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Monday
Two images that prove brain damage caused by cannabis – Researchers in the US notice that the type of damage in cannabis smokers brains was similar to that seen in schizophrenics
TERRIBLE LEGACY WILL LAST YEARS – Geoffrey Lean writes of the oil depot fire in Buncefield: The initial official assurances that the black cloud belching out of Buncefield fuel depot is not toxic should be taken with a large pinch of chemically contaminated salt
Dieters have slim chance of happiness – Research at Bristol University says 3,000 individuals who committed suicide had a BMI significantly lower than those subjects who did not kill themselves
Cash crisis delays war on superbug – Extra funding to help fight hospital superbugs, cancer and bird flu has been put on hold because of the cash crisis gripping the Health Service
Trauma of abortion can last five years – So says study carried out at the University of Ohio
Warning over taking the happy pill in pregnancy – Study says women using the Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy have a 40 per cent greater risk of the baby suffering malformation
Tuesday
Cold and tumours link – Scientists at Newcastle University says colds and minor ailments may leave children more susceptible to cancers
Day-case patients must pay for drugs
A DEADLY SHAMBLES After a bungled phone diagnosis cost a babys life, one angry GP warns that Labours shake-up of out-of-hours care is putting EVERYONE at risk
Wednesday
160,000 victims of hepatitis C are in the dark A report by the Health Protection Agency says five out of six carriers of the disease are unaware of their condition
Children of 11 risk cancer on the sunbed Study on Merseyside found 8 per cent of 11 and 12 year olds regularly use sunbeds
Thursday
How two-thirds of hospitals are failing the cleanliness test Independent Healthcare Commission says only 33 of 99 hospitals checked in England achieved highest standards of cleanliness across the board
Private care puts NHS patients at risk Private hospitals accused of performing only the cheaper operations, redirecting income for routine work away from the NHS
The agony of being an abandoned baby (And why its happening more and more)
Friday
Cocaine UK A team from ITN news tests 104 venues for traces of cocaine 72 came back positive
The hospital told us our baby had tonsillitis. Four hours late he died Medics failed to notice that eight-month-old Albie Jago had meningitis’
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