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3millionlives concordat signed
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Care for high-risk surgery 'falling short'
Private healthcare industry faces inquiry
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Private health sector may distort competition, OFT says
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Switch in cervical cancer vaccine
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RCGP chairwoman warns commissioners could 'outsource' care for high-cost patients
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GPs prescribe £15m painkillers
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NICE publishes quality improvement guide on preventing and controlling healthcare associated infections
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NHS hospital wins legal fight over children's heart surgery
Dementia cases expected to rise by one third
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Mouthwash recalled over bacteria fears
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Avoid alcohol three days a week, doctors warn
Britons urged to 'get walking'
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Moderate wine consumption 'boosts spinal bone density'
Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected
Unions claim blood service review 'victory'
'Glue ear' treatment could see 'end to grommet surgery'
Life expectancy gap between north and south increases
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NHS leaves men with breast cancer 'isolated'
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GPs central to quality of out-of-hours care
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EU rules on health staff 'put patients at risk'
Egg donor compensation expected to triple
Study finds link between swine flu and stillbirth
Medicine thrown into crisis by stem cell ruling
Risks from European doctors with less training than Boost chemists
Blood pressure drugs can lower Alzheimer's risk by up to 50 per cent
Patient choice ‘tops out’ as NHS referrals to private providers flatline
Better hospital IT 'would save thousands of lives'
Elderly women underestimating threat of breast cancer
Fears fish foot spa pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C
Andrew Lansley wants you to go on a diet.
NHS missing an "opportunity" over complaints
Enzyme 'switch' clue to infertility and miscarriage
Obesity 'worse for teen girls' blood pressure'
Vaccine hope as research reveals viruses are linked to 40 per cent of all cancers
Steve Jobs: why his pancreatic cancer is a 'sniper's fire' illness
Call for national list of NHS services to avoid conflict
DH reviews 'bonkers' rules enforcing competition when commissioning community services
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World-first drug could stop cataract blindness, say scientists
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Doctors call for separate daily and weekly drinking limits
Spit test could be used to detect pancreatic cancer
Glasgow surgeon using ultrasound to treat fractures
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Thousands of unknown viruses found
High doses of vitamin E 'can significantly increase risk of prostate cancer'
Vitamins linked with higher death risk in older women
Millions of hospital meals uneaten, analysis suggests
Health bill threatens diabetics, claims charity
The back pain victims who suffer needlessly for years
Millions of hip replacement patients can celebrate the work of Sir John Charnley
Brain 'rejects negative thoughts'
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Health bill could be diluted further to win Lords' vote
Severe hypoglycaemia cause found
NHS cuts: Managers urge government honesty
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Men 'underestimate waist size'
Mobile phone users suffering from 'text neck'
Tanning salons more dangerous than previously thought
Human 'cloning' makes embryonic stem cells
Roll out of personal health budgets from October 2012
Two thirds 'would use HIV home testing kits if they were legal'
GP practice under fire for offering NHS patients private treatment
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Dirty desks 'increase cold and flu'
Referral to talking therapies may cut use of health services and sick leave
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NHS pays millions of pounds more than it needs to for drugs
'Political fix' to save health bill
Health and education workers on strike over budget cuts
NHS changes 'to cause irreparable harm'
'Flexible' work call for women doctors
Men 'more prone to type 2 diabetes'
Death of a worker sees trust offer day off to hospital staff who have flu jab
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Laughter better than drugs for dementia
Plastic surgeons warn over 'stem-cell' breast surgery
Beta blockers 'may stop breast cancer spreading'
Children's packed lunches 'lack fruit and veg'
15,000 NHS nurses fear axe as cuts hit patients
Body language important for clinical decisions
Don't sweat it! Woman who do 'moderate' exercisers are far happier than gym bunnies
Nurofen Plus goes back on sale in tamper-proof packs
Fake medicine trade: UK crackdown on drug importers
Twitter 'offers world mood clues'
Doubts raised over dyslexia diagnoses
Bupa to be Official Health Insurance Partner of UK Sport
Under-30s 'more likely' to call in sick
Emergency surgery patients' lives at risk, say surgeons
Targeted back pain care 'cheaper and better for patients'
Tens of thousands of surgical patients dying needlessly because of poor NHS care, says Royal College of Surgeons
Malaria vaccine trial hope
'Screen men at 50 for bowel cancer' and save thousands of lives, says charity
Painkiller heart alert: Don't stop taking pills, but do talk to your GP, British scientists urge
Private company accuses foundation trust of 'predatory pricing'
Study underlines importance of activity for back pain
UK medics lead Europe's first embryonic stem cell trial
Dutch engineers make 'robot legs' for stroke patients
Trainee nurses 'spend too long in lecture halls and not enough time with patients'
Zinc is good for the memory... but too much could 'trigger epilepsy'
Designer drugs 'cost NHS millions'
Brittle bone drug offers new hope that it could hold arthritis at bay
Alzheimer's researchers receive £5.1m boost for projects across the UK
Private GP surgeries 'to double'
Commissioning groups 'concerned' about size and budgets
Yawning is body's "thermostat"
Quarter wait over a week to see GP
Could ladybird blood help us beat diseases from tuberculosis to MRSA?
GMC says more support needed for overseas doctors in UK
Glowing wound dressing indicates infection
Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer
Attitudes to cholesterol 'worrying'
Surgeons light up cancer cells in attempt to cut relapses
Gene find could lead to drug for chronic back pain
Savings from NHS reforms reduced by £700m
Rake some leaves to cut dementia risk: How exercise that gets the heart pumping slows condition
Oily fish and nuts 'cut chance of food allergies'
Brain stents designed to prevent strokes actually DOUBLE the risk
David Cameron’s NHS ‘support’ claim disputed by staff
Cancer drug resistance clue found
NHS managers restricting access to crucial scans and tests
Office workers urged to 'do more exercise', as one in three left out of breath by stairs
Diabetics warned to get eyes tested
UK among countries worst at tackling pancreatic cancer
MPs debate hospitals private earnings cap
Fungus which kills half of infected hospital patients is 'becoming drug resistant'
Stem cell trial for heart failure approved
Ibuprofen linked to double risk of miscarriage
Nurses and midwives urged to get flu jab
NDM-1 superbug enzyme's 'photofit' taken
Critics renew attacks on NHS overhaul
Close hospital services to improve safety, says think-tank
Couch potatoes are missing exercise gene
£2bn held back from patient care in NHS reforms, says Labour
Soil bacteria can help kill cancer by delivering drugs 'straight into tumours'
HPV vaccination programme 'to be extended to boys'
Coral could hold key to sunscreen pill
Opticians 'should offer blood sugar checks'
New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Florida funeral home
Inditherm receives backing from NICE
Daily heart pill for the healthy 'would be a huge waste of money'
GPs encouraged to offer online consultations as part of '24-hour access' plans
A&E quality data published for first time
Labour attacks NHS bill amendments
Doctor Skype? NHS mulls online GP consultations
Campaigners warn over salt levels in bread
US stroke rates 'rising in young'
NHS dentistry proposals could mean less check-ups
'High risk' health reforms warning
Soil bacteria helps kill cancers
NHS hospital management by overseas firms 'discussed'
Department of Health survey reveals people in Yorkshire and Humberside underestimate number of calories in food
A Big Mac and calorie count, please: Fast food giants, pizza chains and coffee shops should publish nutrition details
'Tiny radioactive beads helped me beat bowel cancer' tells miracle patient
Hygiene rule breach ‘risk’ to patients
