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Editor's Choice (view all news in this section)
Change to GP dispensing opposed
(BBC 23/11/2008)
Currently, patients who live more than a mile from a chemist can choose to have their...(see more)
Natural childbirth movement 'denies women choice'
(The Independent 23/11/2008)
Louise Silverton, the outgoing general secret...(see more)
Nanosilver fad poses 'serious risk to health'
(The Scotsman 23/11/2008)
Online retailers are selling drinks and table...(see more)
Medical Practice (view all news in this section)
Change to GP dispensing opposed
(BBC 23/11/2008)
Currently, patients who live more than a mile from a chemist can choose to have their...(see more)
Natural childbirth movement 'denies women choice'
(The Independent 23/11/2008)
Louise Silverton, the outgoing general secret...(see more)
Nanosilver fad poses 'serious risk to health'
(The Scotsman 23/11/2008)
Online retailers are selling drinks and table...(see more)
Health Trends (view all news in this section)
Aids epidemic rising in Russia
(World health - EU Monitor 22/11/2008)
GREATER investment in combatting Aids is fail...(see more)
Children 'risking liver disease'
(BBC 22/11/2008)
The British Liver Trust says it fears the amount children are drinking is rising desp...(see more)
C.diff 'a factor in more deaths'
(BBC 19/11/2008)
General Register Office for Scotland statistics showed C.diff was a factor in 597 dea...(see more)
Latest Developments (view all news in this section)
The text nurse: Mobile phone 'diary' allows people with diabetes and asthma to monitor their own health
(Daily Mail 20/11/2008)
The patient spends a minute or so a day keying in data, such as blood-sugar levels an...(see more)
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
(BBC 19/11/2008)
A study, of 377 HIV-positive South African babies, found that babies given treatment ...(see more)
Ginkgo 'won't stop dementia'
(NHS Choices 19/11/2008)
This large, randomised, controlled trial prov...(see more)
Ongoing Research (view all news in this section)
Light-wave implant hope for deaf
(BBC 22/11/2008)
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investiga...(see more)
Revealed: Star Wars-style 'light sabre' to destroy cancer cells
(Daily Mail 21/11/2008)
A revolutionary laser which could fight cancer has been developed by British scientis...(see more)
Autumn babies more likely to develop asthma, say researchers
(Daily Mail 21/11/2008)
A US study looked at the records of more than 95,000 children. It found that the risk...(see more)
Life and Living (view all news in this section)
Forget fitness gyms and diets - we've WALKED off a stone
(Daily Mail 22/11/2008)
Experts claim the health benefits of a regular walk are endless, without the risk of ...(see more)
Britons rate their happiness at 7.8 study shows
(Telegraph 19/11/2008)
The figures are revealed in a Quality of Life...(see more)
Fat chance: On the scales of injustice, overweight women always lose out
(Daily Mail 18/11/2008)
Overweight women, according to medical research, are far more likely to lose their jo...(see more)
Relationships (view all news in this section)
Ask Martha: What should I do about my insecure and jealous friend?
(The Independent 23/11/2008)
Q. An old friend of mine recently introduced ...(see more)
Irritable, tired, low sex drive? You could be one of the 840,000 males hitting the MANOPAUSE
(Daily Mail 22/11/2008)
Marriage problems, changes in social status, job dissatisfaction, lack of exercise an...(see more)
Pillow Talk: Ruby Wax answers readers' problems
(Telegraph 19/11/2008)
"My mother insists on hosting Christmas dinne...(see more)
Healthy Eating (view all news in this section)
Why eating an egg a day can raise the risk of developing diabetes
(Daily Mail 22/11/2008)
American scientists tracked almost 57,000 men and women over a period of up to 20 yea...(see more)
Big six fast-food chains pledge to slash fat and salt in historic anti-obesity shift
(Daily Mail 20/11/2008)
Six of the country's biggest restaurant chains have pledged to serve more salad and s...(see more)
EU pledges '£421m to get obese children to eat fruit
(Telegraph 18/11/2008)
22 million children in the EU are overweight,...(see more)
Case Histories (view all news in this section)
My babies are named Faith and Hope: Exclusive interview with British teenager set to be world's youngest mother of Siamese twins
(Daily Mail 23/11/2008)
Laura Williams, 18, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, defied medical advice to abort the g...(see more)
Teenager's organ donations saved five lives
(Telegraph 22/11/2008)
The family of Ruby Nagra, 18, revealed they a...(see more)
Commentary (view all news in this section)
News Review: Science battles to keep up with patients' hopes
(The Scotsman 22/11/2008)
IMAGINE a time when, rather than joining the ...(see more)
What a way to go. British toilet habits revealed
(BBC 19/11/2008)
Mari Williams of Tearfund, said: "It's scandalous that in the 21st Century, more than...(see more)