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BBC Health News: 12-26-2004
Hard-hitting ads to encourage smokers to quit, particularly those who are parents, will appear on TV screens from Boxing Day.
Children who dance are more at risk of eating disorders when they grow up, research has found.
Why volunteers give up their time to help the homeless over the Christmas.
Britain's adult population is getting just as much sleep as it was nearly 40 years ago, according to research.
Women who have children late in life may live longer than those who have their kids young, research finds.
For people with eating disorders the festive season brings increasing levels of stress.
Exposure to alcohol makes mouth cells more susceptible to HIV infection during oral sex, research has shown.
Exercise alone cannot totally offset the risk of premature death associated with obesity, research suggests.
Scientists who discovered how people grey as they age believe the findings could help prevent deadly skin cancers.
Heading a modern-day football is not significantly safer than an old-style leather ball, ballistics experts find.
Scientists have mapped a key network of switches in the brain which could aid research into neurological conditions.
Stocks of a powerful painkiller used to treat thousands of NHS patients may run out in the next few weeks, government has warned.
Stress can prove fatal for people with 'faulty wiring' between the brain and the heart, research suggests.
A US man in need of a liver transplant appeals directly to the public in the hope of finding a donor.
An English hospital suspends its plan to halt treatment of Welsh patients waiting more than three months.
Exposure to cleaning products while in the womb could be linked to persistent wheezing in young children, research suggests.
The British Medical Council in Wales asks GPs to lobby for a ban on smoking by writing to their MPs.
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