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Parents of girl, 2, battling terminal brain disease create list of 100 things to do before she dies
Olivia Penney (pictured), from Southampton, Hampshire, was diagnosed with Alexander Disease nine months ago, one of just 50 children in the world to have the condition.
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Losing half a stone could halve a woman's risk of getting breast cancer, researchers claim
A study of women aged between 50 and 75 provides evidence that loss of body-fat reduces the levels of hormones known to trigger cancer.
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Women in their 40s and same-sex couples may be offered IVF on NHS for first time
Thousands of women over 40 could be eligible for fertility treatment on the NHS under new proposals published today.
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A wasted decade: How one HRT scare has 'caused thousands of women 10 years of needless suffering'
A major reassessment of the research into hormone replacement therapy has concluded that menopausal women were the victims of ‘mass fear’ generated by findings from ten years ago.
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Deadly strain of MRSA now resistant to a last-line antibiotic used to treat infections
A deadly strain of a hospital superbug known as CC5 has become resistant to a last-line antibiotic, scientists from the American Society for Microbiology have warned.
