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Wednesday 14 January 2015
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Kings College researchers found patients who were able to overcome their fear about exercise showed the greatest improvement in symptoms
Finnish researchers found that longer working hours increased the likelihood of higher alcohol use by 11 per cent.
Terminally ill wait an hour for ambulance after 999 call downgrade by East of England ambulance trust
The number of healthy hospital patients who have concluded treatment but cannot be discharged has almost doubled with an expected cost to the public of £640 million
Is it ever possible to go to a pub and just order a soft drink?
Huge numbers of Brazilian women are having c-sections to safeguard their sex lives. Except it could be having just the opposite effect. Daisy Buchanan explores why new mums feel so confused and ill-informed about sexual health post-childbirth
Dr Clifford Mann, president of the College of Emergency Medicine, says Ed Miliband should stop treating the NHS like a 'political football'
A new book sets out to educate care workers on the importance of sex to disabled men and women. But as a society, are we accepting of the sexual needs of the disabled man? Gareth May speaks to the book’s author to find out
They've dominated our TV screens, turned up on our tables... and now they're taking over our gyms. Here's why Viking fitness is the workout trend of the moment
The ability to cry makes women the stronger sex
As the health service tops a poll of voters' concerns, James Kirkup suggests the issue isn't always a clear-cut winner for Labour
Areas in north-west England have seen a 'sustained reduction' in life expectancy at the age of 85
Scientists at Washington State University believe that a nasal spray could be produced which boosts a protein so sufferers could sleep off the flu
Charities have expressed outrage as the NHS announced plans to stop funding 25 treatments for cancer, including those for breast, prostate and bowel disease
Prime Minister responds after Labour leader fails seven times on BBC's Andrew Marr show to deny using politically toxic expression to group of BBC executives
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Clare Balding has revealed that she is so self-conscious that she still changes in private at the gym, ahead of the launch of a new national initiative to get more British women exercising
A new, straight-talking TV ad campaign showing normal women – cellulite and all – doing exercise launches this evening. But will it work? Olivia Parker reports
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