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US therapy system helping UK problem teenagers
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 11:03
A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 11:02
Sisters coping after operation to combat cancer threat
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:46
Professor John Cleland, cardiologist at Hull University, explains research that suggests calcium supplements may cause an increased risk of heart disease
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 11:28
A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:54
The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 09:59
Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 05:06
A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 03:41
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited Birmingham to take a look around the city's new "super-hospital".
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 03:17
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 00:30
A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill are sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 23:57
Living with the effects of the Oxford heart surgery deaths.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 21:50
But why do others question the decision?
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 20:38
Doctors need to be more direct when they are dealing with overweight patients, according to the government's health minister.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 20:26
A special holiday break is helping UK children cope with the loss of loved ones killed in conflict
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:46
Referring patients to a specialist private clinic cheaper than NHS
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:08
Parents of four babies who died after heart surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, wait to hear the results of an independent review.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:07
The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:07
Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 21:49
What should you do if you are stung by Britain's most poisonous fish?