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BBC Health News: 12-07-2004
Hospitals will be told exactly how to clean their wards under new guidelines hoped to cut MRSA deaths.
Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested.
A new treatment may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
The human parathyroid gland, which regulates calcium levels, probably evolved from fish gills, say researchers.
A reduction in the time people spend asleep could partly account for soaring obesity rates, research shows.
A man dies six days after contracting MRSA during a visit to Wrexham Maelor Hospital for injections.
Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants.
Surgeons perfect a way to build up the size of very small penises, enabling proper urination, and a full sex life.
A chemical found in shampoo and hand lotions may damage the developing nervous system, research suggests.
An antibiotic used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis is showing promise as a therapy for Parkinson's disease.
TV programmes and teenage magazines can help schools promote sex education, a study says.
Executives in the UK are getting bigger as overwork and lack of exercise takes its toll, a survey suggests.
People with brain injuries are missing out on the support they need to enable them to return to work, experts say.
Libya says death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses convicted of spreading HIV could be re-examined.
A test to identify smokers who are due to undergo plastic surgery is developed by scientists at Birmingham University.
Honey and royal jelly could become part of the arsenal of weapons against cancer, researchers say.
Weight training can greatly improve the day-to-day lives of elderly people with lung disease, research suggests.
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