Hospital care for elderly scrutinised
Middle-aged Brits are the world's fattest and most depressed, says Bupa study
Working together via the modern media
UK stem cell stroke trial passes first safety test
Microchip implant monitors tumour growth
'Anti-cancer virus' shows promise
The NHS has rooms for improvement in end of life care
Bird flu fear as mutant strain hits China and Vietnam
Bad sleep ups blood pressure risk
'Devastating divide' in access to new cancer drugs
NHS pays spin doctors more than cancer experts
NHS spending on homeopathy prescriptions falls to £122,000
Exclusive: Yorkshire executives avoid axe in health shake-up
Electric jab in your arm that fights skin cancer
Scientists create tanning implant
Power to the patients, even the reluctant ones
Bid to fight child obesity
Global governments 'must get tough on obesity'
Investigations into the Nurofen Plus mix-up begin
Taking certain antidepressants could cut the risk of both bowel and brain cancer
Cancer scoring to predict how long patients have left to live
Holidaymakers warned after six struck by malaria in Greece
Future heart health 'shaped by diet'
Diabetes drugs 'driving rise in NHS drugs bill'
Brain Scan Detects Alzheimer's Disease Risk In Healthy Individuals
Blood pressure guidelines revised in England and Wales
MRSA superbug death total 'continues to fall'
Scientists hail Parkinson's brain cells 'breakthrough'
Chris Grayling publishes list of ten most bizarre health and safety bans
First new skin cancer treatment since 1970s goes on sale
Call to measure duration of obesity
Bowel cancer awareness 'stubbornly low'
Child aged four in Wales' A&Es for drink and drugs
Commuting is 'more stressful for women than men'
Vitamin D mum test 'could protect babies from rickets'
Three cancers share genetic link
Modified ecstasy 'attacks blood cancers'
PFI projects 'poor value for money', say MPs
Death knell for mixed-sex wards: After years of broken promises, a 90% drop in hospital cases
County NHS officials say no to cannabis-based MS treatment
Research shows thousands of patients could be taking statins needlessly
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Trainee doctor changeover 'impacts on patient safety'
Woman gets £500,000 compensation after spending two years 'imprisoned' in hospital when medics miss infection
NHS to offer stress-buster course
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Alcohol companies accused of exploiting Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by 'targeting young people with drink campaigns'
Virtual touch helps keyhole surgeons to 'feel' tumours
'Suicide bomber' bacteria destroys superbug
Coroner calls for review of anaesthetic procedures after woman's death
BMA 'extremely concerned' on central flu vaccine purchase plan
Essex care worker arrested after 'insulin death'
NHS watchdog reports on Western Isles Hospital
15-minute daily exercise is 'bare minimum for health'
Cancer discovery offers hope of tackling spread of disease
Tom Condliff told NHS will pay for gastric band surgery
Glasgow University study to tackle heart bypass failure
Coffee suncream could slow skin cancer
Fat 'disrupts sugar sensors causing type 2 diabetes'
'Late' asthma research unearths potential new treatment
Delays in hospital treatment in England grow
Clydebank hospital uses new technique on heart patients
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GPs say extended commissioning will negatively impact patient care
Unison: Why we worry about social enterprises in the NHS
Personal care budgets need further testing
Tattoo-like electronic patch to monitor health
Public health handover work to begin in 2011
Health wins as spending shrinks
Alzheimer's drug tests in six years, Lancaster researcher says
Genetic clues to what triggers MS
Four-fold rise in heart and cancer scan delays with NHS patients waiting more than six weeks
Cells that 'kill' leukaemia in three weeks have been developed by scientists
NHS faces growing financial pressure, says auditor
NHS hospitals needed £200m in bailouts and loans
Scientists make schizophrenia breakthrough
More aggressive chemo better for older lung cancer patients
Could the Atkins diet help you keep diabetes at bay?
The hidden risks of top herbal remedies that pharmacists don't tell us about
Women who suffer sleep apnoea more likely to get dementia later in life
Call for more maternity doctors
Number of NHS patients waiting over six weeks for tests quadruples
Back pain and disc health 'linked' to lack of nutrients
Exercise should be 'standard part of cancer care'
Texts could improve malaria care
Memory is 'team effort' by several regions of the brain
Stepping Hill Hospital deaths: Nurse still questioned
Women on the pill 'may experience gradual bone loss'
Only one in 13 teenage girls eats enough fruit and veg
World Health Organization calls for TB blood test ban
Flu vaccine given to millions of Britons to be withdrawn amid narcolepsy fears
Animal testing 'requires tighter regulation'
GPs told to stop 'chemical cosh' for dementia victims which cause hundreds of deaths
Stepping Hill Hospital deaths: Nurse questioned
Head injuries can have 'physical link to dementia'
Goal to rid world of polio by end of 2012 'off track'
Retailers in fruit and veg pledge
Vegetarian diet 'helps protect against common bowel disorder'
Blood test for Alzheimer's 'a step closer'
Stepping Hill Hospital deaths: Nurse on murder arrest
NHS competition extended to community care
Heart patients told 'stay on aspirin'
'Low priority' for hip and knee surgery
C.diff outbreak pressures hospital
Post cuts 'accelerating' in England, warns RCN
Cancer rate rising in middle-aged
Painkillers 'may ease agitation' in dementia patients
Nudge not enough to change lifestyles – peers
Scientists develop heart disease and diabetes-fighting drug which is more effective than statins
Stepping Hill deaths inquiry: Two male patients named
Stepping Hill patient: How I escaped clutches of hospital 'sabotage killer'
Hospital serial killer probe adds two more names of dead patients
Family tell of grief over pensioner's death in hospital 'contamination' scandal
MRSA wiped out at Midland hospitals
Painkillers 'may ease agitation' in dementia patients
Scientists find 'better way' to grow adult stem cells
Blindness fear as diabetics denied drug by NHS rationing watchdog
NHS to lose 100,000 nurses in next decade due to government cuts, health report warns
Statin prescriptions in UK now total a million each week
Could tea and coffee protect against MRSA? Study shows drinkers half as likely to carry the superbug
NHS 'creaking at the seams' as waiting lists rise
Anti-depressant prescriptions quadruple over the last 20 year as one in 10 adults is now depressed
Nice drug decisions 'leave some patients suffering'
Unnecessary A&E visits costing £100m+ a year
Take care of your teeth and eyes 'to cut risk of dementia'
Spinal cord repair restores independent breathing
New technique could see end of plaster casts
Surgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant
Warning over legal Russian drug phenazepam
Researchers take US temperature via Twitter
Sports help lower aggression in boys
Alzheimer's screening could be possible in two years and a cure in 10
New solution can help 'permanently get rid of germs'
New study scrutinizes heart stent procedures
Mum’s fury at hospital’s parking rule
Council backs heart unit fight
Waiting times for vital NHS tests rise for thousands of patients
NHS chiefs warn of rising hospital waiting times
Men wanted as stem cell donors
'Floss for fertility', women advised
Cutting back on salt 'does not make you healthier' (despite nanny state warnings)
The clouds will protect me: Why two thirds of us never wear sun cream in the UK
Protest over cuts which ‘treat elderly as low-value patients’
Personal trainer Dave shows he is at community’s heart
Hospital gets to shortlist
Councillor keeps up opposition to heart unit move
Organ transplant waiting times soar
Mobile phones 'unlikely' to cause cancer’
Study casts doubt on diabetes screening
Hospitals 'named and shamed' on bedsores record which costs NHS £4bn a year
How to shape NHS services
Children taken to A&E with 'routine complaints'
'Patients must not be afraid to question GP'
Irish scientists secure funding for nail clipping osteoporosis test
Sleeping longer 'helps athletes reach peak performance'
'Stunning inequities' in end-of-life care, report says
Leeds Save Our Surgery Campaign: MPs’ letter hits out at heart reviewers
Nice approves cardiac drug
NHS faces 'diabetes time bomb'
Obesity 'is higher among non-smoking women'
Major investigation into care at London NHS trust
The forever young drug: Scientists make sick and ageing cells healthy again
NHS Direct cuts frontline budget by £7.9m
Health profiles released for your local area
Care Quality Commission hit by 'no confidence' petition
MPs’ praise for website
Fruit, veg and nuts aid weight loss
Doctors reject revised NHS plans
Rules on foreign doctors 'put patient safety at risk'
Non-smoker women 'at obesity risk'
Medication packs probe
Team effort to cut hours
BMA members defy leadership to call for health bill to be scrapped
Failing NHS complaints system needs overhaul, MPs say
Why was the E coli outbreak so deadly?
