Study highlights cancer risks from betel-nut chewing - Taipei Times
April 7, 2006

Study highlights cancer risks from betel-nut chewing Taipei Times - 1 hour ago The National Health Research Institute sent an alarming message yesterday to the nation's betel-nut chewers: If they also smoke and drink, they are 195 times more likely to contract cancer of the esophagus than those who do not. Research shows betel nut chewers facing many risks eTaiwan News Briefing: Binlang Xishi TMCnet Reuters - Khaleej Times - China Post - all 18 related

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Folic acid may be added to all bread in Britain News-Medical.net - Apr 5, 2006 The Food Standards Agency in the UK is recommending the addition of the vitamin folic acid to all flour and bread on sale in Britain within the next year. Push to add folic acid to bread BBC News 'Put folic acid in bread' Irish Health Daily Mail - UK - Independent - NutraIngredients.com - Telegraph.co.uk - all 52 related

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Cervical cancer jab lasts for years Daily Mail - UK - Apr 6, 2006 A vaccine for cervical cancer could protect women for up to four and a half years in trials. The cancer kills more than 1,000 women in the UK every year and the vaccine protects against the human papilloma virus which is thought to be the main cause. Cancer Vaccine Works Long Term CBS News Best test to detect cervical cancer myDNA.com Channel News Asia - FOX News - The Herald - Forbes - all 147 related

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Dentists turn their backs on NHS deal Times Online - 4 hours ago TENS of thousands of people have lost their NHS dentist because 10 per cent of the dental workforce have refused to sign up to the Govern- ment’s new contract, it emerged yesterday. Could the dentist crisis get worse? BBC News Two thousand dentists quit NHS Reuters.uk Telegraph.co.uk - Swindon Evening Advertiser - 24dash.com - Gulf Daily News - all 76 related

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Briefing: Binlang Xishi TMCnet - 15 hours ago (The Herald Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Business remains brisk for Taiwan's betel-nut girls, despite government efforts to clamp down on the locals' masticatory habits. Curbing betel chewing in Taiwan a tough nut to crack Reuters Curbing betel chewing in Taiwan a tough nut to crack Khaleej Times China Post - Brocktown News - all 17 related

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Rates of obesity increase in American children, men Grand Forks Herald - Apr 4, 2006 Dousing hopes that America's obesity epidemic might be leveling off or reversing, new data show an alarming increase in the number of obese children and raise questions about how fat America can get. Slim ray of hope in fat study Chicago Sun-Times Legions of fat keep growing Kansas City Star Detroit Free Press - The Common Voice - MLive.com - United Press International - all 152 related

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Million patients lose NHS dentists Telegraph.co.uk - 1 hour ago Almost a million patients have lost their access to NHS dental care after one in 10 dentists refused to sign new contracts, the Government has admitted. Dentists turn their backs on NHS deal Times Online Could the dentist crisis get worse? BBC News Politics.co.uk - ePolitix - Yorkshire Post Today - ic Huddersfield.co.uk - all 76 related

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More Children and Men Getting Fat Washington Post - Apr 5, 2006 According to the government's most accurate recent check of the nation's girth, US men and children are increasingly tipping the scales. Obesity Rates Among American Women Falling Medical News Today Women's obesity rate holds steady Kentucky.com United Press International - News 8 Austin - Fashion Monitor Toronto - Food Consumer - all 154 related

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Could the dentist crisis get worse? BBC News - 7 hours ago However, many more put pen to paper, but remain in dispute. Could more dentists opt out? Essex dentist Piers Lambert hands out leaflets to his patients explaining the new government reforms. Dentists turn their backs on NHS deal Times Online Two thousand dentists quit NHS Reuters.uk Telegraph.co.uk - Politics.co.uk - ePolitix - Bradford Telegraph - all 75 related

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