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Diet & Fitness

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Confidential medical records 'placed online without patient consent'

The British Medical Association says personal information is being added to the system at 'breakneck speed', leaving people with no chance to object.

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Ex-street fighter turned into a fanatical artist by a brain haemorrhage that physically altered his mind

Sixty-year-old Mr McHugh now spends up every day decorating his walls with a brush since the internal bleed altered his mind.

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Disabled woman who asked for help getting 200 yards from car park into hospital told 'dial 999'

Donatella Coppini, 42, was in excruciating pain but had to wait until paramedics arrived. A spokesman for Southend Hospital said it was 'standard procedure'.

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Acupuncture 'provides no help with IVF' say fertility doctors

With conflicting conclusions about the value of the complementary medicines in aiding IVF, members of the British Fertility Society set out to obtain a definitive answer.

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Virus that 'kills off' prostate cancer cells: Volunteer patients injected with 'tame' bug

Scientists injected six volunteer patients with the 'tame' virus - and found it killed off cancer cells while sparing normal tissue.

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How keeping fit could hold the key to enjoying your love life into your eighties

Those who keep themselves fit and healthy are still interested in sex in their eighth decade, a study has found.

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Try the less is more diet: Study says little changes in eating habits have the biggest impact

Experts say around 20,000 lives a year could be saved if Britons simply tweaked their diet to include one gram less of salt a day, an extra piece of fruit and less saturated fat.

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Doctors mistook woman's pregnancy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome... until THREE HOURS before she gave birth

Belinda Waite, 21, had been to her local hospital several times during the past nine months and was told she had a severe case of IBS and gout.

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How to... survive a heart attack

The fact is that the earlier you get treatment, the better your chances. So please do make a fuss and ring 999.

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Are stones grinding you down? The hidden causes of backache, bad breath and chronic nausea buried deep within your body

Despite being incredibly common, stones can often go misdiagnosed. Here, Angela Epstein explains what to look out for.

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