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Parkinson's cells 'made in lab' - 8 Feb 2012
Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.
Soaring cost of NHS interpreters - 8 Feb 2012
Bill rises for interpreters in Yorkshire's hospitals
NHS directors seek Lords backing - 8 Feb 2012
Peers are urged to support a move to let hospitals do more private sector work as plans to overhaul the NHS in England return to the Lords.
Call for 'joined-up' elderly care - 8 Feb 2012
Older people needing social care are being let down and "passed like parcels" between fragmented services, a group of MPs says.
VIDEO: Katie Price: Implants 'need age limit' - 8 Feb 2012
Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.
VIDEO: Lansley has PM's 'full support' on NHS - 7 Feb 2012
No 10 insists Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support" over planned NHS changes, including giving GPs more control over budgets.
Court hears social care challenge - 7 Feb 2012
The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.
'Oldest living twins' aged 102 - 7 Feb 2012
Two 102-year-old sisters are recognised as the world's oldest living twins by Guinness World Records.
Lansley 'has PM's full support' - 7 Feb 2012
Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot".
Hundreds seek NHS implant advice - 7 Feb 2012
Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS, according to MPs.
Death leads to ambulance demand - 7 Feb 2012
Relatives of a woman who blame her death on a 41-minute wait for a paramedic, hand over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town.
Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter' - 7 Feb 2012
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.
GMC guidance on assisted suicide - 6 Feb 2012
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.
Transplant jaw made by 3D printer - 6 Feb 2012
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
NHS translation bill 'tops £23m' - 6 Feb 2012
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
AUDIO: 'Wonderful' to have sight back - 6 Feb 2012
Katie Piper told Radio 5 live about being able to see after she was blinded in one eye after an acid attack.
Living outside the hearing world - 6 Feb 2012
Why refuse an implant that would improve hearing?
AUDIO: Have views on NHS reform shifted? - 6 Feb 2012
Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, who supports the governments proposed reforms of the NHS and Dr John Lister, director of the Health Emergency campaign group, who opposes them, debate the Health Bill.
AUDIO: 'Care needed' in child custody law change - 6 Feb 2012
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says there are "undoubted dangers" in re-drafting shared parenting law
Campaign to cut smoking in cars - 6 Feb 2012
A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government.
'Birth defect risk' for diabetics - 6 Feb 2012
The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.
VIDEO: 'Just one more drink' alcohol warning - 5 Feb 2012
A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink.
The power of cooking skills - 5 Feb 2012
How letting children cook helps them eat better
'Cycling gave me my freedom back' - 4 Feb 2012
'How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours'
How we can help children improve their health - 3 Feb 2012
'The young should play a role in designing healthcare'
VIDEO: MPs 'should admit mental health issues' - 2 Feb 2012
Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population.
Designing out errors in hospital - 2 Feb 2012
How wards could be made safer
VIDEO: Newborns 'should receive vitamin D' - 2 Feb 2012
Doctors are calling for newborn babies to be given vitamin D, to protect them from bone disease and other illnesses.
Foetus parties: Womb with a view? - 13 Jan 2012
Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"
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