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BBC Health News: 11-13-2004
The illnesses known as Gulf War Syndrome appear to be linked to toxins, not stress, a US report says.
Hopes of developing a food allergy vaccine have been raised after successful trials of a vaccine on dogs.
A drug treatment combination can reduce deaths from tuberculosis meningitis by up to a third, scientists believe.
A collection of historic medical manuscripts is to go on public show for the first time in over two centuries.
The Court of Appeal rejects a challenge to a decision to allow a mobile phone mast near three Yorkshire schools.
A nine-month old baby dies in hospital, weeks after a high-profile legal row over his future care.
Smoking kills more than 1,600 people in England each week with blackspots in deprived areas, a study says.
A second major trade union has voted to accept a radical shake-up in pay and conditions for NHS workers.
Britain's biggest brewer - Scottish Courage - will be labelling its bottles and cans of beer with a health warning.
NHS patient waiting lists in England have fallen to their lowest level for 17 years, government figures show.
Researchers warn of an imminent epidemic as two out of five drug users in London are diagnosed with hepatitis C.
Eating BSE-infected meat could lead to people developing different types of CJD, research suggests.
A new nanotechnology-based technique could lead to a test for diagnosing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease.
Egg and sperm donors could be paid thousands of pounds in expenses under plans being considered.
A woman says she refused to join her parents in a suicide pact which they blamed on her Asperger's syndrome.
Stress could be play a role in miscarriages, researchers have suggested.
A clinic treating a mentally ill man who was hit by a car is told to pay him £375,000 in damages.
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