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BBC Health News: 04-03-2006
A group of 900 doctors call on the main political parties to reconsider how the NHS is funded.
A 13-year-old boy dies from measles, the UK's first fatality from the disease for more than a decade.
Hundreds of jobs could go at NHS Direct as part of a restructuring of the organisation.
A dentist who defrauded the NHS of more than £600,000 is jailed.
A six-year-old Manchester boy who was brain-damaged at birth is awarded £3m in High Court damages.
A study finds bleach is the only way to kill of a dangerous hospital bug - other cleaners may actually help it to thrive.
Scientists have discovered how a faulty gene can increase the risk of kidney tumours.
Experts warn against high protein, low carbohydrate diets in pregnancy amid concern over stressed babies.
Hundreds of staff are vaccinated at a hospital in north-west London after six nurses fall ill with measles.
Hospital staff in Cornwall fear that some secretarial jobs could be axed and the work to India.
South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign says the health minister excluded it from UN talks on HIV/Aids.
A man sectioned after killing his father while sleepwalking is discharged from hospital.
Mass burials are being considered in preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic, a newspaper suggests.
The brains of smart people tend to develop at a different rate to those of their peers, a Nature study suggests.
Bradford NHS Trust failed to give breast cancer sufferers vital treatment in 1980s and 1990s, the BBC learns.
Campaigners ready to fight to save future of hospitals under threat in north Wales health shake-up.
The overhaul of NHS dentistry is still facing major problems on the day it comes into force, health managers say.
The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.
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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