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Peter Kay announces comeback, three years after scrapping stand-up tour
- Stage
- February 25, 2020, 11:09
The comedian Peter Kay is to return to the stage three years after cancelling all of his projects because of “unforeseen family circumstances”. The 46(...)

AI system found to detect breast cancer better than experts
- Health
- January 2, 2020, 09:24
An artificial intelligence programme has been developed which can detect breast cancer from mammograms better than experts, a study found. A new stud(...)

E-cigarettes can help people to quit tobacco, new study finds
- Irish News
- October 17, 2019, 07:38
Electronic cigarettes can play a significant role in helping people to give up smoking, though they are not recommended for non-smokers, according to (...)

HRT breast cancer risk much higher than previously thought
- Health
- August 30, 2019, 00:00
The risk of developing breast cancer as a result of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is twice what was previously thought, according to new research (...)

Obese people in UK now outnumber smokers two to one
- Health
- July 3, 2019, 07:44
Obese people now outnumber smokers by two to one, Cancer Research UK has warned, as it said obesity causes more cases of some cancers than cigarettes.(...)

UDG Healthcare appoints two non-executive directors to board
- Health & Pharma
- January 8, 2019, 08:32
Healthcare services provider UDG Healthcare has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board. Immatics Biotechnologies chairman Peter Chamb(...)

The perfect ways to get fit – in 20 seconds, an hour or six months
- Fitness
- December 27, 2018, 06:00
Twenty seconds “Some people think if they can’t fit in a 60-minute gym routine, there’s no point,” says Steve Kamb, a fitness instructor and the foun(...)

Philip Morris accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ over anti-smoking ad
- Health & Pharma
- October 22, 2018, 15:17
Marlboro cigarette-maker Philip Morris International was accused of “staggering hypocrisy” on Monday after using a four-page newspaper advertisement (...)

Rising global meat consumption ‘will devastate environment’
- Food & Drink
- July 20, 2018, 08:13
Rising global meat consumption is likely to have a devastating environmental impact, scientists have warned. A new major analysis suggests meat consu(...)

Very clean homes may trigger leukaemia in children - study
- Health
- May 22, 2018, 08:47
An over-sterile germ-free environment in the first year of life is one of the major causal factors behind childhood leukaemia, a new study suggests. (...)