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Taking back what's mine - man asks for kidney's return in divorce
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:50:06 GMT
A US man divorcing his wife demands that she return the kidney he donated to her or pay him $1.5m (£1m) in compensation.
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Breast cancer gene-free baby born
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:24:47 GMT
The first baby in the UK tested before implantation for a genetic form of breast cancer has been born.
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London sees large rise in measles
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:33:04 GMT
Measles cases in London rose to 721 last year compared to 424 in 2007, the Health Protection Agency says.
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Body repair 'could be ramped up'
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:47:35 GMT
A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.
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Mixed-sex wards 'blighting NHS'
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:27:01 GMT
The government has failed to live up to its promise to phase out mixed-sex wards in hospitals in England, the Conservatives say.
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Damning death verdicts called for
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:51:32 GMT
A health watchdog should issue damning verdicts on six deaths of vulnerable NHS patients, charity Mencap says.
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Dementia drug death risk warning
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:17:39 GMT
Experts have condemned the commonplace prescribing of sedatives to people in the UK with dementia.
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Many to mourn
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:03:00 GMT
How TB is tearing apart lives in Tajikistan
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Behaviour link to lifelong health
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:27:21 GMT
Britons who behaved badly at school are more likely to have had mental health and social problems, a study suggests.
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Superbug deaths trust 'improved'
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:06:20 GMT
An NHS trust that was caught up in a superbug scandal has made "substantial improvements", a health watchdog says.
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