It's not just fat people. The slim and healthy can get diabetes, too
The way to save the NHS – close hospitals
BMA demands national list of 'low priority' treatments
Government plans more Health Bill amendments
Surgical tools used in NHS operations 'substandard'
NHS told to avoid 'slash and burn cuts'
'Lean gene' means slim people could be less healthy than the obese
50-somethings who are 'fitter than in their 20s'
Television creates 'perfect storm' of childhood obesity
GPs feeling pressurised to prescribe unlicensed medication for ADHD, warn LMC leaders
Health Bill: Government publishes 181 amendments
Give all young children flu vaccine, experts say
Crash course diet reverses Type 2 diabetes in a week
Fatal cocktail of common drugs putting elderly at risk
Comfort eating linked to stress in hormone study
GP patient survey set for revamp
Hospital pillows riddled with infection
Protein 'helps predict Alzheimer's risk'
Organ donor register passes 18m
How your pillow is the perfect breeding ground for gruesome array of pests and diseases
Spine fluid test that could spot signs of Alzheimer's giving future sufferers time to prepare
Plans under way to tackle ageism in the NHS
Guidance advises same day hip operations for fractures
PCTs to survive as 'outposts' of new commissioning board
Elderly told to have regular eye tests to stop falls
Faster access to stroke surgery could help over 1,000
Taxpayers will no longer 'bail out' failing NHS hospitals
U.S. to unveil graphic tobacco warning labels
Controversial British voice box transplant given go-ahead
Heart disease beats breast cancer as the biggest killer
Appeal court to rule on 'human right' to anti-obesity surgery
Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Yorkshire scientists in ‘cancer vaccine’ discovery
Parents' behaviour 'can influence teen drinking'
Sight restored after 55-year wait
Hospital wait breaches 'going up'
New drug could further help people with epilepsy
New work and mental health website launched
The UK's leading oral health charity is urging people to change their attitudes towards their teeth and dentists, or risk losing their ‘Smile factor' forever.
'Rapid Recovery project makes patients better quicker'
Super glue for the brain could save thousands of lives as it makes aneurysms disappear
Milburn calls amended NHS plans 'a car crash'
Olive oil 'helps prevent stroke'
Cameron and Miliband clash over cancer patient welfare
Research shows that one in four patients fear injections
GP commissioning leads warn health bill changes could 'recreate PCTs'
Bees' role in superbug fight, finds Cardiff research
Images capture moment brain goes unconscious
Drop in sexually transmitted diseases in England
Cameron backs wholesale changes to NHS plans
Just two hours of telly a day can kill you, say doctors
The brainy way to slim: Just concentrate on the food as you eat and listen to the body saying it's full
Grass pollen misery forces hay fever children indoors
Cap that could beat insomnia by cooling your brain down
Picking the right painkiller doesn't have to be a pain
Nick Clegg to claim NHS changes victory for Lib Dems
Researchers' hope of 20 new vaccines in next decade
Fund vaccines for poorest children, pleads charity
Nicotine treatment 'could control obesity'
First vaccine against deadly meningitis B will be available 'within months'
DRI passes elderly care inspection
Pill to mend a broken heart 'developed by scientists'
Older people receive worse NHS cancer care
Half of UK population had swine flu during pandemic... and many didn't even REALISE it
GPs still not ready to back NHS plans despite climbdown
'Chemical cosh' dementia drug prescriptions concern
Queens University award for frog skin cancer research
Life expectancy rises in UK but north-south divide widens
Painful joints 'may be due to bursitis'
Obesity could reverse fall in the rate of heart attacks
UK doctors begin pioneering asthma treatment
Parents urged to be brain-tumour aware
Cameron outlines changes to NHS reforms after criticism
New E.coli cases dropping significantly in Germany
NICE to develop new guideline on acute painful sickle cell episode
GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
Neurology care criticised by RCP
Oestrogen treatment may improve bone density in anorexic girls
New children's paracetamol limits
Drug firms cut vaccine prices to the developing world
Neurology care 'is lacking' for UK patients
Sainsbury's announces rapid expansion of in-store surgeries
E. coli outbreak: Europe-wide controls 'not needed'
Innovation 'improves healthcare delivery'
Woman’s asthma operation at Manchester hospital gives hope to millions
300 march to protest at NHS shake-up plans
Diagnosing malnutrition could cut hip fractures.
TB vaccination for all London newborns proposed
E. coli outbreak: UK cases rise to 11
Skin cancer treatments revealed at conference
Foetal epilepsy drug danger shown
New cancer test wins £50,000 innovation prize
Mass screening for ovarian cancer 'not effective'
Eye implant for macular oedema recommended by NICE
QUB breakthrough in male infertility treatment
Antibiotic use questioned as new strain of MRSA appears
NHS health reforms could change - Andrew Lansley
German cucumber E.coli outbreak 'may last months'
Osteoporosis link to coeliac disease
GMC investigation as fitness to practise cases soar
New Department of Health campaigns funded
Hospital beds go in NHS efficiency drive, memo reveals
E.coli cucumber scare: Cases 'likely to increase'
Will taking an aspirin a day save YOUR life?
Human brain's 'bat sight' found
Skin cells 'turned into neurons' by US scientists
Measles outbreak prompts plea to vaccinate children
Commercial weight loss services 'more effective than GPs'
Regulator raises elderly care concerns
Health bill may have to be withdrawn – doctors
Help for GPs to diagnose mental health problems
10p polypill 'halves heart disease and stroke risk'
Running backwards could be a more effective way to get fit
Winter flu death toll topped 600
Smallpox decision deferred again
Extra calcium doses are 'no benefit' for bones
Lung patients warned about new ash cloud from Iceland
Alzheimer's can begin in young people
GPs reveal shocking cost of patients failing to attend appointments
New cancer drugs fund
Cooked tomatoes help battle cholesterol
Bacteria 'linked' to Parkinson's disease
Red meat 'raises bowel cancer risk'
Couch potato lifestyles of the internet generation 'creating weak children'
Britain's bill for elderly care 'to cost a fifth of GDP' by 2050
Paralysed man can stand and move his legs again
Hospitals get mixed sex-ward fines
New gel could solve back pain, scientists say
Hospitals buy 1,751 types of medical tube
NHS debate 'losing contact with reality'
Hospitals using 'inexperienced' locums as consultants
Body reprogrammed to accept donor organ as its own
Sticking plaster that can repair damaged hearts using cells
Two new Legionnaires’ disease cases confirmed
Flagship MRSA screening programme under review
Nick Clegg to oppose NHS competition regulator
Elderly falls 'badly managed by NHS'
Life-long obesity risk of ‘eating for two’ in pregnancy: Mothers won’t lose extra weight, experts warn
AIDS prevention 'breakthrough'
Public health boss claims 500 cases sun bed related
Bid to boost blood cancer survival
Cameron stands firm on NHS changes to 'avoid crisis'
Scalpel, Android, iPhone: the NHS starts dispensing apps
Surgery to end monthly pain threatening the fertility of 1.5m women
Ozone jab in the spine that can relieve your back pain
Cameron set to stand firm on need for NHS changes
Private sector 'still facing bit-part role in NHS'
Malaria blocks 'super-infection'
New £435 blood 'death test will prove a person's longevity'
Faulty medical implants leave NHS with costly bill
Hope for chronic pain sufferers as new drug becomes available
Prostate cancers advance more in obese men
Sickle cell anaemia treatment 'effective for children'
IVF policy change leads to fewer multiple pregnancies
Twitter 'vital' link to patients, say doctors in Japan
NHS axe falls on treatments
New arthritis drug given green light
New guidance for ovarian cancer tests
City professor pioneers new research into heart condition
Gene clue to how superbugs attack
Monkey HIV vaccine 'effective', say researchers
NHS patients record project faces cull
Selenium 'does not prevent cancer'
NHS 'urgently needs decisions to avoid disarray'
Debate over NHS reforms
How eHealth can lead to a healthier Europe
Call for fewer heart transplant units
Inquiry into Legionnaires cases in Glasgow
The happiness gene that determines how cheery we are
Prescribe statins to ALL over-55s, declares professor
NHS reforms will open the health service up to more competition
Drug offers hope for treating muscular dystrophy
FluPhone app 'helps track spread of infectious diseases'
Pills better for treating asthma than inhalers
Scientists turn 'bad fat' into 'good fat'
Three new breast cancer genes found and discovery could bring drugs lifesaver in five years
Arthritis sufferers warned about herbal treatments
Ban on stem-cell patents 'wrong’
Screen may spot autism in one-year-olds
Heart attacks 'are worse' if they happen in the morning
Chronic illness is the 'biggest killer', says WHO
GPs 'need better access to consultants'
Devolution points way to different types of NHS
Lithium 'slows development of Alzheimer's'
DIY heart check-up booth unveiled
Smog alert for England and Wales
Do women inherit their mother's health? From breast cancer to obesity, how your genes count more than your lifestyle
Parents' desperate plea to save life-saving heart unit from axe
Killing the pain with happy pills
GPs given all clear to strike price deals with drug firms
TB screening 'missing most cases’
Baby tragedy couple face new setback in quest for ‘justice’
Diet 'can reverse kidney failure' in mice with diabetes
Tai chi benefits heart failure patients
Kings Fund: Waiting times in England at three-year high
Ten years in a desk job 'doubles bowel cancer risk' (even if you go to the gym)
Patients could be at risk from unregulated 'cheap' healthcare workers
Pension and tax reforms could cut GP pay by a third
Calcium supplements 'increase heart attack risk by a fifth'
Virus and low sunlight 'raises multiple sclerosis risk'
Antidepressants boost new brain cell growth
New injection that 'cuts heart attack damage by more than half'
Hospital records of violence fall further
NHS shake-up: I take responsibility, says David Cameron
Councils cut back on free adult social care
Injectable gel could help treat arthritis
Take it easy? Patients should start exercise just a week after heart attack, claim doctors
Middle-aged are grumpy because happiness is U-shaped
Injectable gel may ease arthritis pain
TeloVac pancreatic cancer vaccine trial launched in UK
Women and depression: a modern malaise?
