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+ NHS top-up care ban under attack + A Tory MP will argue that NHS patients who top-up their treatment with private care should not be ...

+ Smoking link to hearing loss risk + Smoking and obesity could both cause permanent hearing damage, say ...

+ Alcohol craving reduced by drugs + Twin research projects offer both present and future hope to people suffering from alcohol ...

+ Carers' respite leave 'to double' + Respite time for people who look after frail and disabled relatives in England is set to double, ministers ...

+ Oily fish 'cuts eye disease risk' + Eating food rich in omega-3 oils could help some people avoid blindness, research ...

+ Bionic hand wins top tech prize + The world's most advanced commercially available bionic hand has won the UK's top engineering ...

+ Bumble-bee woman in shock birth + A woman who gave birth during a friend's hen night says she did not know she was pregnant. ...

+ Wales specialist care review due + A review of the body which decides on funding specialist NHS treatment in Wales is to be ...

+ Teen cancer diagnoses 'delayed' + Teenagers with cancer often face significant delays in being initially diagnosed, researchers have ...

+ Womb surgery 'saves baby's leg' + Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks ...

+ Alcohol squad to target 10 towns + A specialist squad is to help advise English towns with the most drink-related hospital ...

+ Fresh hurdle for stem cell hunt + It may be tougher than first thought to pick effective stem cell treatments, a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist ...

+ Radical drugs plan for Scotland + Taxing cannabis and prescribing heroin are among the recommendations of a Holyrood think tank ...

+ Medics held in Italy murder probe + Italian police say doctors carried out needless operations to make more money - sometimes with fatal ...

+ Big hearts 'have genetic problem' + Scientists say they have found a new genetic basis for why some people develop a dangerously enlarged ...

+ MS woman in right-to-die appeal + A woman with multiple sclerosis will ask the High Court to clarify the law on ...

+ 'No stillbirth link' to Caesarean + Having a Caesarean does not raise the risk of a stillbirth in a subsequent pregnancy, a study has ...

+ Heart disease and stroke + Heart disease and ...

+ Cancer: The facts + The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any ...

+ Pregnancy timeline + A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan ...