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BBC Health News: 09-29-2004
More women are obtaining the morning after pill from chemists and walk-in centres than two years ago.
Consultant pathologist David Bee is cleared of misconduct after admitting failings in a post-mortem examination.
Scientific tests on a range of traditional remedies have shown they have "real benefits", researchers say.
Iranian scientists believe a substance used as weed killer and notorious as a weapon for murder mystery writers cold treat leukaemia.
The World Health Organization is spearheading a campaign to reduce the numbers of women who die in childbirth.
Nearly all doctors, nurses and managers think their hospitals need to be made safer for patients, a poll suggests.
A cream containing a common ingredient in cattle feed could treat athletes foot, researchers believe.
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.
A Thai woman who died of bird flu may be the first in the latest outbreak to catch it from human contact.
More money is to be invested in the treatment of drug misusers in England, the government has announced.
A group of doctors hand in letters calling for a ban on smoking in public places as the public consultation ends.
A bat found in an alley tests positive for a strain of rabies which can also infect people, according to officials.
Free personal and nursing care appears to be costing much more than expected, according to executive figures.
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.
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