Communication breakdown over health service reforms
No to extra pay on royal wedding day
Cash crisis fears over city care homes
How exercise is helping people living with dementia
Brain scans fuel hope of early Alzheimer's detection
UK stillbirth rates among highest of rich nations
Type 2 diabetes 'cut' after weight-loss surgery
Lansley faces confidence vote by nurses
Ecstasy use leads to brain damage
Retail therapy could really be good for you
Half-hour walk 'cuts Alzheimer's risk'
Clinic for town’s obese slammed as ‘heavy burden on the taxpayer’
Worrying levels of iodine deficiency in the UK
Doctors 'often defy' their own treatment advice
Unused drugs ‘costing the NHS millions’
Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . working long hours
Older brains less nimble at multi-tasking
NHS reform: Front-line clinical jobs 'under threat
Row over prescription changes
Drinking over recommended limit 'raises cancer risk'
Too many men 'unconcerned' about weight health risks
Health services across Yorkshire are facing brutal cuts
Drinking over the limit 'raises cancer risk'
Too-cold homes 'causing illnesses'
More NHS hospitals face financial difficulties and mergers
Surgeons' training 'risks worsening emergency care'
Europe 'losing' superbugs battle
The latest super food? Tangerines 'a tonic for your heart'
Why too much stress makes your memory worse as you age (but a little can be helpful)
3,000 lives could be saved through bowel cancer test
Wrong medicines prescribed to 7 in 10 elderly
Alzheimer's blood test hope
NHS to be monitored on breast cancer surgery rates for elderly women
Eating three bananas a day could 'slash the risk of a stroke'
Working long hours 'raises heart attack risk'
Chemical found which 'makes bone marrow repair skin'
Fasting for 24 hours 'may cut your risk of heart disease and diabetes'
Are your joints older than you? How modern life can make you creaky before your time, whatever your lifestyle
Heart beat problem 'largely avoidable'
Blood flow monitor 'could save NHS £400m a year'
NHS staff encouraged to form John Lewis-style organisations
Combined drugs 'better' for blood pressure
NHS ‘not getting full value from its costly kit’
NHS accused of bias against private sector
Doctors cause a third of stubborn high blood pressure
Look into my eyes to predict my amputation risk
Death rates 'higher' among young adults than children
Redundancies are offered to NHS staff to save cash
Do cholesterol drugs reduce clot risk?
Cuts proposal sparks row over General Lifestyle Survey
Dementia checks at 75 urged by Alzheimer's Society
Surplus should be put back into NHS
Strong Link Between Nicotine And Diabetes Complications
All change as city Walk-In Centre is on the move
Downing Street rejects £1bn NHS Budget cut claim
Woman pays £1 for MRSA legal claim against hospital
Govt consults on pandemic flu strategy
Prostate cancer breakthrough shows 50% cut in fatalities
Rationed osteoporosis drug is 17 times more effective
Sperm grown in laboratory raise hopes of male infertility treatments
'Blackberry thumb’ is new health hazard
Private firms to join NHS Commissioning Board
Alzheimer's drug decision reversed
GP referral time 'variations' revealed by King's Fund
Arthritis drug could block melanoma skin cancer
Diagnosis of heart attacks improved
Doctors call for industrial action over 'devastating' NHS reforms
NHS could publish prescription details for every GP practice
Could your saucepans bring on the menopause? Chemicals found around the home linked to health problems
Huge growth in NHS staff
Government under attack over pay freeze
Top-of-range scanner
Doubling of UK HIV rate prompts routine testing call
Screening increases early bowel cancer detection
Staff census shows NHS workforce hits 1.4 million
Women risk cancer returning by stopping Tamoxifen early
New melanoma drug extends survival
Heart test a lifesaver
200,000 would die and public order could break down in flu pandemic
NHS manager numbers falling after 66% rise under Labour
Bupa abolishes limits on corporate cancer cover
Patient care 'at risk' from Easter and Royal wedding holidays
Champion way to cut cancer
Hospital staff report fall in violence cases
Government to cut health and safety inspections by a third
NHS 'failing to deliver' information
Hospital bosses admit 'some of our doctors can't speak or understand English'
Protein found in brain cells may be key to autism
Husband and wife overcome odds of 20,000/1 to BOTH beat breast cancer
Doctors urge breast cancer patients to take tamoxifen for full five years
Bees Could Reveal Key To Dementia
Scottish health secretary: England will end NHS as we know it
Young? Middle class? Female? Then you face a greater risk of getting skin cancer
Training places axed for nurses in Yorkshire
Breakthrough in delivering drugs to the brain
Tuberculosis vaccine target found
Hospitals told to publish surgery results in 'open source' NHS
Dieting is stressful and makes you irritable and angry
Private firms to run hospitals in Budget 'growth' plan
UK scientists make important blood clot discovery
Suspended diabetes drug Avandia 'raises heart disease risk by a quarter'
One in five patients find it almost impossible to get through to their GPs' surgery on the phone
NHS staff raise hygiene and staffing concerns
Gene therapy 'treats' Parkinson's disease
Cholesterol drugs could cut clots
Innovative tool in battle against cancer
Third of patients admitted 'at risk of malnutrition'
UK rise in age-related macular degeneration predicted
£2.5m boost to help increase blood supplies
The high-tech hairnet that can spot Alzheimer's
Parkinson's risk lowered with ibuprofen
Some alcohol may ward off dementia
Plans to target sale of tobacco products to be unveiled
England 'healthier than the US'
Preventive healthcare projects stand a sporting chance
Mum’s diet can make baby diabetic
Minister to use No Smoking Day to announce display ban
Pancakes, the truth about exercise, reducing cancer risks and surprising
Bowel cancer linked to cholesterol
Food sold in recycled cardboard packaging 'poses risk'
£775m health research funding 'to benefit NHS patients'
Women's lung cancers has doubled since 1970s in over-60s
Hope for early bowel cancer DNA test
Sleep well to stay happy at work Sleep well to stay happy at work
'MS experts in Britain have to open their minds’
Medicine labels to be made clearer
Cancer rise and sperm quality fall 'due to chemicals'
Memory cells killed by Alzheimer's grown in laboratory
Millions of surgery patients at risk in drug research fraud scandal
Woman takes top health job
Spinal test gives 'early prognosis'
NHS plan could stifle hospital reform, says King's Fund
Patients at risk as health trusts trim out-of-hours care
Review flu vaccine for all under-fives, say MPs
More than 1,000 NHS patients die in 'safety incidents' over just six-month period
'Our little miracle' Ella the ice baby, who died in the womb and was stillborn, amazes doctors by coming back to life after 25 MINUTES
First drug to tackle cause of cystic fibrosis ‘on sale as soon as next year’
Exercise cuts risk of developing bowel cancer polyps
Hospitals told to be vigilant over waiting time
Passive smoking 'raises breast cancer risk'
Prostate cancer test is 'twice as good', say researchers
Leaked document shows how doctors can profit from NHS reform
Health tips sent by text to children
GPs told to delay referrals until April
New map shows undiagnosed dementia cases across UK
Earlier cancer diagnosis 'could save 10,000 lives a year'
Cancer information collection criticised by MPs
Government health reform plans 'unethical' warns BMA
Sugary soft drinks linked to high blood pressure
Hospitals to use good design to cut crime
Doctors offered meningitis 'red flag' advice
Parents warned against giving paracetamol and ibuprofen for mild fever
New gene technology ‘can cause breast cancer cells to self-destruct’
