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BBC Health News: 11-26-2004
Shoppers have backed traffic light coding for food so they can tell what is healthy and what is not, a study says.
A nine-year-old Essex boy died after his mother spiked his hospital feed, a court is told.
The number of teenage girls bingeing on alcohol is outstripping boys for the first time, UK figures show.
Parents are often unaware that their children are overweight or obese, according to a study.
Millions more health workers are needed if global health is going to be improved over the next decade, a study says.
Two in five 15-year-olds in the UK has tried cannabis, which is more than anywhere else in Europe, figures say.
Women with fertility and miscarriage problems are being offered unproven tests, say researchers.
Children's Minister Margaret Hodge sparks Tory anger by praising the "unsung virtues" of the nanny state.
Stomach cancer may not originate from the organ itself, but from bone marrow cells, researchers find.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service says the lack of abortion services for women who are 20-24 weeks pregnant is a scandal.
A "super surgery" bringing GPs, dentists, x-ray services and cardiologists under one roof is set to open
The UK's growing sexual health crisis is to be tackled with a £300m investment for clinics and advertising.
Plans are being considered to make an antibiotic - for eyes - available without prescription at pharmacies.
A teenage girl, bitten by a bat, is the first known person to survive rabies without a vaccination, say doctors.
Reforms to ensure more people have access to NHS dentists are at risk of failing, a watchdog says.
A gel to destroy cervical cancer cells and minimise the threat of disease is under development.
A clinical psychologist is given a suspended prison sentence for indecently assaulting "vulnerable" female patients.
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