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BBC Health News: 02-15-2005
Thousands of extra surgeons are going to be needed over the next few years to meet demand, a report warns.
A move by insurers to stop compensating people with a condition showing asbestos exposure fails.
The US regulator to beef up monitoring of drug safety after criticism over a painkiller linked to heart disease.
Foreigners wanting to work in the UK will face mandatory health checks under plans unveiled by the Tories.
Health officials write to almost 100 people who it is thought may have come into contact with a TB patient.
A saliva test may be any easy way to spot certain tumours, including breast cancer, doctors believe.
A man who infected three women with HIV by having unprotected sex claims his convictions are "unsafe".
A lack of women in cardiology is damaging the quality of treatment and research, a report warns.
A type of arthritis drug raises blood pressure more than other painkillers, scientists say.
Researchers win a grant to help produce a drug that could stop flu and other diseases from replicating in humans.
Drinking wine, but not beer or spirits, can keep women's hearts beating healthily, research suggests.
Police files relating to the deaths of 28 elderly patients at a hospital are sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.
A family of enzymes may trigger cancer by sabotaging cell memory, research suggests.
Pressure mounts for performance data on individual surgeons as a third hospital publishes the information.
A sweet shop is using ration books to stop their young sweet-toothed customers from over-indulging.
A woman left infertile after cancer treatment takes her bid to use frozen IVF embryos to have a baby to Europe.
Primary school children across NI are to learn life-saving skills in an initiative developed by Belfast medical students.
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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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