Some Hospitals Would Find It "Difficult" To Survive Under Lansley's NHS Reforms
NHS trust set to axe on in 10 staff
Male breast cancer survivor urges men to get checked
Hospitals must adapt to new world, says NHS chief
Fertility treatment success is not prevented by stress
Avastin 'not approved' for breast cancers
Too many men having prostate cancer biopsies, warn scientists
Blood pressure referrals to 'go through the roof'
Tiny laser 'detects signs of skin cancer'
Traffic fumes 'trigger 9,000 heart attacks a year in Britain'
How the farmyard bugs that help children avoid asthma could be turned into vaccine
How a daily tipple could help topple risk of heart disease
Mobiles phones 'affect the brain'
Osteoporosis drugs 'raise the risk of thigh fractures' warn researchers
Blocking enzyme cut cancer spread
Thousands are 'at risk of alcohol death' say doctors
Daily pill that can stop the ringing in your ears
Fish oils reduce chances of Alzheimer's
Device 'could revolutionise blood pressure monitoring'
Cholesterol 'does not predict stroke in women'
Pills to cure mental ills
British drinking is among world's highest
Elderly 'to pay more for social care
Divorces hit 35-year low as fewer wed
It’s good to talk
Junk food generation faces diabetes timebomb as growing numbers of children develop disease previously only seen in adults
Negative experiences can stop painkillers working
High blood pressure patients 'benefit' from therapy
European Parliament approves fake medicine directive
DH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
Is this the key to beating all forms of meningitis? Universal vaccine comes a step closer
Zinc can be an 'effective treatment' for common colds
North-South health divide 'is widest for 40 years'
Revealed: 'Star Trek' scanner that can measure damage to your body from smoking and junk food
Want a healthy brain? Then do the crossword with a friend!
NHS reform will require new dialogue between GPs and specialists
Obesity Alone Raises Risk of Fatal Heart Attack
'Pedal while we work' idea raised by scientists in US
High risk of heart attack from diet drinks
Charity's concern at alcohol-related hospital admission
Council cuts 'put more pressure on the NHS
Cuts disastrous for brain science research, academics warn
Funding cuts could be disastrous for dementia research
Hospitals may have to close to 'balance the books'
Spice drug fights stroke damage
Guidance on antibiotics and contraceptive pill interaction changed
NHS sick leave 'higher in deprived areas'
Patient-run epidurals 'may cut need for intervention'
Whiter than white! Doctors' coats cleared over superbug scare that led to hospital ban
Prostate cancer's genetic code cracked which could save 10,000 lives a year
Nick Clegg to clarify extent of public services reform
Patients WILL have to ring national call centre to visit GPs despite Government's initial denial
Dementia 'not normal part of ageing' say scientists
Patient safety could slip during NHS reform, says RCGP
Prostate cancer 'gene test' hope
MS slowed by vitamin D
Cancer deaths across Europe 'tipped to fall in 2011'
Young people log on for shared headspace
Television heart risk needs more study
NHS shake-up 'risks diluting patient power'
Sleepwalking 'linked to chromosome fault'
The truth about breast cancer
Healthy diet 'boosts childhood IQ'
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
New clues to sight loss from AMD
Age related macular degeneration clue discovered
The one-off once in a lifetime super-jab for all types of flu
More gene clues to Parkinson's discovered
One sneeze can infect room for hours
Fears cuts will hamper child mental health drive
NHS overhaul plans pass first Commons hurdle
Early bowel cancer detected by dogs in Japan
Loneliness is 'hidden killer' of elderly
Study sheds light on heart risk in lupus patients
The case for change in NHS 'over-sold'
Many cancer patients 'missing out on radiotherapy'
Fall in flu levels 'continuing'
BMA calls for halt to NHS reforms and agrees to hold emergency national meeting
Insomnia 'a major health issue'
Warm houses making us fat
Hospital A&E department 'clogged up' with drunks
Obese mums 'more likely to be induced'
Families drop case against epilepsy drug Epilim
Parents 'do not recognise obesity in their children'
Commissioners could be forced to pay into Monitor fund
GPs face losing control of flu jabs programme
New medical centre brings military techniques to NHS
Kidney cancer linked to mutated gene
People with knee osteoarthritis to be recruited onto trial
Obesity warning as quarter of children lead isolated lives
Breakthrough on skin cancer: A pill that will fight the disease is only 'a year away
NHS bill to detail major overhaul in England
Male subfertility helped by antioxidants says research
Millions taking statins 'needlessly'
Exercise 'improves pain and function' in arthritis patients
Health reforms in England took NHS by surprise, MPs say
Legal aid cuts 'deprive drug claimants of day in court'
Care for heart failure patients is suboptimal: researchers
Early Alzheimer's sufferers to get new drugs after u-turn
NHS upheaval could have been avoided, leading GPs say
David Cameron puts focus on reforms 'legacy'
Women could be paid for donating their eggs to infertile couples
Doctors ordered to stop giving flu jabs to children
Call to create 'one-stop shop' for health research
Healthy people should wait for flu jab, says top doctor
Revealed: why women more likely to suffer MS
Blood test to detect Alzheimer's
Stroke recovery boosted by a course of Prozac
Alcoholism in family linked to obesity
Urgent appeal for blood donors as stocks run low
Drug helps clear lung mucus in cystic fibrosis patients
Vitamin pills 'could damage health' Which? claims
Elderly 'ignoring' skin cancer signs
Gene therapy 'memory boost hope'
Women 'in the dark' on heart risk
Blood clots 'kill more patients than superbugs' in NHS hospitals
Walking can slow decline in Alzheimers: research
Andrew Lansley promises radical new approach to public health
Clot drug to help heart patients
Obesity's link to sense of smell
Hearing loss linked to passive smoking
NICE confirms no funding for Avastin
'One in four cancers' detected at emergency stage
Instant test at 40 to predict Alzheimer's
Hospitals trial shock absorbent flooring
Smoking 'costs Scots economy nearly £1.1bn a year'
Dementia sufferers to increase by 70 per cent within 20 years
Lung research 'needs more money' Respiratory syncytial virus is a leading cause of infection
Fewer people quit smoking in recession, figures suggest
Why women delay getting help for a heart attack
Cell find may aid cancer vaccines
New anticoagulant 'is cost effective for AF treatment', study shows
Clue to how some 'control' their HIV without medication
Vitamin E linked to increased risk of some strokes
Medical students face average £70,000 debt
Drug 'could reduce stroke damage'
Scientists unveil new method to create bioartificial organs
Retina Implant hopes to launch sight chip
Rising tuition fees will make medicine more socially exclusive
Exercise 'can prevent a cold', a study shows
Call for mandatory salt curbs
Doctors told to cut anti-psychotic drugs for dementia
We're all carrying 100 genes linked to diseases such as cancer
Lethal pancreatic cancer 'grows for decades'
Swine flu killed three times more children than ordinary influenza: research
Cancer drugs fund to be £200m a year
Testicular cancer risk 'greater' for tall men
Giant marine virus found
Heavy smokers 'at increased risk of dementia'
New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
British Asian women ignoring cancer
'Unnecessary breast surgery' after MRI scans
Sexually-Transmitted HPV May Cause Oral Cancers
Tennis elbow injections do 'more harm than good'
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) budget is going to be cut by at least 35%.
