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BBC Health News

• Dear Cancer: What would you say? September 22, 2017
  Three people who have experienced cancer on what they would write to the disease.
• Cedric Anselin: Ex Norwich City player on his fight against depression September 22, 2017
  Ex-Norwich City player Cedric Anselin said he considered taking his life.
• Alarm as 'super malaria' spreads in South East Asia September 22, 2017
  The usual treatments are failing 60% of the time in some regions of Cambodia, scientists say.
• Mental health staff on long-term stress leave up 22% September 22, 2017
  The number of staff taking long-term leave has risen steadily over the past five years.
• Ex-mental health nurse: 'I couldn't get back up again' September 22, 2017
  Aimee Leigh Smith was a mental health nurse for 17 years. She left the NHS after the "stress and burnout" became too much.

NHS Health News

• Lightning Process 'could help children with chronic fatigue syndrome', study claims September 21, 2017
  "Controversial Lightning Process 'helps children with chronic fatigue syndrome'," reports The Guardian. The story is based on a UK study investigating whether a treatment called the Lightning Process helped teenagers being treated for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). The study randomly split 100 young participants into two groups: those who […]
• Many teenagers reporting symptoms of depression September 20, 2017
  Summary "One in four British girls hit by depression at 14 as experts blame increase in cyber bullying and academic pressure," says the Sun after a large study found 24% of 14-year-old girls in the UK report symptoms of depression. The Millenium Cohort Study followed more than 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000 […]
• Single-injection vaccine device still a long way off September 18, 2017
  "Scientists invent injection that could deliver every childhood vaccine in one go," reports The Independent. Various media sources have run stories on a new injection they claim could allow multiple childhood vaccines to be delivered in a single jab. This follows the development in the US of a method of making a tiny, multilayered biodegradable […]
• Women more likely than men to lose interest in sex September 15, 2017
  "Women get bored of having sex with their partner after just a year together, a new study suggests," is the rather crass story in the Mail Online. The news is based on research that actually found multiple factors increased the likelihood of both men and women reporting a lack of interest in sex. The findings […]
• Tattoo ink particles can spread into lymph nodes September 14, 2017
  "Tattoos could give you cancer, new research suggests," is the entirely unsupported claim from the Mail Online. The news come from a study that found evidence particles from tattoo ink can spread into lymph nodes – but it hasn't been proven that tattoo ink causes cancer. Researchers used samples of skin and adjacent lymph nodes […]