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BBC Health News: 09-28-2004
The scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep apply to use cloned human embryos to study motor neurone disease.
Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
Half of Viagra tablets sold on the Internet are fake, research suggests.
More money is to be invested in the treatment of drug misusers in England, the government has announced.
A bat found in an alley tests positive for a strain of rabies which can also infect people, according to officials.
Scientists have identified the gene that controls a baby's first breath.
A breast cancer drug would not prevent the tumours occurring in the first place, say researchers.
Hospital A&E departments should employ alcohol health workers to help reduce the number of admissions.
A pathologist faces misconduct charges over the post-mortem report on one of Harold Shipman's murder victims.
Five countries which received vCJD-risk blood plasma products should be named to stop the disease spreading, campaigners say.
"Natural" heart pacemakers made from human stem cells have been successfully tested in pigs.
A Thai woman who died of bird flu may be the first in the latest outbreak to catch it from human contact.
Doctors' surgeries are to begin receiving the combined five-in-one childhood vaccine from Monday.
The parents of a seriously-ill baby will be allowed to have their High Court fight for her right to treatment heard in public.
A gene could explain how parasites which cause malaria escape the action of some antimalaria drugs, say researchers.
Half of adults are at risk of developing high blood pressure, a survey by pharmacists suggests.
Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.
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