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BBC Health News: 02-04-2005
Doctors have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells from a mother to her diabetic daughter.
Doctors are seeing an epidemic of mumps after a 10-fold increase in suspected cases in a year.
Many babies are being overfed in the first few months of life, says the World Health Organization.
Alcohol causes almost as many deaths and disabilities globally as smoking and high blood pressure, a study says.
The majority of teachers think sex education should include information on abortion, a survey suggests.
Surgeons in Peru prepare an operation to separate the legs of a girl born with "mermaid syndrome".
A GP is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of a woman.
New guidelines restricting the patients that GPs can refer to hospital will mean cancers are missed, warn doctors.
Babies whose mothers use a type of anti-depressant may be born with withdrawal symptoms, research suggests.
Japanese health officials confirm their first case of variant CJD, the human form of mad cow disease.
A Northern Ireland patient has been waiting almost seven years for orthopaedic surgery, it is revealed.
Rules on university funding must be altered to safeguard medical students' training, academics say.
Stroke patients have improved chances of recovery if they are treated at home, research finds.
Figures show people who have a stroke in Northern Ireland fare much better than patients in England and Wales.
A mobile casualty unit will help cope with drunk and injured rugby supporters during the Wales v England match.
A drug used to treat behaviour problems in children has been linked to liver damage, say experts.
A High Court judge rules that a dentist who admitted possessing child pornography must be struck off.
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A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates.
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