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Fertility treatments 'no benefit'
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:11:20 GMT
Two commonly used treatments for fertility problems do not work, a study of 580 women in Scotland suggests.
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Prosecutors examine C.diff deaths
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:46:51 GMT
A report into C.diff deaths at a hospital is passed to the procurator fiscal to see if charges should be brought.
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Fears prompt MMR campaign
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:50:05 GMT
Doctors are urged to offer all children up to 18 the MMR jab amid concern of a growing risk of a measles epidemic.
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Kidney cancer
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:15:28 GMT
Man will 'sell house' to pay for his drug if NHS stops
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Drug deaths 'double in a decade'
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:37:36 GMT
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland has doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures.
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Major health research group forms
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:36:40 GMT
Five London medical centres join forces to become Europe's largest academic-health science partnership.
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Scientists discover people who can 'hear' what they see
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:30:56 GMT
US scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see.
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Crystal clue in army brain injury
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:19:09 GMT
A colour-changing crystal attached to a soldier's uniform could help doctors decide if they might need treatment for a brain injury, researchers say.
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Row over NHS kidney drug decision
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:30:23 GMT
Patients with advanced kidney cancer in England and Wales are to be denied four treatments on the NHS under new guidelines.
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Hope for end to rejection drugs
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:13:19 GMT
Scientists develop procedure which may help transplant patients avoid the need to take anti-rejection drugs.
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