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Full face swap patient braves cameras
Doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it masklike onto the man.
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Hygiene alert over chicken
Saturday, 24 July 2010
People who wash whole chickens before cooking them are increasing the risk of food poisoning for themselves and their households, a consumer watchdog warns today.
Kidney patients face 'postcode lottery' for transplants
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Kidney patients needing a transplant could be facing a postcode lottery in accessing organs, research out today suggests.
Depression really does make everything look grey
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Jeremy Laurance: Scientists show that people in the grip of despair see the world in shades of grey.
Fresh warning as HIV rates rise in over-50s
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
HIV infection among over-50s has more than doubled in seven years.
FSA loses its role in food labelling
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The Food Standards Agency in England is to lose its responsibilities for nutrition and labelling.
Depression 'makes world fade to grey'
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The world literally fades to grey when we feel blue, scientists have discovered.
Bar chairman backs calls to reconsider drug laws
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Jeremy Laurance: A senior lawyer has given a boost to the campaign to decriminalise drugs for personal use.
Breast cancer link to cleaning products and air fresheners
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Air fresheners and some cleaning products increase the risk of breast cancer, a study suggests.
Speech pattern can give early clue to autism
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Children with autism may in future be diagnosed by the way they talk and parents may be able to measure their progress by monitoring their speech. Scientists have discovered that the condition has a "unique vocal signature" which could allow affected children to be identified before they show obvious symptoms.
Review of NHS targets begins
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Consultation has begun on how standards in the NHS in England should be measured. The Government says it wants to move away from the national targets imposed by the previous Labour administration to a "set of outcome goals", focusing on how well care and treatment work for patients.
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