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UK child poverty rises higher than in any of the 38 OECD and EU countries – with five local authorities named as the worst in Unicef report

Children living in England’s most deprived areas are more likely to visit A&E, be overweight or obese and suffer from tooth decay, a new report by aid agency Unicef UK has found. The organisation has called on the Government to lift its two-child benefit cap after its findings showed that where children grow up until…

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Can scientists predict life longevity from a drop of blood?

Discover how a new epigenetic clock measures how fast you are really aging from just a drop of blood or saliva. Study: A blood-based epigenetic clock for intrinsic capacity predicts mortality and is associated with clinical, immunological and lifestyle factors. Image credit: Zapylaiev Kostiantyn/Shuuterstock.com A recent study published in the journal Nature Aging constructed an intrinsic capacity (IC) clock…

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Michigan fitness enthusiast reveals first ‘normal’ symptoms which lead to cancer despite healthy lifestyle – Health

A fitness enthusiast has revealed the first ‘normal’ symptoms he endured which ended up being cancer. Joe Fornasiero, a fitness fanatic from Brighton, Michigan, led a fit and healthy lifestyle for more than two decades when he was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (DSRCT). The cancer is so rare…

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