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Baby died after superbug hit ward
A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a London hospital, it is revealed.
Categories: General Medical News
Heart drug 'an exiting discovery'
Professor Martin Cowie explains how a new drug "slows the pulse down and so helps to take the strain off the heart"
Categories: General Medical News
Pill may 'cut heart failure rate'
A pill costing less than £1.50 a day has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients, research suggests.
Categories: General Medical News
Cannabis may relieve chronic pain
Smoking cannabis from a pipe can provide pain relief for patients with damaged nerves, a small study suggests.
Categories: General Medical News
Motion capture clue to human behaviour
The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.
Categories: General Medical News
Hospitals 'still fail' on feeding
Many hospitals across the UK are not doing enough to spot elderly people at risk from malnutrition, says a charity.
Categories: General Medical News
Government scrapping NHS Direct
The coalition government confirms plans to scrap the NHS Direct helpline in England and replace it with an alternative service.
Categories: General Medical News
Test 'can predict C-section need'
A test which could stop women labouring for hours in the hope of a "normal" birth only to end up with a Caesarean section has been developed in Sweden.
Categories: General Medical News
'There's confidence in NHS Direct'
The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England and replace it with a cheaper option.
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'I have to graze on food all day'
Oesophageal cancer survivor Larry Rees has described how the radical surgery he undertook has impacted on his life.
Categories: General Medical News
Male oesophageal cancer 'doubles'
Cancers of the food pipe in Britain have doubled in men over 25 years, figures from Cancer Research UK show.
Categories: General Medical News
Poverty link to child tooth decay
A third of Scots three-year-olds living in deprived areas suffer from poor dental health, a new study suggests.
Categories: General Medical News
Vocal therapy for Alzheimer’s patients
Singers in Norfolk are feeling the benefits of a choir with a difference, one that is brought to life by members of the public affected by dementia.
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MP in sex education 'attack' row
A Tory MP is criticised after appearing to blame the rise in sexually transmitted infections on greater sex education.
Categories: General Medical News
New hope to restore lost vision
Custom-made 'biosynthetic' corneas can markedly improve vision in humans as well as donor corneas a new study reveals.
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Ten-fold rise in weight-loss ops
The number of people in England undergoing surgery on the NHS to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold in less than a decade, figures show.
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'How surgery helped us lose weight'
The number of NHS patients having surgery in order to lose weight has increased by nearly 800 per cent in just five years.
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Organic goods
Could allowing the sale of body parts be the way to encourage donors?
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Top eight cancer signs pinpointed
The eight unexplained symptoms most closely linked to cancer are highlighted by health researchers.
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Frog skin could beat 'superbugs'
Frog skin may be an important source of new antibiotics to treat superbugs say researchers.
Categories: General Medical News
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