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BBC Health News: 02-07-2005
NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.
Most patients with eating disorders are not receiving the recommended level of care, a survey has found.
Larger babies have higher risk of developing certain cancers in adulthood, research suggests.
Three women are struck off after a catalogue of failings at a nursing home in Folkestone.
Access to a potentially life-saving treatment for heart patients is a postcode lottery, a study suggests.
Dentists have been carrying out botox treatment despite not being properly qualified, cosmetic surgeons say.
Doctors should be more aware that falling in love can be an illness for some patients, say health experts.
Chinese scientists have developed a new vaccine to prevent the spread of bird flu, according to state media.
India starts its first human trials of an Aids vaccine with 30 volunteers in the western city of Pune.
A vaccine to help patients fend off blood cancers could be given to given to healthy bone marrow donors.
Giving one dose of steroids to babies in the womb does not badly affect long-term health, a study finds.
A 24-year-old woman on a course of contraceptive pills finds she is pregnant with identical quads.
Stroke survivors who stop taking aspirin triple the risk of another stroke within a month, research finds.
Women undergoing breast implant surgery have a 2.5% risk of infection, a global study says.
Growth tables used to chart a baby's development may be inaccurate, on-going research suggests.
Doctors are seeing an epidemic of mumps after a 10-fold increase in suspected cases in a year.
Doctors have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells from a mother to her diabetic daughter.
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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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