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  1. News story: Early baldness and lower risk of prostate cancer link 'not conclusive'

    17 Mar 2010

    Men who start losing their hair at an early age may be less likely to develop prostate cancer in the future, new research suggests.

  2. News story: People with rarer cancers 'still denied access to treatments'

    17 Mar 2010

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is failing to follow its own guidance aimed at making live-extending treatments available on the NHS, leaving many patients with rarer forms of cancer without drugs that could prolong their lives, a campaign group has said.

  3. News story: MPs back ban on under-18 sunbed use

    16 Mar 2010

    A Bill to prevent under-18s from using tanning salons has cleared its stages in the House of Commons, and will now go for consideration in the House of Lords.

  4. News story: Contraceptive pill does not increase risk of early death

    16 Mar 2010

    Women who are taking or have taken the contraceptive pill in their lifetimes are not at an increased risk of death, Scottish researchers say. In fact, the pill may help to prolong life.

  5. News story: Home-testing kits could help to detect HPV in women who do not attend cervical screening

    16 Mar 2010

    More cases of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection - the major cause of cervical cancer - could be detected if home-testing kits were given to women who cannot attend conventional cervical screening, a Dutch study has found.