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BBC Health News: 12-18-2004
Scientists devise a painless way of checking brain fluid levels - potentially removing the need for painful lumbar punctures.
There will be a shortage of staff to train medics unless more doctors follow academic careers, experts warn.
How a new film hopes to make life easier for Bangladesh's disabled population.
Plans for regular testing of doctors are reviewed following recommendations by the Shipman Inquiry.
Devices that monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could prevent many epilepsy-related deaths, say experts.
Magnetic bracelets are good for relieving the pain of arthritis, say researchers.
Looking at someone who is scared triggers a brain response that tells you to be afraid too, say researchers.
Gene therapy may cure children born with a condition that knocks out their natural defences against infection.
The number of women who are leaving it late to have children is increasing, statistics show.
Doctors and nurses set up mobile casualty units to deal with drunk and injured revellers.
New, simpler, criteria to judge a hospital's performance have been published by an NHS watchdog.
Full details of plans to outlaw smoking in Scotland's pubs, clubs and restaurants are published.
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.
Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.
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.
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