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BBC Health News: 12-16-2004
Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.
NHS Direct launches a health information service available via the television to digital viewers.
People who financed their own long-term care for three years would receive free care after that, the Tories have pledged.
Researchers in the UK and Japan say adult stem cells could be used to reverse liver disease.
Troubleshooters are being sent to a Yorkshire hospital trust that saw significant management failings.
Parents of children involved in the Alder Hey organ scandal feel "let down" by a decision not to prosecute the doctor involved.
A bill which critics claim would allow "back door" euthanasia will not allow deliberate killing, says Tony Blair.
Scientists have performed a delicate surgical operation on a single living cell, using a needle that is just a few billionths of a metre wide.
Having a Caesarean is linked to a slighly higher risk of problems in later natural births, say experts.
Laser surgery should not be routinely given to short-sighted patients on the NHS, a watchdog has said.
A British scientist invents a new test to identify the MRSA hospital "superbug" earlier.
Governors at a foundation trust facing an £11m deficit back their chairman after he is sacked by the regulator.
Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.
A campaign is warning people about the hidden health risks of the growing number of fake cigarettes sold in the UK.
Scientists show how the proteins that cause vCJD bypass the body's defences and enter the bloodstream.
Britain's teenagers are among the heaviest drinkers and drug-users in Europe, research has found.
Men who remarry appear to put their feet up - tending to do less exercise and putting on weight, research finds.
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