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High-fibre diet linked to reduced risk of bowel cancer

Fibre and whole grains 'reduce bowel cancer risk' BBC

High fibre diets CAN reduce the risk of bowel cancer - but fruit, vegetables and lentils have no effect, say scientists The Daily Mail

High-fibre diet cuts bowel cancer risk, analysis of 25 studies finds The Guardian

High fibre foods 'cut bowel cancer risk'  The Independent

High-fibre diet cuts bowel cancer risk by a fifth The Telegraph

Plain-packaging laws passed in Australia

Australia passes plain-packaging cigarette law The Guardian

Australian anti-smoking law bans brand labels The Independent

Brands go in Australian anti-smoking laws The Times

Third of mephedrone show symptoms of addiction

Third of clubbers who take mephedrone may be addicted, survey finds The Guardian

Three in ten mephedrone users could be addicted The Telegraph

Decline in number of home births

Home births continue to fall in England and Wales The Mirror

Only one in 40 women gives birth at home, figures show The Telegraph

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BBC

Skin transformed for cancer fight

Crime 'harms middle-age health'

BMJ

Achieving integrated care is a slow and difficult process

The Daily Mail

Pomegranate helps fight heart disease, relieves stress and improves sex life - now it's nature's elixir of youth, claims study

Forget chocolate, sex and money... caring for others can bring just as much pleasure and benefit your health

The Guardian

Nurses' strike over pensions edges closer

First privately run NHS hospital 'is accident waiting to happen'

Pandemic contingency plan advises business as usual strategy for UK

HSJ

Circle chief backs Hinchingbrooke management as deal finally signed

North Cumbria clinicians were failed by management, new chief says

Private sector warns of training levy danger

NHS lacks leadership consistency, peers told

FT chair forced out over alleged poor care

Assura Medical staff told to give chlamydia tests to family and friends

The Independent

Addiction fears prompt tighter monitoring of painkillers

The Mirror

Assaults against NHS staff rising - and problem is set to get worse due to ConDem cuts

Circle Health boss Ali Parsa plans to build empire of 30 hospitals, it is thought

Postcode lottery has power of life and death in cancer treatment

The Nursing Times

RCN threatens to ballot in January over pensions

NMC improving slowly, audit finds

RCN demands transparency as firm takes over hospital

Women 'fear breast cancer testing'

Pulse

GPs urged to be vigilant as PCTs fail to make payments

The Telegraph

Junior doctors 'still working over 48-hour weeks'

Mini-strokes cutting chances of long life

Andy Burnham: social care cuts are 'dementia tax'

The Times

Company takes over ‘basket case’ hospital

Love in a cold climate leads to baby boom