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BBC Health News: 12-14-2004
Britain's teenagers are among the heaviest drinkers and drug-users in Europe, research has found.
Ministers promise changes to a bill which critics claim would legalise euthanasia "by the back door".
The parents of a baby at the centre of a right-to-life battle claim doctors are trying to hasten her death.
Men who remarry appear to put their feet up - tending to do less exercise and putting on weight, research finds.
A mother wins a High Court battle to allow her to challenge government guidelines on abortion.
A hospital probes "shocking" claims that a patient went without food and drink on a 12-hour ambulance journey to Inverness.
Parasitic worms may offer effective treatment for Crohn's disease, research suggests.
Working to tight deadlines can increase the risk of a heart attack six-fold, Swedish researchers say.
Eating a low calorie diet may help to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease, research suggests.
An inquest records an open verdict into the death of a woman given the wrong drugs in hospital.
The father of a teenager with vCJD says his son is 'very stable' and no longer considered terminally ill.
Doctors in the Netherlands call for new laws allowing the mercy killing of newborn babies under certain conditions.
Groundbreaking work by British scientists could mean people paralysed by spinal injuries may one day be able to walk again.
A seven-year-old boy receives £3.85m after being starved of oxygen before birth.
The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of bird flu, amid warnings that it poses a significant threat.
UK researchers are to begin testing a vaccine on people which they believe will cure Type 1 diabetes.
A rocking horse which became an emblem for a children's hospital retires to a museum after safety fears.
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