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| How common is bowel cancer? by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: General Health |
| How common is bowel cancer?
Bowel cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the UK for men and the second most common for women.
In men, only lung cancer and prostate cancer are more common than colon and rectal cancer. In women, only breast cancer is more common.
More than 35,000 p... |
| Published: Thursday 14 August, 2008 |
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| Can having sex more often help with fertility? by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Mens Health |
| Can having sex more often help with fertility?
If you are finding it difficult to conceive you may find that making a number of simple lifestyle changes such as having sex more often or losing weight are as effective as modern drugs and other fertility treatment.
A study published in the Brit... |
| Published: Wednesday 13 August, 2008 |
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| Cholesterol test can be a lifesaver by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: General Health |
| Cholesterol test can be a lifesaver
Taking a cholesterol test can, literally, be a lifesaver for some people.
The combination of high cholesterol levels, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, and being overweight can substantially increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to th... |
| Published: Saturday 09 August, 2008 |
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| Do I need to take a chlamydia test? by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Sexual Health |
| Do I need to take a chlamydia test?
If you are sexually active should take a chlamydia test annually and another chlamydia test every time you change partner, according to the Health Protection Agency.
You should always use a condom with a new partner until both of you have taken a chlamydia t... |
| Published: Saturday 09 August, 2008 |
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| Palace: “Prince Philip does not have prostate cancer” by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Mens Health |
| Palace: “Prince Philip does not have prostate cancer” |
| Published: Friday 08 August, 2008 |
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| “Casual sex” among young adults blamed for record rise in sexual by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Sexual Health |
| "Casual sex" among young adults blamed for record rise in sexual diseases
Almost 400,000 Britons were diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases from chlamydia to gonorrhoea last year. This is the highest number since records began thirty years ago.
The rate of sexually transmitted infecti... |
| Published: Saturday 12 July, 2008 |
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| Diabetes forcing many amputations by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: General Health |
| Diabetes forcing many amputations
Around 100 people a week in the UK have a limb amputated as a result of diabetes, it has been claimed.
Diabetes UK highlighted the statistic to raise awareness of the "life-shattering" impact of the illness.
People with diabetes are 15 times more likely t... |
| Published: Tuesday 08 July, 2008 |
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| Chlamydia Testing and Young People by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Sexual Health |
| More and more young people are clued up to the importance of a Chlamydia test; London’s Office of National Statistics has shown a dramatic increase in awareness. |
| Published: Saturday 14 June, 2008 |
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| Cranberries could help in treatment of stomach ulcers by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: General Health |
| It has been known for quite some time that a urinary tract infection (UTI) can be treated with cranberries.
A less well known benefit of cranberries is their ability to help to treat a stomach ulcer.
Urine infections and stomach ulcers are both caused by bacteria.
The bacteria that ca... |
| Published: Friday 09 November, 2007 |
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| More men need to take chlamydia test by Self Diagnosis |
Topic: Sexual Health |
| A new strategy aimed at increasing the number of men in England screened for chlamydia has been launched.
Since 2003 the number of people tested for the sexually transmitted infection has risen but the proportion of men having checks still remains far too low. |
| Published: Friday 09 November, 2007 |
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