied in relation to adolescent dietary intake.