Scenes of nature 'reduces pain' for cancer patients
Glasgow patients trial new brain cancer drug
Single hospital rooms fail to cut infection rate
First trial of embryonic stem cells in humans
Prostate pill that could give precious extra four months of life available next year
Scientists make malaria discovery
Deaf people 'can rewire brains'
One in 10 elderly Britons 'at risk of malnutrition'
Call for public to improve their own health
Post-hospital care given extra £70m
Flu jabs during pregnancy 'help protect child'
DoH invests £60m in bowel cancer screening
Exercising at home may prevent falls and fractures in elderly
Nurses' surgery advice to help save £150m a year
Leading cause of blindness identified
City life 'boosts bug resistance'
Painless laser device could spot early signs of disease
Migraine cause 'identified' as genetic defect
Turmeric extract may ease osteoarthritis pain
Bowel cancer fish oil and aspirin treatment study
Eye check-up with a mobile phone developed at MIT
Dementia cost 'to top 1% of GDP'
Seagulls 'may be spreading superbugs'
Western surge in obesity may have been caused by a virus
UK radiotherapy 'lagging behind'
Study shows ME/CFS 'virus link' found in children
Bipolar disorder 'not to blame for violent behaviour'
Unfit men working long hours 'twice as likely' to die of heart problems
NHS e-record system goes live at last
Call for tougher GP questioning on alcohol
How exercise boosts health
Free prescription plans 'on hold'
Arizona man is first to take artificial heart home
NHS 'reorganisation' is outlined
Patients with 'natural tolerance' to organ donations could help identify others
Deaths in England and Wales at lowest level since 1952
Hospitals among UK's best, according to patient survey
NHS explores paying people to become healthier
Coalition sets out vision for NHS
'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists
Dundee study finds heart drug used safely in the NHS
Weight 'key' in kidney transplant success
MND breakthrough 'could come without clones or human-animal hybrids'
Common Diabetes Drug Linked to Vitamin B-12 Deficiency
Urinary tract infections 'resistant to antibiotics'
Smallpox demise linked to spread of HIV infection
NHS 'weight loss surgery' to rise in Scotland
Gold-standard review finds rotavirus vaccines are effective
Statins 'reduce the risk of blood clots'
Four-in-one pill boost for heart patients
Meningitis C vaccine 'wears off in early teens'
Breakthrough 'protects diabetics against side-effects of insulin'
Breast cancer gene clue discovery
Stem cells raise hope for treatment for multiple sclerosis patients
New hope for HIV vaccine efforts
Broccoli 'could aid breast cancer fight' – scientists
Alzheimer’s risk is SIX times higher if your partner has it
Opt-out organ donor system 'would increase transplants
Screening test hope in painful bone disease
Engineering safer repairs for brain blood vessels
Robot arm used in heart surgery first in Leicester
Parents sue over E.coli outbreak
Personalised genetic medicine a step closer to reality
NHS patients in richer areas get operations earlier
Brain 'pacemaker' surgery hope
Leukaemia cells 'killed quicker'
Ward closures from norovirus increase
Public to have say on organ donation incentives
General Election 2010: union warns parties against NHS cuts
NHS winning war against superbugs
Blood pressure drugs 'could be used to help repair damaged kidneys'
Crackdown on MOT-style body scans
Thalidomide treats blood disorder
Anti-psychotic drugs link to pneumonia warning
NHS record praised on speed and access to care
Scientists hail 'revolutionary' kidney gene find
First aid 'could save thousands' - St John Ambulance
Huge rise in MRSA linked with childhood antibiotics
Hospital checklists for common conditions 'cut deaths'
Mixed-sex wards scrapped by most trusts
Contact lenses packed with vitamin E could help save the sight of millions of people with glaucoma
Operation Dignity: From a top designer, the hospital gown that leaves you less exposed
Departments pledge to cut costs by billions
Cancer scans delayed in NHS funding crisis as doctors fear 'slash and burn' cuts
Lung cancer gene found in non-smokers
Brain stimulation a 'promising therapy' for epilepsy
Competition to get school children involved in healthcare science
Weight-loss drugs 'unlikely to be of long-term benefit'
Hospitals urged to scrap ban on sitting on beds
One in four NHS hospital trusts 'failing basic hygiene standards', watchdog finds
Blood-thinning drug 'better than warfarin'
You can now have your kidney removed in 45 minutes, leaving a one-inch scar
Tongue device enables blinded soldier to 'see'
Too many visit GPs with minor ailments, campaigners say
Occasional high BP warning sign for stroke
Campaign seeks to raise awareness of Alzheimer's symptoms
Betrayal of 20,000 cancer patients: Rationing body rejects ten drugs (allowed in Europe) that could have extended lives
Common painkillers affect hearing
Coffee cuts diabetes risk
Calls to halt England NHS patient database development
Healthy people should not take aspirin to ward off heart attack research shows
More help for adults with autism
Back-pain help for workers urged
Pain 'should be viewed as a disease in its own right'
Medicines shortage: ministers hold summit
Leg pain and cold extremities 'red flags for meningitis'
NHS urged to buy Fairtrade and ethically sourced kit
Specialist nurse role 'critical to care'
Stafford Hospital scandal families 'to sue NHS managers for corporate manslaughter'
Common painkillers 'increase risk of hearing loss'
Back pain 'eased by group therapy sessions'
Stemming arm blood protects heart during attack
Scientists find why tamoxifen fails some breast cancers
Liver disease rise 'due to drink'
Breast cancer victims face NHS ageism, campaigners claim
Call for more NHS mental health care for prisoners
Media is fuelling eating disorders, say psychiatrists
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis suffer needlessly due to delayed diagnosis: report
US President Obama pushes to revive healthcare reform
Obesity rise on death certificates, researchers say
Mass screening could 'wipe Aids out in 40 years'
Nap 'boosts' brain learning power
Singing helps stroke victims to talk again
Scientists raise fresh hopes for fridge-free vaccines
Vscan handheld ultrasound scanner launched
Cooking with gas raises risk of lung cancer
Middle-aged targeted in Change4Life health campaign
Cancer patients in UK have 40% less spent on medication
£115m annual flu jab cost 'may be a waste of money'
Key cancer gene 'link to poverty'
DNA test for inherited diseases
Walking and glucosamine supplements linked to osteoarthritis relief
Genes behind stammering uncovered
Brain blood vessels clue to MS
Minimally invasive spine surgery may ease back pain
Bacteria in ready-made salads
Mosques play key role in raising awareness about hepatitis C
Bowel cancer gene hotspots find will tailor treatment
Pig lungs in human transplants move step closer
Wales failing to support Alzheimer’s research
Morbidly obese 'may have missing genes'
New technique may reduce need for hip replacement after injury
Fish oil supplements 'beat psychotic mental illness'
Peers defeat move to delay free social care plan
All hospital patients need a DVT check, say guidelines
Diabetes sugar 'can go too low'
Nice 'should allow a £2-a-day heart drug on the NHS which could help thousands'
Simple blood test 'could cut the number of antibiotics given in hospitals'
One in every five hospital patients battling diabetes
Test 'predicts breast cancer resistance'
MRSA superbug strain 'tracked' via genome
Slow breathing may reduce chronic pain
Cell 'surfing' aids virus spread
NHS in England 'more efficient than rest of UK'
Sleep Apnea May Complicate Diabetes Care
Vitamin D supplements 'can reduce chance of a fall in the elderly'
Child drug errors 'too frequent'
Nano technology tackles heart disease
Patients in England and Wales denied arthritis drug available in Scotland
Cord blood stem cell transplant hopes lifted
Adults with ADHD 'struggle to get treatment'
NHS faces spate of vomiting bug norovirus cases
