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VIDEO: MPs 'should admit mental healt...

2012-02-02T11:00:00.001-08:00

VIDEO: MPs 'should admit mental health issues' - Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental... http://ow.ly/1h6woF

When was the real baby boom? - Why 19...

2012-02-02T04:47:00.001-08:00

When was the real baby boom? - Why 1920 was the biggest year for http://ow.ly/1h654K

The Kids Are More Than All Right - In...

2012-02-01T22:40:00.001-08:00

The Kids Are More Than All Right - In fact, today's teenagers are misbehaving a lot less than their parents did. http://ow.ly/1h5Fit

Erivedge - Treatment For Most Common ...

2012-02-01T10:49:00.001-08:00

Erivedge - Treatment For Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer - Basal cell carcinoma is a form of skin cancer caused by r... http://ow.ly/1h4P0y

Implants spark cross-border row - UK ...

2012-02-01T04:54:00.001-08:00

Implants spark cross-border row - UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley demands his department is notified in advance o... http://ow.ly/1h4ksT

Exercise as Housecleaning for the Bod...

2012-01-31T22:39:00.001-08:00

Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body - The ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our bod... http://ow.ly/1h3Umh

Deadline for organ donation law - Off...

2012-01-31T10:47:00.001-08:00

Deadline for organ donation law - Officials start sifting responses to plans for an opt-out consent organ donation s... http://ow.ly/1h39Ec

Livestock, Not Mongolian Gazelles, Dr...

2012-01-31T04:46:00.001-08:00

Livestock, Not Mongolian Gazelles, Drive Foot-And-Mouth Disease Outbreaks http://ow.ly/1h2BSV

Skin transformed into brain cells - S...

2012-01-30T22:38:00.001-08:00

Skin transformed into brain cells - Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main c... http://ow.ly/1h2cvp

SA fears over 'leaking' condoms - Sou...

2012-01-30T11:12:00.001-08:00

SA fears over 'leaking' condoms - South Africa's leading HIV group warns that large numbers of faulty condoms handed... http://ow.ly/1h1qcK

Agony of a child protection case - A ...

2012-01-30T04:59:00.001-08:00

Agony of a child protection case - A new social worker's first child protection case http://ow.ly/1h0U9Q

Elderly 'hit as social care cut' - Sp...

2012-01-29T22:47:00.001-08:00

Elderly 'hit as social care cut' - Spending on social care for the elderly is falling this year - despite the assura... http://ow.ly/1h0wQM

Fake drugs in NHS never recovered - F...

2012-01-28T22:37:00.001-08:00

Fake drugs in NHS never recovered - Fake drugs dispensed to NHS patients in 2007 have never been found and patients ... http://ow.ly/1gZqFV

Student's death after meningitis - St...

2012-01-28T10:34:00.001-08:00

Student's death after meningitis - Students at Haverfordwest-based Pembrokeshire College are urged to be vigilant af... http://ow.ly/1gYY9q

NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails' - Mo...

2012-01-27T22:34:00.001-08:00

NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails' - More than 50 GPs involved in new clinical commissioning groups have warned the NH... http://ow.ly/1gYtWd

Pack and Go Lunch Recipes - Recipes f...

2012-01-27T10:44:00.001-08:00

Pack and Go Lunch Recipes - Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers a week's worth of light and simp... http://ow.ly/1gXUvQ

AUDIO: Carers 'missing out on support...

2012-01-27T04:42:00.001-08:00

AUDIO: Carers 'missing out on support' - A woman who cares for her husband and son who both have cancer told Radio 5... http://ow.ly/1gXyA9

Government escapes NHS rebellion - Th...

2012-01-26T22:35:00.001-08:00

Government escapes NHS rebellion - The government appears to have escaped a rebellion by the medical establishment o... http://ow.ly/1gXfXh

PIP - one woman's story - Medical cor...

2012-01-26T10:44:00.001-08:00

PIP - one woman's story - Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh hears why Debbie Lewis chose implants http://ow.ly/1gWEli

Turning to Kettlebells to Ease Back P...

2012-01-25T22:37:00.001-08:00

Turning to Kettlebells to Ease Back Pain - Kettle-shaped iron weights, which have been used for centuries to train R... http://ow.ly/1gVXtu

Over 55s More Active Than Younger Peo...

2012-01-25T10:46:00.001-08:00

Over 55s More Active Than Younger People - According to survey by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), individuals aged 55+ are mo... http://ow.ly/1gVka9

How Young Adults Deal With Influenza ...

