| Fertile forties pregnancy warning |
| Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably wanes at a certain age. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Brain injury linked to gambling |
| Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| 'Third-hand smoke' risk warning |
| Lingering residue from tobacco smoke that clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, warn experts. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Cancer nurses funding row |
| Gordon Brown has given more details of Labour's plans to provide dedicated one-to-one specialist nursing for everyone in England diagnosed with cancer. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Exercise 'can cut gallstone risk' |
| Doing lots of exercise drastically cuts the risk of developing painful gallstones, UK researchers have found. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Genes reveal 'biological ageing' |
| Scientists say they have pinpointed gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are ageing. |
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| 07 Feb 2010 |
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| Better child-diabetes care urged |
| A "shocking" number of children are suffering potentially fatal complications of diabetes each year, a charity says. |
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| 07 Feb 2010 |
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| Premature birth gene clue found |
| DNA differences which appear to affect the risk of giving birth early have been found by US scientists. |
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| 05 Feb 2010 |
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| GPs warn about 'population rise' |
| New Scottish GP practices should be set up in areas which are likely to see population increases, the BMA says. |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Artificial pancreas diabetes hope |
| Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes. |
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| 04 Feb 2010 |
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| Baldness risk from hair extensions |
| Scientists want extensions banned because they say too many people are getting them done on the cheap risking baldness or alopecia. |
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| 05 Feb 2010 |
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| Dangers of 'lax' cosmetic surgery rules |
| Patients need better protection from some of those involved in the cosmetic industry, warn British Association of Plastic Surgeon president, Nigel Mercer |
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| 03 Feb 2010 |
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| Q&A: Advice about swine flu |
| Information about swine flu and the potential threat it poses. |
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| 24 Nov 2009 |
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| Baby opt-out |
| Should drug addicts be paid to get sterilised? |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Problem gamblers |
| Doctors 'not picking up patients' gambling problems' |
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| 08 Feb 2010 |
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| Card carriers |
| 'We know about organ donation from both sides' |
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| 06 Feb 2010 |
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| Muscle madness |
| Young men risk taking steroids for the perfect body |
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| 07 Feb 2010 |
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| Patients' stories |
| Encouraging minorities to seek mental health help |
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| 05 Feb 2010 |
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| From BBC Health |
| Confirming a diagnosis of high blood pressure |
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| 03 Jul 2009 |
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| Transplant first in kidney sister |
| A pioneering procedure has allowed a British woman to get a new kidney from her sister - even though the organ would normally be rejected. |
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| 05 Feb 2010 |
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| Trauma services 'too poor' |
| Hundreds of people who suffer serious injuries are dying due to poor care, according to a report from the National Audit Office. |
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| 04 Feb 2010 |
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| Secret of sperm sprint uncovered |
| A mechanism which starts sperm swimming near the egg could lead to new forms of male contraception, say scientists. |
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| 04 Feb 2010 |
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| Patient 'killed unlawfully' by GP |
| A coroner calls for a shake-up of out-of-hours medical care after ruling a patient was unlawfully killed by an overseas doctor. |
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| 04 Feb 2010 |
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| Gene loss link to severely obese |
| A small number of extremely overweight people may be missing the same chunk of genetic material, claim UK researchers. |
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| 03 Feb 2010 |
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| Scan unlocks vegetative patients |
| Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts. |
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| 03 Feb 2010 |
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| Dementia 'losing out' on funding |
| Dementia costs the UK twice as much as cancer, but gets just a fraction of the funding for causes and cures, says a report. |
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| 03 Feb 2010 |
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| Heart disease and stroke |
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| 14 Feb 2003 |
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| Cancer: The facts |
| Information and statistics on common types of cancer |
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| 10 Jul 2009 |
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