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World Service,02 Feb 1994,13 mins

Why School is Good for Girls' Health

Health Matters

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Help for shingles pain, a diet that could cure cancer; infant mortality is lower among women who spent longer at school. Shingles pain can last for years after the condition first strikes, a new drug is already changing that and how one man believes his diet cured his cancer. Also in the programme the more years girls spend at school affects not just their health but those of their children.

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