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BBC Health News: 12-04-2004
A woman who travelled from the UK to Switzerland for an assisted suicide dies at a Swiss clinic.
Liposuction may sound an easy way to lose weight but scientists warn a healthy diet is needed to keep it off.
Drinking water could help people suffering from low blood pressure who faint while standing, scientists say.
Why more needs to be done to help provide care for women with secondary breast cancer.
Exposure to even small amounts of benzene may reduce white blood cell count, say scientists.
High red meat consumption could be linked to an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis, say researchers.
Sir Nigel Crisp says the NHS has made significant progress - but accepts more needs to be done.
The internet may be fuelling a rise in suicide pacts, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
People living near Dungeness Power Station are to be given tablets in the event of a nuclear emergency.
Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in tuberculosis cases in the UK, doctors are warning.
There is no evidence repeated ultrasounds will harm the unborn baby, scientists say.
Abortions have not been cut by giving women supplies of the morning-after pill in advance, experts claim.
A way of 'tricking' eggs to divide without being fertilised may aid stem cell and IVF research, say scientists.
UK emergency services for children are failing to meet minimum standards set five years ago, say researchers.
A US health analyst says the NHS is close to becoming the best healthcare system in the world.
A DNA test could spot which smokers have an addictive gene and how best to help them, say scientists.
Obese children often have undetected sleep disorders which may affect school performance, say researchers.
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