Category: 6. Health

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  • Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise

    Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise

    Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against flu over half-term as the NHS warned of rising cases of the disease.

    There is an early flu season, health officials say, and the latest data for England showed cases and…

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  • Socioeconomic Gaps Worsen Survival in Young Lung Cancer

    Socioeconomic Gaps Worsen Survival in Young Lung Cancer

    A MAJOR new analysis of more than 18,000 adults with early-onset non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has revealed that survival outcomes vary sharply depending on both clinical and socioeconomic factors. The findings, drawn from a large USA…

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  • Estrogen therapy shows mixed mental health effects in menopause

    Estrogen therapy shows mixed mental health effects in menopause

    Takeaways

    • Estrogen-based hormone therapy did not consistently reduce anxiety or depression in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women.
    • Modest benefits were observed among symptomatic women within a few years of their final menstrual period,…

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  • People’s Pharmacy: Can taking aspirin daily help keep colon cancer at bay?

    People’s Pharmacy: Can taking aspirin daily help keep colon cancer at bay?

    Q. My father died of colon cancer back in 1999. His brother and sister both died of colon cancer too, so this is a big concern in our family.

    After my father died, I read up on things that might possibly reduce this disease. Aspirin was one, so…

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