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Sleeping well 'helps weight loss'

An adequate night's sleep not only increases fat loss for a dieter but can help control feelings of hunger, a study has shown.

Smoking 'raise oral cancer risk'

Smoking 'raise oral cancer risk'
Each year the diseases, known as upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers, kill 10,000 people in the UK and more than 100,000 across Europe.

Dentists jailed over patient fraud

Dentists jailed over patient fraud
Ikhlaq Hussain, 38, of College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, was sentenced to 30 months and Jaspal Singh Bachada, 37, of Redlake Drive, Stourbridge, was jailed for 20 months.

Lead poisoning kills 400 children in Nigeria: MSF

A Nigerian girl walks past a dismantled makeshift structure
The children died over the last six months in several villages in Zamfara state, where lead-rich run-off from illegal gold mining has entered the soil and water supply, said Medecines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF).

New Portuguese centre seeks frontline in cancer research

General view of the amphitheater of the Champalimaud Center of the Unknown
For some, the Center's dramatic name might evoke a touch of magical realism: but with 500 million euros' (685 million dollars) funding from the will of a Portuguese industrialist, they have the means to back their vision.

World pours 11.7 billion dollars into anti-AIDS fight

The White House displays a large AIDS awareness ribbon in 2009
UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced the commitment at UN headquarters where more than 40 donor countries, private foundations, and corporations were meeting to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2011 through 2013.

'Fruit and veg for healthy baby'

'Fruit and veg for healthy baby'
Experts found that women who consumed three or more daily servings of leafy vegetables in the three months prior to falling pregnant had 50% less chance of having a small baby.

Denials slow battle against Nigeria lead poisoning

Hundreds of children have died in the last six months in seven villages in Zamfara state, where lead-rich run-off from illegal gold mining has entered the soil and water supply, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF).

Noisy work 'a heart disease risk'

Noisy work 'a heart disease risk' Enlarge photo
People who are exposed to long-term workplace noise - of the type that makes it difficult to hold a conversation - are two to three times more likely to have heart problems as those working in quiet environments.

Light drinking 'will not harm baby'

Light drinking 'will not harm baby
Women can safely drink a 175ml glass of wine, a 50ml glass of spirits or just under a pint of beer each week without affecting intellectual or behavioural development, according to a new study.