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Low cholesterol 'link' to cancer

People who significantly cut their cholesterol levels with statins may raise the risk of cancer, a study says. The study of 40,000 people found those with little of the "bad" cholesterol LDL saw one more cancer case per 1,000 than those with higher levels. The Boston-based researchers could not say if this was a side-effect of the statin or due to the low cholesterol. They also write in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that the benefits of statins outweigh the risks.

24 Jul 2007
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Islanders join osteoporosis study

Two thousand people from across Orkney are being recruited to take part in a major study into osteoporosis. The bone thinning condition affects about three million people across Britain. Families are being recruited for the £500,000 Edinburgh University run project, to help identify the genes that cause the disease.

24 Jul 2007
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Hospices 'face funding struggle'

Hospices are struggling with debts as funding promised by the government has failed to materialise, campaigners say. More than one in four hospices is now in deficit, a study of 186 of the UK's 194 charitable hospices showed. It comes after the government promised in its 2005 manifesto that funding for palliative care would be doubled. But the Help the Hospices charity said charity hospice money had remained largely static. The government said funding was now being looked at.

24 Jul 2007
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Hospices 'face funding struggle'

Hospices are struggling with debts as funding promised by the government has failed to materialise, campaigners say. More than one in four hospices is now in deficit, a study of 186 of the UK's 194 charitable hospices showed. It comes after the government promised in its 2005 manifesto that funding for palliative care would be doubled. But the Help the Hospices charity said charity hospice money had remained largely static. The government said funding was now being looked at.

24 Jul 2007
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Parking restrictions bite

Many residents have contacted the Lib Dem team and the county council about the new parking restrictions. In some roads, such as Bower Hill, the new restrictions are working well. However in other places new yellow lines are causing problems or have moved the problem elsewhere.

24 Jul 2007
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Liberal Democrats attack unambitious railway plans

The Liberal Democrats have attacked the government's new rail strategy as vague and unambitious. Yesterday, the transport secretary, Ruth Kelly, announced plans including 1,300 new carriages, investment to relieve bottlenecks and measures to tackle overcrowding and improve reliability. But Ms Kelly also hinted that rail passengers would have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the improvements, warning that the balance in funding between taxpayers and farepayers would return "closer to historic levels".

24 Jul 2007
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