| Social factors key to ill health |
| Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.
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| 28 Aug 2008 |
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| C diff deaths 'continue to rise' |
| The number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile in England and Wales rose by 28% between 2006 and 2007, official figures show.
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| 28 Aug 2008 |
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| Map highlights 'obesity hotspots' |
| Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Gene therapy 'may repair hearing' |
| Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Britain's happiest places mapped |
| The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Seven treated in E.coli outbreak |
| Seven people, some of them children, are diagnosed with E.coli 0157 in a single village.
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| 28 Aug 2008 |
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| Man who lost 20 stone refused op |
| A 28-year-old man who lost 20 stone is told he is too overweight to have surgery to remove excess skin.
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| 28 Aug 2008 |
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| Patients to get sight-saving drug |
| All patients in England suffering from a disease which causes blindness will get access to a sight-saving drug after all.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Drug 'may slow down Parkinson's' |
| Early use of medication may be able to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, preliminary research suggests.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Robo-skeleton lets paralysed people walk |
| A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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| An NHS dilemma |
| The story behind the sight-saving drug controversy
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Unkindest cuts |
| Self-harmer tells of her 10-year battle against her body
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| DIY drugs |
| Home-grown cannabis on rise
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Super surgeries |
| Mixed feelings about new-style health centres
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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| Medical notes |
| A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions
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| 16 Jun 2008 |
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| From BBC Health |
| Reducing your risk of developing heart disease
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| 15 Aug 2008 |
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| NHS set for large budget surplus |
| The NHS in England is heading for an estimated surplus of £1.75bn in the current financial year, official estimates predict.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Tories warn of obesity 'excuses' |
| People should not be offered "excuses" for being overweight, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley says.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Indian herbal medicines queried |
| A fifth of Indian herbal medicines sold on the internet contain potentially lethal substances, says a new study in the US.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Toddler cancer spotted via e-mail |
| A toddler in Florida is diagnosed with cancer after a Manchester woman spotted the early warning signs in a picture.
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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| Fake sick notes sold on internet |
| A website selling false sick notes written on official NHS notepaper says they are "guaranteed to get you out of work or school".
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Manchester 'worst for self-harm' |
| More people in Manchester self-harm than anywhere else in Europe, a new study claims.
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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| Fry-ups raise bowel cancer risk |
| A breakfast fry-up every day raises the risk of bowel cancer by 63%, researchers have calculated.
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| 26 Aug 2008 |
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| Safety probe over ambulance fires |
| The safety of Wales' new £16m ambulance fleet is investigated after three engine fires in only two weeks.
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| 27 Aug 2008 |
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| Heart disease and stroke |
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| Cancer: The facts |
| The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.
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| 30 Jan 2004 |
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| Pregnancy timeline |
| A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates.
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| 23 Dec 2004 |
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