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Budget pressures

11 hours 43 min ago
Is the NHS funding shortfall as dire as it seems?
Categories: General Medical News

Acupuncture infection 'link'

14 hours 3 min ago
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

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 11:55pm
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

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 11:45pm
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

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 1:35pm
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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Pill popping

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:22am
Why are there suddenly so many 'legal highs'
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Mardell's America

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 2:22am
How healthcare debate has changed US politics
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Brain probe hope for epileptics

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 1:00am
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'

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:49pm
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

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:20pm
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

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 9:52am
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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Lazy food

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:37am
Are we really too lazy to chop one of these?
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Subconscious sell

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 8:28am
Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more?
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'Poor attitude' is blocking organ donations

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 3:56am
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'

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 3:51am
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'

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 9:12pm
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

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 8:41pm
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'

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 1:20pm
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

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 8:27am
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'

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 8:12am
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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