2012-01-25T04:47:00.001-08:00

How Young Adults Deal With Influenza - Only about one in five young adults in their late 30s received a flu shot dur... http://ow.ly/1gUXqP

Dogs 'higher Lyme disease risk' - Tic...

2012-01-24T22:37:00.001-08:00

Dogs 'higher Lyme disease risk' - Ticks that can transmit Lyme disease may be more prevalent in the UK than realised... http://ow.ly/1gUEhj

Nurses 'face Â£480 a year pay cut' - M...

2012-01-24T10:46:00.001-08:00

Nurses 'face £480 a year pay cut' - More than 1,000 nurses and health professionals in Sussex face a pay cut as boss... http://ow.ly/1gU0EG

NHS shake-up a distraction - MPs - Th...

2012-01-23T22:38:00.001-08:00

NHS shake-up a distraction - MPs - The overhaul of the NHS in England is hindering its ability to make the savings i... http://ow.ly/1gTkvY

Objections to right-to-die plea - The...

2012-01-23T10:46:00.001-08:00

Objections to right-to-die plea - The case of a severely disabled man seeking court permission for a doctor to lawfu... http://ow.ly/1gSI4J

Churches attack organ donor plans - C...

2012-01-23T04:42:00.001-08:00

Churches attack organ donor plans - Church leaders in Wales criticise ill-judged proposals to introduce presumed con... http://ow.ly/1gSlZ7

Call for cosmetic surgery ads ban - C...

2012-01-22T22:33:00.001-08:00

Call for cosmetic surgery ads ban - Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned following the PIP breast implants ... http://ow.ly/1gS4js

Gene switch 'key to heart health' - S...

2012-01-22T10:34:00.001-08:00

Gene switch 'key to heart health' - Scientists may be closer to understanding how genes, and the way they switch off... http://ow.ly/1gRB8J

Clegg says NHS plans must proceed - N...

2012-01-22T04:34:00.001-08:00

Clegg says NHS plans must proceed - Nick Clegg says planned reforms of the NHS in England must go ahead despite fres... http://ow.ly/1gRmKx

'No new cases' of baby infection - Th...

2012-01-21T22:30:00.001-08:00

'No new cases' of baby infection - There have been no new cases of a bacterial infection in Belfast's Royal Jubilee ... http://ow.ly/1gR8Jr

Deep clean for Belfast baby ward - A ...

2012-01-21T10:36:00.001-08:00

Deep clean for Belfast baby ward - A deep clean is being carried out at Belfast's Royal Jubilee Hospital this weeken... http://ow.ly/1gQGT3

VIDEO: UK 'will do more to fight dise...

2012-01-21T04:36:00.001-08:00

VIDEO: UK 'will do more to fight disease' - The British Government has announced it is to significantly increase fun... http://ow.ly/1gQs62

Abortion clinics cleared for TV - Pri...

2012-01-20T22:35:00.001-08:00

Abortion clinics cleared for TV - Private clinics that charge for pregnancy services including abortions will be abl... http://ow.ly/1gQd3V

Baby unit infection source sought - S...

2012-01-20T10:43:00.001-08:00

Baby unit infection source sought - Staff at the Royal Hospital neo-natal unit in Belfast are trying to find the sou... http://ow.ly/1gPCYf

Army A&E medics plan 'worrying' - A p...

2012-01-20T04:43:00.001-08:00

Army A&E medics plan 'worrying' - A proposal to bring in Army medics to cover a shortage of doctors at a hospital's ... http://ow.ly/1gPh3W

Plans to insure cosmetic surgery - Th...

2012-01-19T22:37:00.001-08:00

Plans to insure cosmetic surgery - The review into the PIP breast implant scandal is looking at introducing an insur... http://ow.ly/1gOYoM

Cuts 'hitting NHS patient safety' - P...

2012-01-19T04:44:00.001-08:00

Cuts 'hitting NHS patient safety' - Patient safety is being compromised in Welsh hospitals by a drive to save money,... http://ow.ly/1gNZZI

Why Doctors Can't Predict How Long a ...

2012-01-18T22:35:00.001-08:00

Why Doctors Can't Predict How Long a Patient Will Live - Predicting a patient's life expectancy, once an essential p... http://ow.ly/1gNHbc

Doctors say no to pension reforms - D...

2012-01-18T10:45:00.001-08:00

Doctors say no to pension reforms - Doctors have rejected plans to change their pensions and would be prepared to ta... http://ow.ly/1gN467

Meningitis jab â€˜protection hopeâ€™ - A ...

