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HRT: Breast cancer risk won’t put me off using menopause treatment

New research suggested the increased risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy lasts more than a decade after treatment stops. It is often referred to as HRT (hormone replacement therapy), although this also includes other therapies which were not part of the study. Louise Rivers has been taking HRT for a year. She says […]

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Carpenter’s hand reattached by surgeons after saw accident

When carpenter Anthony Lelliott virtually cut his hand off in an horrific accident using an electric saw, he knew a permanent amputation was on the cards. But in a 13-hour operation, surgeons at St George’s Hospital managed to successfully re-attach it, despite it being left hanging by skin and bone. Mr Lelliott, 46, from Walton-on-Thames,

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Warsaw sewage plant malfunction contaminates Vistula river

Polish authorities on Thursday were warning residents in cities along the Vistula river that runs into the Baltic Sea of a “crisis” situation after Warsaw’s new sewage collection plant malfunctioned. The health minister and local authorities said they have been closely monitoring the levels of contamination north of the Polish capital, including by nitrogen, since

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Menopausal hormone therapy risks ‘bigger and last longer’ than thought

Image copyright Getty Images The increased risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy lasts more than a decade after treatment stops, a major report suggests. The researchers at the University of Oxford say the results mean the risk of breast cancer is double what women are currently being told. And they estimate a million

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