BMJ  2007;334:172 (27 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39104.624850.AB

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Drugs for Parkinson's disease increase risk of gambling: Patients being treated for Parkinson's disease are at higher risk of becoming problem gamblers, say two studies in Movement Disorders (2006;21:2206-8, 2068-72). The first study, based on 388 patients, found that 8% of those taking dopamine agonists had pathological gambling problems. The second study reports similar findings. "We can conclude that Parkinson's disease increases the risk of being affected by problem gambling in a ratio of nearly 26 times."

Women attend fewer smear tests: The number of women aged between 25 and 29 years who accepted an offer to have a smear test fell to 69% in 2005-6, down from 79% in 1995-6, according to figures from the NHS Cancer Screening Programme (www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk). Attendance was also down among women aged 30 to 34 years: 78% took up the offer of a test in 2005-6 compared with 84.3% 10 years ago.

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