Children 'risking liver disease'
Excessive drinking by children is causing a health time bomb, with record levels of liver disease in the under-30s, a charity warns....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 08:38 PM -- 
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Light-wave implant hope for deaf
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 07:01 PM --
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'Superglue' brain op for toddler
The parents of a 17-month-old girl tell how surgeons used glue to seal tiny brain blood vessels that threatened her life....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 08:13 AM --
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Asbestos victims win 'test case'
Asbestos-related cancer victims and their families have won an important test case over access to compensation....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 06:59 AM --
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Hairspray linked to birth defect
Boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 08:38 AM --
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Hospital bug fine plan 'unfair'
The government's plan to fine hospitals for not hitting Clostridium difficile targets is unfair, experts say....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 07:22 PM --
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Detention units 'fail on health'
Children held in UK detention centres are not getting the medical care they need, a leading medical journal warns....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 07:06 PM --
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Cholera outbreak strikes Zimbabwe
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe nears 300 as the water and sanitation situation "worsens", the UN says....
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 01:18 PM --
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Young drinkers offered education
Police are tackling the growing problem of drink-related crime by offering youngsters a re-education programme....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 07:05 PM --
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About face! How babies in their buggies benefit from eye contact.
The direction a child is facing in their pram could affect their development and stress levels, a study suggests....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 07:32 PM --
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Breast cancer
'My Mum's experiences helped me to cope'...
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 07:03 PM --
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NHS surplus
What should happen to the £1.8bn spare cash?...
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 10:17 AM --
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War wounds
How conflict has driven medical advance...
POSTED 11/21/2008 at 03:59 AM --
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Walking tall
Help pounding Big Apple pavements...
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 05:47 AM --
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Medical notes
A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions...
POSTED 06/16/2008 at 11:57 AM --
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From BBC Health
Avoiding the cold sore virus...
POSTED 11/14/2008 at 06:07 AM --
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Over-the-counter Viagra bid ends
The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 07:38 AM --
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Dog 'sniffs out' owner's cancer
A man from north Oxfordshire credits his pet Rottweiler with sniffing out his skin cancer....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 08:52 AM --
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Heavy drinkers 'lie to doctors'
Almost two in five people who drink to excess lie to their doctor about how much alcohol they really consume, says a survey....
POSTED 11/19/2008 at 07:00 PM --
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Hospital to bury unclaimed organs
Parents of children whose organs were removed at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital have until May to reclaim their body parts....
POSTED 11/20/2008 at 09:59 AM --
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