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Acupuncture infection 'link'
Doctors at Hong Kong University call for greater regulation of the acupuncture industry and stricter hygiene measures.
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Obese maternity care risk warning
Maternity services for obese women are not good enough and may be putting mothers-to-be at risk, experts warn.
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Infection warning on child deaths
Greater vigilance by doctors for childhood infections could have a significant impact on child deaths, say researchers.
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World Cup travellers urged to get swine flu jab
Football fans travelling to the World Cup in South Africa should be vaccinated against swine flu, the Department of Health has warned.
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Brain probe hope for epileptics
A US study says electrical deep brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epileptics who do not respond to drug treatment.
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Hypnotherapy 'can help gut pain'
Use of hypnotherapy to ease irritable bowel syndrome could help patients and might save money, says an expert.
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Concern over nutrition training
Nutrition needs to be made a more important part of the doctor training system, a leading expert says.
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Hospital death boss in pay appeal
The former boss of a bug-hit NHS trust begins an appeal to claim a £175,000 severance payment she says she is owed.
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Subconscious sell
Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more?
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'Poor attitude' is blocking organ donations
In this week's health opinion column Scrubbing Up, Dr Paul Murphy says doctors and relatives are blocking patients' wishes to donate organs after death.
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NHS 'should axe many more beds'
Tens of thousands of hospital beds in England must be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says.
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Morning-after pill stash 'no use'
Giving women their own stash of morning-after pills to keep ready to use "just in case" does not work, findings suggest.
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GP wants 'visitor bed ban' lifted
A doctor calls for the ban on visitors sitting on patients' beds to be removed, saying it is "demeaning" and "joyless".
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Doctor's 'disregard for safety'
A trainee doctor faces a General Medical Council panel following the deaths of patients in her care in south Wales hospitals.
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Damning hospital probe cost £1.7m
An inquiry into what went wrong at Stafford Hospital cost taxpayers £1.7m, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
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Early balding 'cuts cancer risk'
Men who start going bald at a young age are up to 45% less likely to get prostate cancer in later life, a study has found.
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