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| | Minister says GPs blocking choice |
| | GPs in England operate "gentlemen's agreements" to stop patients moving between practices, a minister says. |
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| | Romanian girl in UK for abortion |
| | An 11-year-old Romanian rape victim is to have an abortion in the UK despite being cleared to have one in Romania. |
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| | US 'pregnant man' has baby girl |
| | An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, gives birth, US media report. |
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| | 'Mental risk' of Facebook teens |
| | Children growing up with social networking websites may have a "dangerous" view of the world, says an expert. |
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| | Health worker loses patient data |
| | An NHS Lothian employee admits losing a memory stick containing personal information about patients. |
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| | GP contracts in £160m overspend |
| | Audit Scotland says new contracts for GPs should have been better planned but there are some benefits for patients. |
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| | Woman 'not in danger' if removed |
| | A campaign is under way to stop a pregnant Nigerian woman and her family from being deported after being refused asylum. |
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| | Support for organ opt-out scheme |
| | Nearly half of people in Wales asked in a survey want their organs taken automatically after their death to save a life. |
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| | Oldest women hit hard by dementia |
| | Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, research conducted in California suggests. |
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| | Doctors shocked by own water baby |
| | Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital are caught out by their baby's home delivery in the bath. |
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| | NHS immigration |
| | 'Everybody was so kind and welcoming' |
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| | Fighting fit? |
| | How to get the most out of your gym membership |
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| | Money matters |
| | Is the French system better than the NHS? |
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| | Changing times |
| | How care has been transformed by the NHS |
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| | Medical notes |
| | A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions |
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| | From BBC Health |
| | Prevent heart disease by upping your activity levels |
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| | Cold sore virus secret revealed |
| | The secret of how the cold sore virus persists for a lifetime in the body may have been cracked by US scientists. |
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| | NHS dentistry reforms 'failing' |
| | Changes designed to improve NHS dental services in England have not been successful, a Commons committee report argues. |
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| | Mother's treatment 'unacceptable' |
| | The son of a 63-year-old woman who died at Belfast City Hospital says her treatment was totally unacceptable. |
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| | Skunk 'psychosis risk' warning |
| | People who smoke skunk are more likely to develop psychosis than those who use milder forms of cannabis, researchers claim. |
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| | EU plans cross-border healthcare |
| | More patients across Europe may seek treatment abroad if new EU healthcare proposals are adopted. |
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| | NHS staff win petrol cost fight |
| | NHS staff have won a battle with government to compensate them for the soaring cost of petrol. |
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| | Mediterranean diet 'cuts cancer' |
| | Adopting just a couple of elements of the "Mediterranean" diet could cut your risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists. |
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| | Child food 'poor' at attractions |
| | UK theme parks, museums and other holiday sites are serving up child meals loaded with sugar, salt and fat, a survey finds. |
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| | Quality ranking key to NHS funds |
| | Patients' rating of the quality of their care will directly affect funding of NHS services in England, the government says. |
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| | Heart disease and stroke |
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| | Cancer: The facts |
| | The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time. |
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| | Pregnancy timeline |
| | A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates. |
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