2012-01-18T04:43:00.001-08:00

Meningitis jab ‘protection hope’ - A vaccine against one of the most common forms of childhood meningitis could redu... http://ow.ly/1gMHwh

How Exercise May Keep Alzheimer's at ...

2012-01-17T22:36:00.001-08:00

How Exercise May Keep Alzheimer's at Bay - A daily walk or jog could alter the risk of developing Alzheimer's or cha... http://ow.ly/1gMoBE

Nurse Donates Own Kidney To Patient -...

2012-01-17T10:46:00.001-08:00

Nurse Donates Own Kidney To Patient - Nurse Allison Batson donated one of her own kidneys to 23-year old patient, Cl... http://ow.ly/1gLLlE

Indian TB cases 'can't be cured' - Tu...

2012-01-17T04:43:00.001-08:00

Indian TB cases 'can't be cured' - Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has be... http://ow.ly/1gLoTe

3D face scans for museum visitors - V...

2012-01-16T22:34:00.001-08:00

3D face scans for museum visitors - Visitors to London's Science Museum are being invited to have their faces scanne... http://ow.ly/1gL6vJ

AUDIO: Manager compensated in race ro...

2012-01-16T10:44:00.001-08:00

AUDIO: Manager compensated in race row - NHS manager Elliot Browne told Radio 5 live that he did not think at first ... http://ow.ly/1gKvXn

Research provides diabetes hope - Sci...

2012-01-16T04:44:00.001-08:00

Research provides diabetes hope - Scientists say they have uncovered new evidence which it is hoped could eventually... http://ow.ly/1gKaKn

London 2012 'disease spread risk' - M...

2012-01-15T22:33:00.001-08:00

London 2012 'disease spread risk' - Mass gatherings, such as the London 2012 Olympics, can be a hotbed of diseases f... http://ow.ly/1gJSWN

Apps give autistic children 'a voice'...

2012-01-15T10:33:00.001-08:00

Apps give autistic children 'a voice' - Are apps the answer to how children with autism learn? http://ow.ly/1gJrwW

Lansley calls for implant action - He...

2012-01-15T04:33:00.001-08:00

Lansley calls for implant action - Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says private clinics which used potentially fault... http://ow.ly/1gJdeF

UK women in breast implants march - A...

2012-01-14T10:35:00.001-08:00

UK women in breast implants march - Around 60 women march on private clinics in London that fitted PIP breast implan... http://ow.ly/1gIy8B

Scientists Isolate Hormone That Trigg...

2012-01-14T04:36:00.001-08:00

Scientists Isolate Hormone That Triggers Health Benefits Of Exercise http://ow.ly/1gIjzG

Implant furore 'justifies' reform - T...

2012-01-13T22:34:00.001-08:00

Implant furore 'justifies' reform - The PIP breast implant scandal reinforces the need to reform Europe-wide regulat... http://ow.ly/1gI52M

Bed shortage in all health trusts - U...

2012-01-13T10:43:00.001-08:00

Bed shortage in all health trusts - Under pressure health staff at several of Northern Ireland's accident and emerge... http://ow.ly/1gHwkr

Dental body's complaints backlog - Th...

2012-01-13T04:43:00.001-08:00

Dental body's complaints backlog - The body which investigates dangerous or incompetent dentists has been battling a... http://ow.ly/1gHaQB

VIDEO: Heart-stopping moment for medi...

2012-01-12T22:35:00.001-08:00

VIDEO: Heart-stopping moment for medics - A team of medical workers in Mexico were caught on camera as they dropped ... http://ow.ly/1gGTqh

Woman died after organ op mix-up - A ...

2012-01-12T10:43:00.001-08:00

Woman died after organ op mix-up - A woman died after an experienced surgeon unintentionally attempted to take out t... http://ow.ly/1gGjaa

$10m prize for 'Star Trek' gadget - A...

2012-01-12T04:37:00.001-08:00

$10m prize for 'Star Trek' gadget - A $10m (£6.5m) prize will be awarded to whoever can create a Star Trek-like hand... http://ow.ly/1gFX6c

Pressure mounting over implants - The...

2012-01-11T22:33:00.001-08:00

Pressure mounting over implants - The Health Secretary for England, Andrew Lansley, is facing calls for more decisiv... http://ow.ly/1gFFNe

Clinic will not remove implants - The...

2012-01-11T10:42:00.001-08:00

Clinic will not remove implants - The Harley Medical Group, which fitted more PIP breast implants than any other fir... http://ow.ly/1gF5ev

Brain's Ability To Self-Repair Booste...

