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Smoking among younger middle-class women ‘up 25% in a decade’ | UK News
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Smoking among younger middle-class women has jumped more than 25% in the last decade, according to new research. By contrast, smoking rates fell among working-class women. Using data from the Smoking Toolkit Study, an ongoing monthly survey of adults in England, researchers from University College London (UCL) looked at the smoking habits of 197,266 people,…
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Hospital apologises after frozen eggs of more than 100 women may have been damaged | UK News
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A hospital has apologised to more than 100 women after their eggs and embryos were likely damaged during the freezing process. Guy’s Hospital in London contacted the 136 women after discovering its NHS-operated clinic may have inadvertently used some bottles of a faulty freezing solution in September and October 2022. The clinic said it did…
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Multi-millionaire tech boss Lawrence Jones convicted of raping two women in Manchester in 1990s | UK News
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Multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur Lawrence Jones has been found guilty of raping two women in Manchester in the 1990s. The former UKFast chief executive was convicted in January this year of sexually assaulting another woman in 2013, which could not be reported until today because of court restrictions. He has already spent 10 months behind bars…
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‘Repurposed’ drug that could prevent breast cancer to be offered to nearly 300,000 women | UK News
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A “repurposed” drug that could prevent breast cancer as well as treat it will be offered to almost 300,000 women, NHS officials have revealed. Anastrozole has been used to treat hormone-sensitive breast cancer. But trials have shown it can also stop the disease from occurring in the first place. It’s predicted cases could be cut…
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Adverts for online shopping platform Temu banned for sexualising a child and objectifying women | UK News
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Five ads for Chinese shopping app Temu have been banned for being sexually graphic, sexualising a child and objectifying women. The items being advertised included cycling underwear, a jockstrap and a child’s bikini. A facial roller, balloon ties and a foot massager were described as “phallic shaped” and the advertising watchdog said a lack of…
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EA Sports FC 24: How women are changing the game as FIFA franchise gets historic rebrand | Science & Tech News
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“Get in the kitchen, don’t be playing this game.” Even with skills that allow her to wipe the floor with the vast majority of FIFA’s male-heavy player base, it usually doesn’t take long for predictable sexist abuse to ring around Lisa Manley’s headset. The 24-year-old can confidently claim to be one of England’s very best…
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Women ‘suffer more from ME’, according to largest ever study into the disease | UK News
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Not only are women far more likely to suffer from ME, but they’re also more likely to have more symptoms, and co-occurring conditions that are more severe, according to early results of the largest-ever study into the disease. The DecodeME study has so far recruited more than 17,000 people in the UK with a diagnosis…
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Why are women footballers facing an ‘epidemic’ of ACL injuries? | UK News
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Keyhole surgery is perhaps a misleading term: despite the technology, expertise and extreme finesse involved, it’s also hugely physical. Sky News watches as surgeon Luke Jones performs an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an operating theatre in King Edward VII’s hospital in central London. Mr Jones (male surgeons are referred to as Mr rather than…
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Women in certain jobs ‘may be at higher risk of ovarian cancer’ | World News
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Hairdressers, beauticians and accountants could be at a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, a new study suggests. Those working in sales, retail, clothing and construction industries could also carry a higher risk, according to a new study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. But the authors of the study stressed that “inferences…
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Using any type of hormonal contraceptive could increase the risk of women getting breast cancer, new study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Women may face an increased breast cancer risk from taking any kind of hormonal contraceptive, a new study has found. Scientists say using progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives, including the oral ‘mini pill’, implant, injectable and intra-uterine device, is associated with a 20%-30% higher chance of developing the disease. Earlier research found that taking the combined contraceptive…