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05/02/12
A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink.
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05/02/12
How letting children cook helps them eat better
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05/02/12
Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
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04/02/12
'How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours'
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03/02/12
WORKFORCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster was overspent on staff costs by 385,000 at month nine.
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03/02/12
STRUCTURE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster is courting consultants KPMG in a bid to draw up a business case for its commissioning support service.
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03/02/12
PERFORMANCE: North Tyneside PCT has highlighted the success of a GP practice which has increased uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among the eligible population by around 20 percentage points, to ach
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03/02/12
A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her sacking.
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03/02/12
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
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03/02/12
The appointment of five NHS Commissioning Board executive directors has been announced, including Ian Dalton in the key role of chief operating officer.
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03/02/12
Seven English NHS hospital trusts with debts caused, in part, by PFI repayments are to have access to a 1.5bn government bailout fund.
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03/02/12
Comedian Ruby Wax said depression was like "being in a coma, but awake" as the panel debated how politicians should discuss their issues.
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03/02/12
The NHS Commissioning Board is working under strict limits on what it can do as the governments Health Bill battles turbulence in Parliament, its chair has said.
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03/02/12
A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.
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03/02/12
Patients admitted to hospital at weekends have a greater chance of dying than those admitted on a week day, a large-scale review of NHS data has reiterated.
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03/02/12
Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.
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03/02/12
The UKs largest medical royal college has called for the prime minister to scrap the Health and Social Care Bill, branding it damaging, unnecessary and expensive.
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03/02/12
Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.
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03/02/12
'The young should play a role in designing healthcare'
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03/02/12
The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.
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03/02/12
The chairman of a hospital trust that closed an emergency department and considered bringing in army medics is to stand down.
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03/02/12
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
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02/02/12
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.
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