2012-01-11T04:39:00.001-08:00

Brain's Ability To Self-Repair Boosted By Natural Protein - Researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) in t... http://ow.ly/1gEJFB

Breastfed babies 'will cry more' - Ne...

2012-01-10T22:34:00.001-08:00

Breastfed babies 'will cry more' - New mums should be advised that it is normal for their baby to cry more if they a... http://ow.ly/1gErYF

Welsh NHS to replace all implants - T...

2012-01-10T10:45:00.001-08:00

Welsh NHS to replace all implants - The Welsh government says it will pay to remove and replace banned breast implan... http://ow.ly/1gDPbR

Nicotine Patches, Gum, Don't Help Smo...

2012-01-10T04:41:00.001-08:00

Nicotine Patches, Gum, Don't Help Smokers Quit Long-Term, New Study http://ow.ly/1gDqFW

Nicotine Patch Appears To Help Mild C...

2012-01-09T22:34:00.001-08:00

Nicotine Patch Appears To Help Mild Cognitive Loss - Patients with mild cognitive impairment may benefit from using ... http://ow.ly/1gD7Zx

Islet Homeostasis Protein May Be New ...

2012-01-09T10:42:00.001-08:00

Islet Homeostasis Protein May Be New Target For Type 1 Diabetes Treatment http://ow.ly/1gCwzO

5 Ways To Lose Weight Which Don't Involve Dieting

2012-01-09T04:26:00.001-08:00

Is your diet program failing you? Over the last two months, most American gained 5 more pounds. Here are 5 effective weight loss strategies that can help you to reach ideal weight without compromising your health. And it has nothing to do with your diet. Slow and steady lose some weight. You can get the whole story at Forbes.

Have two drink-free days, MPs say - P...

2012-01-08T22:33:00.001-08:00

Have two drink-free days, MPs say - People should have at least two days a week completely clear of alcohol, a group... http://ow.ly/1gBUZ7

New Drug Screening Identifies Chemica...

2012-01-08T04:32:00.001-08:00

New Drug Screening Identifies Chemical Agents With Potent Anti-Cancer Activity http://ow.ly/1gBeEP

Defying the odds of medicine - How St...

2012-01-07T22:30:00.001-08:00

Defying the odds of medicine - How Stephen Hawking has defied doctors for nearly 50 years http://ow.ly/1gB1yM

Guidelines Stress Caution When Combin...

2012-01-07T04:35:00.001-08:00

Guidelines Stress Caution When Combining Anti-Epileptic, HIV Drugs http://ow.ly/1gAm5n

Clinics 'should remove implants' - Wo...

2012-01-06T10:41:00.001-08:00

Clinics 'should remove implants' - Women anxious about their banned PIP breast implants should be able to have them ... http://ow.ly/1gzzvV

Monkey Study Raises Hope Of HIV/AIDS ...

2012-01-06T04:39:00.001-08:00

Monkey Study Raises Hope Of HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Scientists have tested a trial vaccine that protects rhesus monkeys ... http://ow.ly/1gzfqB

Cognitive Function Can Start Failing ...

2012-01-05T22:32:00.001-08:00

Cognitive Function Can Start Failing At 45 Years Of Age - A human's ability to remember data, to reason, and underst... http://ow.ly/1gyYI3

The Shame of Filling a Prescription -...

2012-01-05T10:41:00.001-08:00

The Shame of Filling a Prescription - Most physicians think little about prescriptions after they hand them off to t... http://ow.ly/1gyoQi

Weight Loss Surgery May Reduce Risk Of Heart Attack

2012-01-05T07:50:00.001-08:00

Obese people who decide to undergo stomach surgery to speed weight loss may lower their risk of having and dying from a heart attack or stroke.

Read the complete story.

Soldier stress disorder help call - T...

2012-01-05T04:39:00.001-08:00

Soldier stress disorder help call - The girlfriend of a soldier found hanged in Pembrokeshire on New Year's Day call... http://ow.ly/1gy1qH

Think Like a Doctor: An Ice Pick in t...

2012-01-04T22:32:00.001-08:00

Think Like a Doctor: An Ice Pick in the Head - Can you solve a medical mystery involving a middle-aged woman with a ... http://ow.ly/1gxJRj

DNA Implanted Bacteria To Detect Gluc...

2012-01-04T10:47:00.001-08:00

DNA Implanted Bacteria To Detect Glucose - Should a study by a team of students from Missouri University of Science ... http://ow.ly/1gx9O3

Complementary Image Processing In The...

2012-01-04T04:41:00.001-08:00

Complementary Image Processing In The Cerebral Hemispheres - The left brain/right brain dichotomy has been prominent... http://ow.ly/1gwOPN

Why Ice May Be Bad for Sore Muscles -...