Rising obesity prompts higher antibiotic doses call
Hospital closures inevitable over next five years
Poor ' more likely to have late cancer diagnosis'
Rising birth rate is leading to a shortage of midwives, report warns
Polar bear poo helps in superbug hunt
Dementia care not made priority
Morphine May Help Traumatic Stress
Loss of Smell Could Be Early Sign of Alzheimer's
MRSA 'spread by patients moving between hospitals'
Coloured lasers may offer a way to treat epilepsy
Smoking linked to low back pain
Jump in non-emergency A&E attendances since GP out-of-hours opt-out
Blood pressure drug offers fresh hope for dementia
UK lacks world-class hospitals, says regulator
Smokers may cut cancer risk by drinking green tea
Too-dilute disinfectant boosts bacteria resistance
GPs access to depression treatment 'is too narrow'
Cancer drugs 'treat' aggressive childhood brain tumours
NHS Direct has busiest Xmas ever
The NHS in a period of tight funding
'Shorter' people get more lung disease
Mobile phone radiation 'protects' against Alzheimer's
PM pledges cancer survivor support
Women 'too busy' to go for cancer screenings
Increased use of generic medicines planned to save cash
Inappropriate tube feeding of patients 'widespread'
Research finds no proof that a virus is the cause of ME
GPs promised software to aid cancer diagnosis
Scientists turn DNA detectives to track spread of hospital superbugs
Human trials of artificial artery
Operations stopped by norovirus
Many ignorant on 'waist fat' risk
Loneliness makes cancer 'more likely and deadly'
Coffee could help cut prostate cancer risk, says study
Simple test 'can spot premature birth false alarms'
Huge public sector job cuts urged to ease debt
GPC concern as patients snub swine flu vaccination campaign
NHS IT programme to be scaled back in pre-Budget report
Clot risk after surgery warning
'Double trouble' antibiotic hope
Shake-up for Sheffield medical care
Hospital IT 'does not cut costs'
NHS 'must get better at early cancer diagnosis'
The NHS Benefits When Patients Use Their Medical Insurance
NICE launches 'innovation pass' plan for rare disease drugs
Multiple sclerosis 'blood blockage theory' tested
Doctors 'need to speed up swine flu vaccinations'
New swine flu cases fall by 13%
Daily salt intake allowances 'were set too high'
Gene offers bowel cancer 'shield'
National organ shortage is leading to the use of more 'high risk' donors, say health chiefs
Big jump recorded in 'excess' deaths last winter
Organ transplants using 'risky donors' rising
'Intense' child exercise studied
Child fitness levels 'overestimated' by parents
Genetic clue to glioma brain cancer growth
Breast cancer study 'identifies tumour-causing enzyme'
Liver cancer drug 'too expensive'
Elderly people succumb to viruses 'because their immune systems work too hard'
Government targets pressure doctors to admit patients
Superbugs resistant to all drugs are rising experts warn
Method ends need for transplants
GPs braced to miss swine flu target
Dementia patient care criticised
Swine flu: 'previous infection could offer some immunity'
Medical debut for smart band aid
Mutant genes 'key to long life'
How up to 80,000 people get cancer every year because they drink too much, eat too much, and don't exercise enough
London medical records go online
Obesity means pensioners less fit than their parents
How a bar of dark chocolate a day could cut your stress levels
Charity demands child sunbed ban
Why is there an epidemic of short-sightedness?
Nursing to become graduate entry
Cancer protein 'can be disarmed'
Cut duplication not services in the NHS
Plans for 'right' to private care
NHS aims to become 'web first'
Health MoTs every five years on NHS as Government guarantees 18-week wait limit on treatment
Millions could be given legal right to see an NHS dentist
MRSA 'not the only threat to NHS'
Patients forced to wait too long on the NHS 'to have the right to free private care'
GPs 'must cut use of antibiotics'
Teenage obesity link to future MS
Monday 'most common for sickness'
Too much time in the gym 'can reduce women's fertility'
Early life stress 'changes' genes
UK tops international list on healthcare
Swine flu hits cancer screening
Mental ill health 'costs business £28bn a year', says report
Extra cleaner on hospital ward cuts MRSA
Aspirin 'only for heart patients'
Patients 'to get private care right'
Millions with chronic illnesses 'should be checked for signs of depression'
NHS facilities website launched
'Aura' migraines a stroke risk
Britain facing 'uncontrollable epidemic of heart disease'
Doctor hours law harming patients
Fears over low take-up of swine flu vaccine among health staff
Patients urged to rate GPs online
Parkinson's drug may help stroke patients relearn skills
Physical problems 'often mental'
Organs still short as donors rise
NHS admin must be slashed by £1.5bn
New hope for HealthSpace
Med-style diet 'can battle blues'
Educated women 'aid long life'
Scientists find gene that stops some cancers in their tracks
Tories seek NHS bureaucracy cut
Patients warned over cancer delay
Swine flu vaccinations to begin this month
Half of babies 'will live to 100'
Daily dose of vitamin D can cut falls in over 65s
Regular exercise 'can cut chance of developing breast cancer'
Dementia treatment 'morally wrong'
Why over 55s are at serious risk of meningitis
Breast cancer: hundreds dying after ignoring check-up call
IVF clinics' success rates online
Gaining weight in middle age cuts chances of healthy long life
Children whose mothers work are 'less healthy'
Mathematics to build cancer model
Heart surgeon does pioneering op
Recessions ‘could be good for your health’, researchers claim
British pensioners 'living more healthy lifestyles'
C. diff rise due to 'gene switch'
Children are 'exercising less'
UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'
Anti-depressants pregnancy 'risk'
Prostate screening under scrutiny
Call to test pupils for swine flu
Autism rates back MMR jab safety
Smoking bans 'cut heart attacks'
Melon enzyme reduces stress
NHS anti-smoking service 'saves 70,000 lives'
Dementia burden 'underestimated'
Over-55s 'less aware on cancer'
Unhealthy men could lose 10 years
Binge drinking weakens immune system
Rural GP surgeries face threat from plans to abolish practice boundaries, experts warn
New drug 'can treat more cancers'
Group exercise 'boosts happiness'
Leading doctors defend the NHS
Complication risk for older mums
GP catchment areas to be ended
'Gene cure' for colour blindness
Over-55s fear dementia above cancer
New antibiotics needed to prevent 'health crisis'
Gene find 'may curb lung mucus'
Using pesticides at work 'increases risk of Parkinson's three-fold'
Bed bug infestations 'increasing'
Low self-esteem leads to obesity
Swine flu infects lungs 'deeper than seasonal flu'
GP launches radio station to offer health advice
Obama woos Congress on healthcare
Many 'lacking first aid skills'
Road noise link to blood pressure
Flu warning after school break
Swine flu vaccine 'works after just one dose'
Women's 999 delay 'risks lives'
Tall people lead 'better lives'
How to handle stress at work
Doctors want booze marketing ban
Virus linked to prostate tumours
Infections 'speed memory loss'
Prevent Weight Regain With Exercise
Labour 'will cut NHS and overseas aid spending'
Relief from migraine misery
How greens may protect the heart
Over-the-counter painkillers 'can cause addiction within three days'
Antibodies 'may aid HIV jab hunt'
Skin patch could replace osteoporosis injections
Large thighs 'may protect heart'
NHS workforce cuts plan rejected
Young cancer patients at risk of heart failure due to drugs
Child obesity drug use 'soaring'
New bone marrow treatment 'saves patients too ill for chemotherapy'
MRSA screening programme to begin in Scotland
Experts urge wider folic acid use
New stem cell treatment 'being used by patients to avoid hip replacements'
Warning for healthy aspirin users
All doctors 'should ask about organ donation'
English turn to booze on holiday
Online psychotherapy on NHS urged
Weight-loss surgery 'can halt diabetes'
