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A raffle for a human egg? It's hardly conceivable
The beauty of American fertility clinics is that you can specify what sort of
egg you want, writes Melanie McDonagh.
Baby twins put in hospitals 50 miles apart
The parents of two-month-old twins have criticised the NHS for placing their
poorly daughters in separate hospitals, 50 miles apart.
Caroline Quentin interview: Young at heart
Caroline Quentin talks to Daphen Lockyer about her return to television, her
family and why she's a happiest around teenagers.
Gordon Brown's refusal to ban cheap booze is biggest health failing, claims chief doctor
Gordon Brown's refusal to clamp down on cheap alcohol is the biggest public health failing of the last decade, England's chief medical officer has said.
The NHS investigated: keep the politicians out of it
The NHS investigated: Professor Karol Sikora says courage and
competition will let our talent flourish.
NHS investigated: For the service you want, try the co-op
NHS investigated: Hospitals run by doctors really are better than the rest,
says Ali Parsa.
BOSU balance trainer: Great home workouts
The BOSU balance trainer gives good results and is good fun.
Doctor's Diary: vitamin D, key-in-the-door syndrome and deafness
In Doctor's Diary, James Le Fanu ponders the medical issues of the week.
Short blasts of exercise as good as hours of training, scientists find
Less really can be more when it comes to exercise, scientists have discovered.
How to beat the bloat
Bloating is an uncomfortable problem suffered by many women. But, says
Victoria Lambert, it can be often be easy to remedy.
'My wife suffers from a foul taste in her mouth that wakes her up at night'
Telegraph Readers' Clinic: send your health and wellbeing questions to our
panel of experts.
Graham Norton's problem page
Agony 'aunt' Graham Norton advises readers on internet dating, breastfeeding
and being single at your sister's wedding.
'Carers like my grandmother are keeping the NHS afloat'
There are estimated to be six million carers in the UK and the unpaid work
that they do saves the health service £87 billion a year, says Max Pemberton.
We prepare for birth - why not prepare for death?
A new book on coping with death by Comic Relief founder Jane Tewson
aims to aid the grieving process
Spa Spy: Clinique La Prairie, Montreux
Our health sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats
worldwide
How to flirt well
In 10-minute body language class this week: how to be a good flirt.
Get your skates on, girls
Roller derby is the feisty way to whip your body into shape, says Rebecca
Newman.
NHS investigated: the Australian health service
The Australian public health care system, Medicare, offers free or low-cost
medical, optometric and hospital care to resident citizens and permanent
residents.
NHS investigated: the Dutch health service
Juul Zilvold, 40, a translator, whose father is a doctor, lives in Amsterdam
with her husband, Kieran, and two children Kyo, six, and Keeva, 10.
NHS investigated: the US health service
The US spends nearly $2 trillion a year on health, twice as much as any other
nation, but it is the only industrial economy without universal health care
coverage.
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