Dairy foods could help children live longer
A recent study suggests that children who have eaten plenty of dairy foods while they were growing up can expect to live longer.
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General News
UK's national FPS Website fell ill to popularity.
Launched on Thursday, the Flu Pandemic Service(FPS) website was getting 9.3 million hits per hour, or 2.600 hits per second.
Read moreSwine flu vaccine trials underway in Australia
Vaxine and CSL have started human trials this week, but it could take at least 6 weeks before the initial results are known.
Read moreUK swine flu death total rises to 31
The latest unidentified swine flu victim, from the West Midlands, tested positive for the H1N1 virus but it is unclear how much it contributed to their death.
Read moreGuards for Tamiflu at London's first swine flu centre
Health bosses are refusing to say where London's first tamiflu distribution centre is in an attempt to avoid the centre being overrun.
Read moreExport bans could jeopardise British swine flu vaccine supplies
Foreign governments could impose export bans as the swine flu pandemic worsens, jeopardising contracts for vaccine held with pharmaceutical companies abroad.
Read moreCould coffee be an Alzheimer's cure?
Recent research has shown that drinking a couple of cups of coffee a day could reverse the effects of Alzheimer's.
Read moreChildren to be vaccinated first
Children aged 3-16, along with women who are more than 3 months pregnant, people with underlying health problems, health care workers and people over 65 will be vaccinated before Xmas in latest government plans.
Read moreE-prescriptions go live in Scotland
In the first system of its kind in the UK, most of Scotland's GP practices have electronic links to local community pharmacies.
Read moreSwine flu can kill in just 48 hours
A girl has died after not being given Tamiflu drug after her doctor misdiagnosed her illness as tonsillitis.
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