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BBC Health News: 10-01-2004
Tony Blair leaves hospital after treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat - which a spokesman says was successful.
A father of a seriously ill premature baby has pleaded with the High Court not to allow doctors to let her die.
Women who took an epilepsy drug while pregnant are suing for damages claiming it harmed their children.
Experts predict a measles epidemic in London as uptake of the MMR vaccine continues to fall.
Popping vitamin pills will not prevent gut cancers and may shorten life expectancy, research suggests.
A watchdog is to develop guidelines for surgeons to help minimise the risk of the human form of mad cow disease.
Muslims are being warned they need to be careful with medication if they are fasting during Ramadan.
Patients in Wales are getting cheaper prescriptions - the first step towards fulfilling a Labour promise to scrap them.
A woman whose husband died two and a half years ago gives birth to a baby girl after IVF treatment.
As many as 73 staff at a Birmingham car engine factory are struck down with serious lung diseases.
A new report says disabled children are not getting the care they need because too much money is spent on administration
The body which regulates doctors has lodged an appeal against a High Court judgement in a "right to nutrition" case.
Drug company Merck has removed its painkiller Vioxx because of data showing an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
An artificial version of the pigment that gives tomatoes their colouring could help treat prostate cancer, say researchers.
Much more vaccine needs to be produced to cope with a possible pandemic of bird flu, experts warn.
More women are obtaining the morning after pill from chemists and walk-in centres than two years ago.
A parliamentary committee says private schools and hospitals in England and Wales should lose charity status.
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