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Morning after pill offered for Christmas
Written by NHS Choices on Tuesday, 06 December 2011

"Morning after pill given out free over the phone," said The Daily Telegraph in a report carried by most newspapers. The Daily Express reported that a scheme now makes getting the morning after pill "as easy as ordering a pizza", while the Daily Star reports this as a "Pill plea to party girls".

 
Sitting down 'makes your bum bigger'
Written by NHS Choices on Tuesday, 06 December 2011

"Sitting around at work all day really does give you a bigger bottom," according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Telegraph ran a similar headline.

 
Low-fat foods 'may cause weight gain'
Written by NHS Choices on Monday, 05 December 2011

Fat-free foods could "work against dieters", The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said that fat substitutes may "confuse the body, gearing it up to receive calories that are never delivered".

 
Pulse checks could prevent thousands of strokes
Written by NHS Choices on Monday, 05 December 2011

The Daily Mail reports that, if doctors checked the pulse of every patient they see, this measure could "prevent 12,000 strokes a year".

 
Wi-fi signals 'may damage sperm'
Written by NHS Choices on Friday, 02 December 2011

"Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man's chances of fatherhood," the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than 'control' sperm not near a wi-fi connected laptop.

 
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