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Good News for Sufferers of TinnitusTinnitus sufferers are tortured by continuous buzzing or ringing noises in their ears, even when they are experiencing total silence, and the sounds cannot be blo... 24th Mar 2002
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How Pollution Harms your HealthIt is fairly easy to understand why airborne pollution might be bad for your lungs and contribute to allergic conditions such as asthma, but it is more difficult ... 24th Mar 2002
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40% More Pregnancies Amongst Women Over 40As more women are pursuing careers for longer, the birth rate in women over 40 had increased by over 40%, with 17,000 births in this age group from 1999 to 2000. ... 24th Mar 2002
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Polar Bears May Be Threatened By Global WarmingYou will probably have heard that the ice-caps are melting at a higher rate than before. A large part of one of Antarctica's ice shelves has broken away recently.... 24th Mar 2002
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Pop Up Toilets for Improved Nightlife and Street-life !If you have ever been to Amsterdam you may have noticed the old green metal urinal cubicles at intervals along the canals. A new type of urinal has just been test... 24th Mar 2002
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Breast Screening for Cancer - Is it Effective ?Screening women aged 50 to 69 for breast cancer does save lives, according to the World Health Organisation. However, there has been a big debate recently about w... 24th Mar 2002
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Ice Galore in AntarcticaIt's all been happening in the Antarctic this week. First a huge iceberg 9 times the size of Singapore broke away into the sea. Then the Larsen B ice shelf, which... 24th Mar 2002
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Why Can't you Tickle Yourself ?Apparently it's all to do with a small area at the back of the brain called the cerebellum. Scientists at University College London found that the cerebellum lit ... 17th Mar 2002
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Scientists Find Bug-killing Chemical in SalivaA substance found in human saliva can kill several types of bacteria and fungi, some of which are resistant to currently available drugs, researchers at the Unive... 17th Mar 2002
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Chewing Gum Improves your MemorySource: The Independent (Thursday March 14th )Did you ever get told off for chewing gum at school? That could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new findings which... 17th Mar 2002
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