BBC Health News
The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site.
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'Sat nav' for brain surgery hope
The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh launches a drive to buy equipment dubbed the "sat nav" of brain surgery.
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Dead station baby's mother traced
The mother of a baby girl found dead at Fleet railway station in Hampshire has been traced, police say.
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'Success' of heroin on prescription
Injectable "medical" grade heroin should be offered under supervision to the most hardened addicts, say UK researchers.
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Can a snail give an insight into drug addiction?
In an unusual behavioural experiment, scientists use pond snails to study the effects of methamphetamine on the brain.
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Bag clue to murdered station baby
Police release an image of a plastic carrier bag in which a baby's body was found dumped at a Hampshire railway station.
Categories: BBC Health News
Hospital vagina swabs warning
Midwives and other staff who help deliver babies are warned not to leave swabs inside the vaginas of new mothers.
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Woman in 'forced' surgery ruling
A cancer patient with a phobia of hospitals should be forced to undergo a life-saving operation if necessary, a judge rules.
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Arthritis 'on rise in women'
One of the most common forms of arthritis is on the rise in US women but falling among men, according to a study.
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Free prescription plans 'on hold'
Proposals to give free prescriptions to people in England with long-term conditions have been put on hold.
Categories: BBC Health News
Greek probe over missing kidney
More charges may be brought over the death of a tourist whose body was returned from Greece with a kidney missing.
Categories: BBC Health News
MSPs divided on alcohol pricing
Holyrood's health committee urges the Scottish government to specify what minimum price it would set for alcohol.
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Alcohol prescriptions rise
The number of prescriptions given out in England to treat alcohol dependency has increased, figures for 2009 show.
Categories: BBC Health News
NHS chief resigns over 'vision'
The chairman of NHS London resigns after stating his vision of healthcare delivery had "little in common" with that of the new government.
Categories: BBC Health News
Quick access to cancer fund call
Patients have asked for quicker access to the £200m cancer drug fund after the NHS refused to pay for a new liver cancer treatment.
Categories: BBC Health News
Device bid to reduce road deaths
Technology aimed at reducing the many deaths on rural roads is being investigated by Aberdeen scientists.
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Beach burns baby out of hospital
A five-month-old boy taken to hospital with serious burns after spending a day in the sun on Brighton beach is discharged.
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