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Page last updated at 06:36 GMT, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 07:36 UK

Baby girl with Down's
'Safer' test developed for Down's
Scientists develop a blood test that could tell a pregnant women if her unborn baby has Down's syndrome.

HIV Nobel prize for viral discoveries
The discovery of HIV and work linking a virus to cervical cancer jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Appendix Pollution linked to appendicitis
Air pollution may increase risk of developing the life-threatening condition appendicitis, research suggests.

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South Africans protesting to demand ARVs New era
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Jack Stevenson Asthma shower
Air purification system may cut symptoms
Afghan mother and child Saving mothers
The struggle to cut maternal mortality in Afghanistan

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