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8 weeks 12 hours agoJuly 13, 2010
20:25
NHS hospitals will be looking to exploit a host of "exciting" opportunities to move into private health markets, bosses say.
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19:23
The UK's first major study of a disease using stem cells that circumvent the need to create and destroy embryos is launched.
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19:13
Seeing a celebrity endorse a pair of shoes alters a woman's brain activity, a Dutch study suggests.
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11:12
The prevalence of HIV among young people in Africa falls because of changing sexual behaviour, new UN figures show.
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09:21
A stem cell therapy for the joint disease osteoarthritis is to be tested on patients in the UK for the first time.
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06:03
July 12, 2010
19:34
Having low levels of the 'sunshine' vitamin appears to increase a person's risk of Parkinson's disease, say experts.
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19:10
A big head may help protect against the ravages of Alzheimer's, say experts.
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12:58
08:28
01:15
A leading nutritionist says GPs should send obese patients to weight-loss schemes rather than offer treatment themselves.
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July 11, 2010
20:49
The NHS in England is to undergo one of the biggest restructuring in its history, the government announces.
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19:25
Survival rates for some cancers have doubled over the past four decades, a UK cancer charity says.
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19:25
More than half of maternity units are still lacking a dedicated bereavement support midwife, a survey suggests.
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July 10, 2010
19:22
July 9, 2010
22:54
19:07
The use of botox is approved as a preventive treatment for chronic migraine by UK drug regulators.
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11:50
The Health Protection Agency is fined £25,000 for a spillage of the deadly bacterium E.coli 0157 at its centre in Colindale, north London.
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06:26
01:21
GP practices could be handed responsibility and budgets for many health services under a radical shake-up of the NHS in England.
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