THIN ON THE OUTSIDE BUT?FAT ON THE INSIDE! 
by LISA SEWARDS, 1283 words
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A new scanner can reveal how much internal fat we are carrying ? regardless of how we look on the outside. One brave writer volunteered to see what her true fat content is
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DO STATINS RAISE THE RISK OF PARKINSON?S?
by GABRIELLE COLLETT-WHITE, 455 words
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Despite the link found in a US study, the drugs? benefits outweigh any possible risks, say experts
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ARE ANTIBIOTICS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD?
by KATE WATSON-SMYTH, 1241 words
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Your GP?s surgery is full of patients wanting antibiotics to cure coughs and colds. Yet some believe these drugs are over-prescribed - and either won?t work, can?t work, or may do you harm. What?s the truth?
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DIABETES: ARE YOU A WALKING TIMEBOMB?
by ISLA WHITCROFT, 1602 words
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Diabetes can cause blindness, disability and can even be fatal. This terrifying disease is becoming more common and it affects nearly one million people who don?t even know they have it.
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THE CRIPPLING BONE DISEASE THAT TARGETS ALL AGES
by THEA JOURDAN, 1389 words
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Crumbling bones used to be something only old ladies worried about. But now, with young people shovelling down junk food, drinking, smoking and rarely exercising, experts say we?re sitting on an osteoporosis time bomb?
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NEW BREAST CANCER DRUGS: WHO CAN BENEFIT?
by JUDITH WOODS, 1078 words
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NICE, the government drugs watchdog, has now given final approval to a new generation of breast cancer drugs that have been hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of postmenopausal women.
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MONSTER SPIT MEDICINE
by GABRIELLE COLLETT-WHITE, 376 words
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A new diabetes drug derived from the saliva of the poisonous Gila lizard has just been approved by the European Medicines Agency .
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SIMPLE LIFE CHANGES FOR HEALTHY BONES
by THEA JOURDAN, 1058 words
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Building up your bone bank now is an investment that will pay off in later life.
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BEAT THE MENACE OF MENINGITIS
by VICTORIA LAMBERT, 1537 words
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October is deemed to be the start of what doctors call ?meningitis season? when cases of the killer disease rise. However, a new vaccine together with a recently published set of warning signs ? the Red Flag symptoms ? could change things for the better.
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KNOW YOUR PAINKILLERS
by GABRIELLE COLLETT-WHITE, 491 words
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Most of us reach for the painkillers when we feel a headache coming on, but a third of UK adults don?t know the difference between common analgesics such as aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol, according to a new survey.
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