2012-01-03T22:33:00.001-08:00

Why Ice May Be Bad for Sore Muscles - For sore muscles, ice is not always the panacea that most of us believe it to ... http://ow.ly/1gwxAF

For Neck Pain, Chiropractic and Exerc...

2012-01-03T10:41:00.001-08:00

For Neck Pain, Chiropractic and Exercise Are Better Than Drugs http://ow.ly/1gvXDx

A Firmer Understanding Of Muscle Fibr...

2012-01-03T04:37:00.001-08:00

A Firmer Understanding Of Muscle Fibrosis In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy http://ow.ly/1gvD5Y

Save care system, say campaigners - A...

2012-01-02T22:33:00.001-08:00

Save care system, say campaigners - A letter signed by leading health bodies and charities urges politicians to tran... http://ow.ly/1gvn64

Really? The Claim: Listening to Music...

2012-01-02T10:37:00.001-08:00

Really? The Claim: Listening to Music Can Relieve Pain - In recent years, a growing number of doctors have been usin... http://ow.ly/1guRMS

Drive promotes cheap healthy food - A...

2012-01-01T22:28:00.001-08:00

Drive promotes cheap healthy food - A new effort to convince families in England that they can eat healthily on a bu... http://ow.ly/1gumGl

Pre-Surgery Exam Rates Vary Widely Am...

2012-01-01T04:31:00.001-08:00

Pre-Surgery Exam Rates Vary Widely Among Hospitals - Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an int... http://ow.ly/1gtKhU

Detox is 'futile', says charity - Giv...

2011-12-31T22:27:00.001-08:00

Detox is 'futile', says charity - Giving up alcohol or going on a detox for one month is pointless, especially after... http://ow.ly/1gtvQJ

UK to review breast implant data - A ...

2011-12-31T04:32:00.001-08:00

UK to review breast implant data - A review of the data used to assess the risks posed by faulty breast implants is ... http://ow.ly/1gsUiF

Helping the homeless to better health...

2011-12-30T22:28:00.001-08:00

Helping the homeless to better health - The scheme to get people off the street and into the doctor's http://ow.ly/1gsGdS

Rise in social care fees 'a tax' - Fi...

2011-12-30T10:36:00.001-08:00

Rise in social care fees 'a tax' - Figures show a sharp rise in the cost of council services for elderly and disable... http://ow.ly/1gsbPi

VIDEO: Scientists in MS 'breakthrough...

2011-12-30T04:35:00.001-08:00

VIDEO: Scientists in MS 'breakthrough' - Scientists in Edinburgh and Cambridge have discovered what they say could e... http://ow.ly/1grU3G

Durezol And Durasal, Don't Get Them M...

2011-12-29T22:30:00.001-08:00

Durezol And Durasal, Don't Get Them Mixed Up, FDA Warns - Eye drug Durezol (difluprednate ophthalmic emulsion) and w... http://ow.ly/1grEDP

The Provider Will See You Now - When ...

2011-12-29T10:39:00.001-08:00

The Provider Will See You Now - When did doctors become providers? The term has a deliberate sterility to it that wr... http://ow.ly/1gr9QH

Why 2012 is a big year for the NHS - ...

2011-12-29T04:34:00.001-08:00

Why 2012 is a big year for the NHS - Why 2012 is a big year for the health service http://ow.ly/1gqQ0K

Diet 'can stop brain shrinking' - Eat...

2011-12-28T22:30:00.001-08:00

Diet 'can stop brain shrinking' - Eating a diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from ageing while tr... http://ow.ly/1gqAe9

Why Lost Pounds Come Back - Clearly, ...

2011-12-28T10:36:00.001-08:00

Why Lost Pounds Come Back - Clearly, weight loss is an intense struggle, one in which we are not fighting simply hun... http://ow.ly/1gq3ts

New money for mental health help - Pa...

2011-12-28T04:35:00.001-08:00

New money for mental health help - Patients with mental health problems in Wales may be able to access more help fro... http://ow.ly/1gpKSY

The Year in Fitness - As most of us p...

2011-12-27T22:31:00.001-08:00

The Year in Fitness - As most of us prepare our exercise resolutions for 2012, now seems the ideal time to review th... http://ow.ly/1gpu41

Colon Cancer Advances Show Black-Whit...

2011-12-27T10:37:00.001-08:00

Colon Cancer Advances Show Black-White Divide - Advances in screening, diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer mean ... http://ow.ly/1goWcT