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BBC Health News: 01-27-2005
GP Harold Shipman killed up to 15 patients in his early career bringing his total murder toll to 250, a report says.
A medical journal has apologised to a drugs firm over an article about anti-depressant drug Prozac.
Current safety precautions are enough to protect us against mad cow disease, according to BSE experts.
People who survived the Asian tsunami face yet another risk - a potentially fatal fungal infection.
Sports doctors are often asked to compromise their care so athletes can return to their sport, say researchers.
Patients should scrub up before coming to hospital to cut rates of the superbug MRSA, say advisors.
Fruit juices may seem to be a healthy choice, but dieticians are warning people not to drink too many.
A man who claimed to be a psychiatrist and pocketed £1.5m assessing asylum seekers is jailed.
Poorer infertile couples are most likely to want anonymous donors a study suggests.
Researchers claim chemicals used by plants to combat fungal infection could benefit cancer patients.
Too few midwives are joining the NHS, and pressure is making it hard to retain staff, midwifery leaders report.
Young people should be informed about sexual health services and have access to them, ministers say.
A pathologist had a "slapdash" approach to giving evidence in the case of Sally Clark, a GMC hearing has heard.
Scientists say they have found brain regions that help us decide whether to look someone in the eye.
Hospitals should aim to ban smoking in all their buildings and throughout their grounds, official guidance says.
A girl who lost three fingers after they were trapped in the lid of an incubator is awarded £30,000, lawyers say.
There is an 'emerging consensus' on climate change and poverty, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the World Economic Forum.
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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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