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Mammography screening saves lives also in older age

Mammography, which is an X-ray picture of the breast, is efficient also for women over the age of 70. For women invited to regular mammography screening over the age of 70, the reduction in mortality rate was significant. This according to a vast new study from Sweden. “The results confirm that the Swedish assessment of […]

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Water fluoridation saves poorest children from hospitalisation

Research from the University of Canterbury (UC) GeoHealth Laboratory shows that children in our most deprived areas benefit from better dental health if water is fluoridated. UC researcher Dr. Matt Hobbs, of the GeoHealth Laboratory in UC’s College of Science, and his fellow researchers have examined the association between community water fluoridation and dental ambulatory […]

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Boy saves his grandmother from drowning in the bath

Boy, nine, saves his grandmother from drowning in the bath when she had a seizure after he learned life-saving skills on YouTube Kian Aliffe was staying with his grandma, Angela Jones, 51, in South Wales He heard strange noises in the bathroom while Ms Jones bathed   She was found floating in the water with her […]