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Healthy diet 'helps prevent bowel cancer'
A healthy, balanced diet could help to prevent against bowel cancer, it has been highlighted.
Ian Beaumont, director of communications at Bowel Cancer UK, has pointed to an increasing body of research which links diet and lifestyle with
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Children go on diet in order to 'fit in'
The determination of British children to 'fit in' means that the majority are on a diet some or all of the time, it has been revealed.
A poll conducted by CBBC Newsround found seven in ten youngsters regularly tailor their diet as part of
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Study underlines effect of exercise on heart
A new study has highlighted the varying effects of exercise on the heart.
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), working alongside counterparts at the Harvard University Health Services, found that 90 days of physical
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Boys 'more likely' for women who eat a high-calorie diet
Pregnant women who ate a high-calorie diet in the run-up to conception are more likely to be carrying a boy than a girl, it has been revealed.
Scientists at the universities of Exeter and Oxford studied the eating habits of 740 first-time
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Stereotypes 'inhibit performance'
Stereotyping could play a bigger role in people's perceived failings than previously thought, a new study has revealed.
Research conducted by researchers at St Andrews University in conjunction with experts at the University of Exeter
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Chocolate bar 'confers blood pressure and cholesterol benefits'
Both systolic blood pressure and cholesterol can be lowered by eating a chocolate bar, a new study has revealed.
Scientists at the University of Illinois evaluated 49 people with slightly elevated cholesterol and normal blood pressure. As
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'Baby-led' breastfeeding method called into question
Regular, short breastfeeds are more beneficial than allowing a "baby-led" method, new mothers have been advised.
According to a team led by GP Dr Anne Walshaw, allowing a child to dictate feeding patterns and length leads to
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Prescott praised for revealing bulimia battle
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott's decision to admit that he was a bulimia sufferer for a number of years has been praised by health experts.
According to consultant psychiatrist Dr Ty Glover, who specialises in eating disorders
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Advertising legislation 'needed to curb childhood obesity'
The government needs to take further action to curb junk food advertising in order to address the problem of childhood obesity and diet-related health problems, a study has suggested.
A survey conducted by Which? found that of the 2,000
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Vitamins shown to 'increase mortality'
Surprising new research suggests that vitamin supplements may not only be ineffective, but could actually shorten your life.
Copenhagen University researchers reviewed 67 antioxidant supplement studies and found "no convincing
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Mushroom extract 'curtails breast cancer cell growth'
A Mushroom extract could help to halt the growth of breast cancer cells, researchers have found.
It is thought that the mushroom Phellinus linteus, which is used in oriental medicine, can combat breast, prostate, skin and lung
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Pre-maternal diet 'has strong influence on health of offspring'
While it has long been known that maternal nutrition is important to the wellbeing of a baby, scientists writing in the Journal of Physiology have demonstrated that the diet of mothers is crucial to the health of their offspring even before they … read more.