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Experts criticise a UK-based online service which offers the contraceptive pill without the need to see a doctor.
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Scientists turn to chickens to help them understand why some people are struck down by severe allergies.
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Gels or creams containing painkillers are better than tablets for chronic knee pain, NHS research suggests.
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The number of children who needed to be admitted to hospital as an emergency with complications of diabetes has risen sharply.
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Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher.
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Parents are not being left in the dark about sexual health services available to pupils, professionals insist.
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Cholesterol-lowering statins may help minimise the risk of an emergency Caesarean, researchers suspect.
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A campaign warning young people about the consequences ofbinge-drinking is launched by ministers.
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GPs are prescribing anti-psychotic drugs to dementia patients despite a safety warning, the BBC learns.
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A method of storing human eggs to allow women to delay motherhood is found to be as safe as conventional IVF.
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Death rates from cancer are higher among people living in the north than the rest of England, research shows.
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Smoking cannabis while pregnant could harm the developing brain in the womb, researchers in Scotland claim.
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The policy of denying NHS services to patients who top up their care with private treatment is to be reviewed in England, the government says.
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The brains of gay people look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests.
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New research suggests alcohol and drug misuse means Scots are more likely to take their own lives.
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Researchers discover how the amoeba responsible for dysentery evades the human immune system.
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Women who smoke are no more likely to develop lung cancer than men, US researchers conclude.
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Acupuncture, herbal medicines and other traditional Chinese treatments should be regulated in the UK ”without delay”, experts say.
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High levels of the ”hunger hormone” ghrelin have an antidepressant effect, US researchers claim.
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A quarter of NHS trusts in England are failing to meet key standards in hygiene, a watchdog has revealed.
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A part of the brain which can stay active in brain-damaged patients may offer recovery clues, say scientists.
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Herbal extract ginkgo biloba is not an effective treatment for dementia, UK researchers warn.
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A law that bans people younger than 18 from using tanning salons is passed by MSPs.
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Stomach bugs picked up during foreign travel may be prevented by wearing an E. coli toxin-impregnated patch.
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Embryo chromosome screening should not be offered to women to improve chances of an IVF baby, guidelines say.
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Restaurants and supermarkets in the US stop selling certain types of tomatoes after a salmonella outbreak.
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The High Court must clarify the law on assisted suicide following a challenge by a woman with multiple sclerosis.
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A form of the contraceptive coil could help protect women at high risk of womb cancer, researchers believe.
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Dementia could be slowed significantly by treatments which reset the body’s natural clock, research suggests.
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The complexity of connections in the brain – and not simply its size – are key to intelligence, research suggests.
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Professor Robert Langer, one of the most prolific inventors in medicine, wins the Millennium Technology Prize.
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Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed and treated an early stage can look forward to a normal life expectancy.
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Experimental drugs are being hailed as a potentially exciting step forward in the treatment of Alzheimer’s.
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People vulnerable to cancer may have subtle differences in cell chemicals that could be detected.
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Smoking and obesity could both cause permanent hearing damage, say scientists.
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A regular tipple cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to half, research suggests.
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A woman with multiple sclerosis will ask the High Court to clarify the law on suicide.
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Bringing down the temperature of brain-injured children below normal may cause harm, say scientists.
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An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.
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