NHS Scotland hits waiting time target
Low-carb diets 'damage arteries'
Suncream could cause Alzheimer's
Heart attack victims lack ongoing rehab
Ovarian cancer 'is being missed'
Tamoxifen link to second tumours
Brain experts check suntan nanos
Poor 'lacking lung cancer help'
Conservative MPs support tax relief on private health insurance, poll shows
Children more likely to develop diabetes in winter
Going outside could help you lose weight
Hospital superbug deaths fall for first time
'Green' vaccines for vomiting bug
Liver cases triple in 30 years as drinking and obesity rise sharply
NHS told to help ill staff more
Diabetes drug linked to heart failure
Rapid test to diagnose common womb condition endometriosis
UK must get more active
One in seven cannot name cancer symptom, says Cancer Research
NHS to get specialist cancer unit
The stem cell stitches that aid recovery after surgery
Blood pressure pill could help treat multiple sclerosis, claims scientist
'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts
Tories hit back in NHS attack row
Warning over using contraceptive pill with higher clot risk
Restrictions on access to health care are set to be eased for Britons living outside Europe
Patients bring new drug-resistant superbug into UK after surgery abroad
How Twitterers came to the defence of the NHS
GPs to give fitness ‘prescriptions’
'No shows' costs the NHS millions
Weight loss operations 'rise by half'
'Shock' over stroke death rates
NHS hospitals rated like TripAdvisor on new website
Healthy living 'cuts chronic disease by up to 80 per cent'
Jab that can unblock fat-clogged arteries
Tories unveil NHS database plans
Brain radiotherapy affects mind
Patients 'unclear' about side effects of drugs
Men with angina 'at greater risk'
Big drop in new swine flu cases
NHS calls on retired staff to help win swine flu fight
NHS staff face 'unsustainable pressure' as vacancies increase
Beetroot juice boosts stamina, study suggests
Press Complaints Commission to investigate Daily Mail over £380,000-a-year GP pay claims
Eye drops 'may reverse glaucoma'
Teens 'aware of cannabis impact'
'Little help' for alcohol abusers
Fatal illnesses could be misdiagnosed over telephone as swine flu, GPs warn
Autism 'hits body language skill'
Boredom 'fuels teen alcohol use'
Study shows what triggers dementia
Aspiring GPs from state schools face shrinking odds
Flawed gene link to ovary cancer
Scientists halt epilepsy in mice
Crosswords 'can delay memory loss'
Public unaware of link between weight and cancer
Scientists find new strain of HIV
Scientists discover genetic sign of ovarian cancer susceptibility
Fears rise over side effects of Tamiflu as cases of adverse reactions double in a week
Private patients in UK or from broad 'cannot have' organs from NHS patients
Swine flu incidence 'is slowing'
Right-to-die law to be clarified
Heart surgery 'more successful'
Confusion 'fuels alcohol misuse'
Active five-year-olds are thinner when they grow up
Smear tests prevent cervical cancer, but under 25s unlikely to benefit
Mental health killings increase
Sunbeds ranked alongside cigarettes as cancer risk
Fewer 'planning to quit smoking'
Half a pint of milk in childhood linked to lower stroke risk
Number of NHS apprenticeships set to treble
Divorce is bad for your health
Poorest at risk of worst diabetes
Heart risks 'missed in smokers'
National Flu Service launched
Calories in iced coffees increase risk of cancer, experts find
'New way' to repair heart damage
Healthy fat link to bowel disease
Keeping older people fit and healthy
Swine flu work absences 'triple in a week'
Osteoarthritis A Major Consequence Of Obesity Epidemic, Claims Charity In New Report
Stressed parents up asthma risk
Swine flu: School closures declared 'unlikely'
Swine flu: call helpline not GP says Government
Swine flu: holidaymakers face travel ban
Warning for small businesses
Sat Nav Science Used In Joint Replacements
Swine flu calls to GPs 'jump 50%'
Killer parasites' genes decoded
Overweight Britons believe weight has hindered success
Public 'to get better access to cutting-edge medicines'
'Better data needed' on swine flu
Smoking may speed progress of multiple sclerosis
'Care insurance' planned for old
Problem drinking 'hits elderly'
Regular exercise reduces impact of stroke
Obesity health risk cause 'found'
Pain in childbirth 'a good thing'
Middle aged men at highest risk of diabetes
Third of breast cancer 'harmless'
Proof mounts on restricted diet
Mole check offer sparks concern
Tests raise life extension hopes
'No proof' that muscle rubs work
Laser 'cure' for blindness tested
Concern over mental health training in public sector
Migraine features among top 'sickie' excuses
Call for tougher gene test rules
Doctors: Government is wrong over cervical screening
Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's'
Majority 'do not exercise enough'
Overweight to be paid to get slim
Teenagers Show The Government How To Help Tackle Diabetes And Cancer
Vitamin K 'protects against osteoporosis'
Warning over fake Tamiflu sales
How Do I Know If I Need Knee Replacement Surgery?
Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
Youngsters 'drinking dangerously’
Lack of sleep 'hits women harder'
Vegetarians 'avoid more cancers'
Heatwave to go on until weekend
Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value
Swine flu parties 'a bad idea'
Total knee replacement surgery can boost mobility in elderly
Hospital counseling helps heart patients quit smoking
Genetic cholesterol test warning
Med diet linked to longer life
Aneurysm screening study boost
Salads 'rival Big Macs for fat'
Many UK cancer deaths 'premature'
Gastric bands and cancer rates
Stranger kidney donations rising
Obesity ops 'may cut cancer risk’
Belly button surgery cuts scars
Live surgery at hospital open day
Cats and dogs 'giving MRSA to their owners'
Bid to ban booze ads near schools
First Twitter Cast of Live Knee Replacement from India
Jane Fonda Recovering From Knee-Replacement Surgery
NHS meets target to cut C. difficile infections two years ahead of schedule
Painkiller ban 'has cut suicides'
NHS deal 'failing' to cut costs
£3bn cost of alcohol to NHS every year
Fallopian tubes offer stem cell hope
Hot air gowns help patient health
'More than 22,000 admitted to hospital for dentistry'
Call to ban child-in-car smoking
Drug hope for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
Depression linked to increased Alzheimer's risk
Chronic asthma study offers hope
U.N. holds swine flu crisis talks
Hay fever could affect seven in ten of us by 2060
Anti-smoking measures boosted by £2.5m grant
The simple test that can spot Alzheimer's in five minutes
Blood clotting key discovered
Swine flu outbreak at pandemic level, says world health chief
Carers reaching 'breaking point'
Key to blood clotting discovered
Drug made from virus extends patients' lives
Doctors worried about NHS jargon
Female medics 'to outnumber male'
Doctor concerns over standards of care 'ignored'
New primary care approach boosts referrals to NHS stop smoking services by 49%
Hybrid hearts could solve transplant shortage
Resting a bad back will make it worse, warn scientists
Doctors to trial hygiene checklist prior to surgery
Cervical cancer 'surgery boost'
UK transplants 'at record high'
Swine flu pandemic 'in autumn'
Routine aspirin benefits queried
Simple £13 test 'could be used to diagnose patients with ME'
Experts warn over measles outbreak
Child diabetes cases 'to double'
'Healthy lifestyles' wane in US
Potential bidders circle as first NHS trust goes up for grabs
NHS to give back pain acupuncture
Cancer drug erases fingerprints
Target met on hospital waiting times
Gene links heart and gum disease
Deadly skin cancer cases top 10,000 a year for the first time
Vitamin D 'key to healthy brain
Diabetes heart risk 'can be cut'
A diagnosis of the NHS – by its patients
Climate 'biggest health threat'
The NHS may struggle to cope if there is a flu pandemic because of the number of staff who will fail to turn up for work, a report suggests

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