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BBC Health News: 12-20-2004
Improvements in mental health services in England have cut suicide rates to the lowest yet, says a report.
Children from deprived areas are much more likely to have signs of tooth decay, official figures show.
Scientists identify a gene which controls the body's ability to repair nerve damage inflicted by multiple sclerosis.
Parents of babies with a rare form of brittle bone disease are at increased risk of being accused of child abuse.
Scientists say they have identified an area of the brain that may explain obsessive collecting.
Scientists in Liverpool claim they have found a way of turning off one of the most painful aspects of rheumatoid arthritis.
The French health minister reviews security at hospitals after two nurses were brutally murdered at work.
Cosmetic surgeons report a massive increases in the sale of injectable treatments such as Botox.
Scotland's healthcare leaders have accused ministers of failing to protect all NHS staff from potential attack.
Users of an anti-arthritis drug linked by a study to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes are urged not to panic.
Dentists warn they may not be able to meet an executive pledge to provide free dental checks by 2007.
A lotion which is available over-the-counter in chemists is as effective at treating acne as a course of antibiotics, researchers say.
One in three men with prostate cancer are not getting the best treatment - and could be risking their sex lives, experts warn.
Researchers at Rockefeller University make small synthetic vesicles that resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
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.
Plans for regular testing of doctors are reviewed following recommendations by the Shipman Inquiry.
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