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Behind the Headlines : Archive

All news stories for August 2012 are shown below.

• 4 cups of coffee a day 'protects against bowel cancer'
• Abortions 'link' to premature births
• Are we becoming nation of 'happy pill poppers?'
• Avoid obesity to stave off mental decline
• Baby talk: survey claims third of infant health websites are 'wrong'
• Can cleaning teeth help prevent dementia?
• Can dark chocolate help control blood pressure?
• Cancer stem cell insight 'could revolutionise treatment'
• Cereal bars don't deserve 'healthy image'
• Chemotherapy 'encourages cancer' claim researchers
• Daily aspirin use 'cuts cancer deaths'
• Diabetes genes 'breakthrough'
• Do heart benefits of statins outweigh diabetes risk?
• Does smoking 'dope' turn you into one?
• Eating egg yolks as 'bad as smoking'
• Echinacea allergy warning for children under 12
• Eve-olution' – natural selection may help women live longer
• 'Fainting runs in families'
• Fertility clue for recurring miscarriage?
• First operation of implant for heart failure due
• Flu can spread before symptoms show
• Government seeks public's views on cosmetic surgery
• Grapefruit juice 'boosts cancer drugs' claim
• Having aggressive personality 'doubles risk of stroke'
• Having baby like 'being in a terror attack'
• Healthy lifestyle in your 70s can 'add six years' to lifespan
• Improved care for elderly could 'free up 7,000 hospital beds'
• Lipstick chemical 'may damage muscles'
• 'Male pill hope' after mice research
• Marmite 'stops spread' of superbugs
• Measles cases in England 'almost double'
• Mediterranean diet link to stronger bones
• More exercise in your 50s 'cuts heart disease risk'
• Number of over-65s with cancer 'to triple by 2040'
• Nut consumption in pregnancy linked to 'reduced child allergy risk'
• Obesity surgery 'rockets'
• 'Older mothers have healthier kids'
• 'One million people' with 'undiagnosed' chronic kidney disease
• 'Oral sex helps women fight depression claim'
• Pacing for chronic fatigue syndrome 'not cost-effective'
• 'Pump iron not insulin' – weightlifting reduces men’s diabetes risk
• Recession linked to rise in suicides
• 'Spray-on-skin' treatment for leg ulcers
• Stressed men 'crave curvier women'
• Worried to death? – distress linked to early death
• 'Yo-Yo' diets 'not a no-no'