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Skin cancer rates have soared by 45% in ten years

Skin cancer rates have soared by 45% in ten years in both young and old patients ‘because of rise of package holidays in the 1970s and a more recent surge in cheap flights’ The deadliest form of skin cancer – melanoma – has risen drastically since 2004 It’s become the fifth most common cancer in […]

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Father claims he gets just ten hours of sleep A WEEK

Father who claims he gets just ten hours of sleep A WEEK calls insomnia a ‘blessing’ after learning to play the piano, write poetry and speak French while the world sleeps Neil Epstein has learnt to survive without sleep for up to two days at a time Claims it gives him two years of ‘extra […]

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Why have asthma deaths risen by a quarter in ten years?

Why have asthma deaths risen by a quarter in ten years? Fears grow that London’s choking pollution lies behind the death of a nine-year-old girl Ella Kissi-Debrah, from Lewisham, died of an asthma attack on February 15, 2013 The original inquest concluded she had died from acute respiratory failure  But an expert who has examined […]