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Drug addicts offered beauty treatment at £400,000 cost to taxpayer
Drug addicts are being offered free massages, manicures and hairdressing at a new rehabilitation centre costing the public £400,000 a year.
16 Oct 2008
Mobiles 'increase cancer risk'
Mobile phones do increase the risk of brain cancer, an international team of scientists have warned.
16 Oct 2008
Women's weight fluctuates during relationship
A woman's weight will fluctuate by two stone when she is in a relationship, research has shown.
16 Oct 2008
Millions of patients denied access to their GPs
Two-thirds of NHS patients cannot get an appointment with their GP within 48 hours, a report by the healthcare watchdog finds.
16 Oct 2008
Paraplegics get new hope of walking
Paraplegics have been given new hope after scientists discovered a way to artificially re-link their brain to limbs and muscles.
16 Oct 2008
Healthcare Commission report: The good and the bad
The best and the worst of the NHS trusts across England, according to the wide-ranging Healthcare Commission report
16 Oct 2008
One third of British children suffer back pain
Almost a third of British children suffer from back problems before the age of eight because they do not exercise or carry school bags that are too heavy, doctors have warned.
15 Oct 2008
Patients at risk 'as hospitals fail to pass on vital details'
Patients are being put at risk because hospitals are failing to pass on crucial records to GPs, according to a poll of family doctors.
15 Oct 2008
NHS compensation may hit £12bn
The NHS could have to pay more than £12 billion in compensation to patients, official estimates show.
15 Oct 2008
Exercise can reverse Alzheimer's
Taking regular exercise can help to reverse the mental decline that comes with ageing even in people with Alzheimer's.
16 Oct 2008
Doctors should be limited to 2 per cent rise
Doctors and dentists should be limited to a 2 per cent rise next year, NHS trusts say.
15 Oct 2008
Blind in disability benefit protest
Blind people are to march on Parliament in protest at their exclusion from a vital disability benefit.
15 Oct 2008
Hospital worker sacked over 'whistleblowing'
A hospital worker was sacked for whistleblowing about the "dangerous" practices taking place at his hospital, an employment tribunal heard.
15 Oct 2008
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Chances of dying from cancer 'to fall 17 per cent by 2023'
The chances of dying early from most types of cancer will fall significantly over the next 20 years, according to new research.
14 Oct 2008
Abortions in N. Ireland abandoned
The legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland has been shelved amid fears the controversial move could undermine the fragile peace process.
15 Oct 2008
'King of Viagra' jailed
A doctor known as the 'King of Viagra' has been jailed for three years for his part in a multi-million-pound global conspiracy to sell fake medicine.
15 Oct 2008
'I'm still a size zero'
Eva Longoria has laughed off rumours she is pregnant, claiming that even after putting on a few pounds she is "still a size zero".
14 Oct 2008
White wine may be as good as red, new research suggests
White wine may be as good for your heart as red varieties, scientists have found.
14 Oct 2008
Cadbury to sponsor our Olympics
Cadbury, the British confectionary giant, is to become an official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics.
15 Oct 2008
Babies have developed an ear for classical music when they are just five months old
Babies have developed an ear for classical music when they are just five months old, scientists say.
14 Oct 2008
Breast cancer sufferer given hope by new drug
Irene Singleton, 45, says that taking lapatinib has given her hope that she will live to see her 12-year-old son start university.
14 Oct 2008
Breast cancer sufferers denied life-prolonging drug
Breast cancer patients should be denied a life-prolonging treatment on the NHS the Government's drug rationing body has said.
14 Oct 2008
NHS trust to buy £400,000 yacht
A health trust is to buy a 72ft yacht to help jobless teenagers make better "lifestyle choices".
15 Oct 2008
Lavatory hygiene is grim up north
Northerners are less likely to wash their hands after using the lavatory than Southerners, a study has found.
14 Oct 2008
Top up drugs for sale at 30 hospitals
Patients around the country are already buying expensive cancer drugs that are banned on the NHS as dozens of hospital trusts exploit a loophole in current rules.
14 Oct 2008
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