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Doctors call for total NHS ban on homoeopathy
BMA conference tables seven motions against public funding of 200-year-old 'unscientific' practice
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Assisted suicide case: 'Ray should have been able to die at home'
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Alan Cutkelvin Rees, who helped his partner die in a Swiss clinic, talks to Nina Lakhani in his first interview since charges against him were dropped
Abortion hotline in Pakistan faces violent opposition
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Islamic groups and politicians condemn the hotline as 'colonial' and warn organisers they risk reprisals
Hard chair equals hard heart
Friday, 25 June 2010
Jeremy Laurance: Want to talk tough? Sit on an uncomfortable chair – for the texture of objects around us affects our behaviour
Calls for doctor to be struck off over baby death
Friday, 25 June 2010
The parents of a nine-month-old girl who died after being misdiagnosed handed in a petition today of nearly 8,000 signatures demanding the doctor who treated their daughter be struck off.
Human foetus 'does not feel pain before 24 weeks'
Friday, 25 June 2010
The human foetus cannot feel pain before the age of 24 weeks so there is no reason to change the current abortion limit, health experts said today.
Payout for hospital chief after 90 superbug deaths
Friday, 25 June 2010
A senior judge has delivered a stinging rebuke to the Department of Health over its treatment of a former head of an NHS trust that experienced the worst superbug outbreak in memory.
Pregnant women who fast for Ramadan risk damage to their babies, study finds
Friday, 25 June 2010
Pregnant muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller babies who will be more prone to learning disabilities in adulthood, according to new research.
Nice eases drug restrictions for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
Friday, 25 June 2010
Thousands of people with rheumatoid arthritis could be given the chance to try new drugs following a U-turn by the health watchdog.
Baby died of 'accidental overdose'
Friday, 25 June 2010
An inquest into the death of a baby who died after NHS doctors prescribed too high a dose of drugs has recorded a verdict of accidental overdose.
Call for smoking tests for all pregnant women
Thursday, 24 June 2010
All pregnant women should have breath tests to see whether they are smokers or not, the UK's health watchdog said.
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