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Two years left 'to save free NHS' - 04 Apr 2006 14:37:41 GMT Doctors warn that there are just two years left to save a universally free NHS.
Council fury over £3m health cut - 04 Apr 2006 14:29:03 GMT Day-care centres and respite care homes may face financial crisis after a withdrawal of £3m funding.
House products liver link probe - 04 Apr 2006 14:17:28 GMT Edinburgh scientists look into the effects of tiny particles found in household products on the liver.
Hundreds of health jobs to be cut - 04 Apr 2006 12:10:38 GMT A debt-ridden health trust plans to cut around 400 jobs as part of a two-year plan to tackle its deficit.
Gold nanoparticles to trap toxins - 04 Apr 2006 08:25:48 GMT Bio-terror toxins and other poisons could soon be spotted much faster using tiny gold particles, say researchers.
Hope over self-focusing glasses - 04 Apr 2006 01:00:09 GMT US researchers design glasses which can change focusing power by harnessing the images seen by the eyes.
Food firms 'lukewarm on health' - 03 Apr 2006 23:03:51 GMT Food giants are not living up to their commitments on fighting the global diet crisis, a report says.
Lab-grown bladders 'a milestone' - 03 Apr 2006 23:02:01 GMT Scientists successfully implant bladders grown in the lab from patients' own cells into people with bladder disease.
Hospital trust to lose 160 jobs - 03 Apr 2006 18:11:31 GMT Medway NHS Trust is to shed up to 160 posts in a bid to save £11m in the next financial year.
Hospital tube block sparks probe - 03 Apr 2006 15:14:50 GMT Police are investigating two deaths at a hospital in Salford after a blockage was found on an anaesthetic machine.
'More genes' needed to make life - 03 Apr 2006 15:01:57 GMT Scientists trying to make artificial life forms in the lab may have a tougher job ahead than they had expected.
£3m for brain damage boy - 03 Apr 2006 13:41:42 GMT A six-year-old Manchester boy who was brain-damaged at birth is awarded £3m in High Court damages.
£600,000 fraud dentist jailed - 03 Apr 2006 13:04:03 GMT A dentist who defrauded the NHS of more than £600,000 is jailed.
Six nurses fall ill with measles - 03 Apr 2006 12:47:53 GMT Hundreds of staff are vaccinated at a hospital in north-west London after six nurses fall ill with measles.
First measles death for 14 years - 03 Apr 2006 11:33:32 GMT A 13-year-old boy dies from measles, the UK's first fatality from the disease for more than a decade.
Hundreds face axe at NHS direct - 03 Apr 2006 11:04:50 GMT Hundreds of jobs could go at NHS Direct as part of a restructuring of the organisation.
Cleaners 'make bug strong' - 03 Apr 2006 10:14:12 GMT A study finds bleach is the only way to kill of a dangerous hospital bug - other cleaners may actually help it to thrive.
Pregnancy timeline - 23 Dec 2004 13:42:57 GMT A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates.
Cancer: The facts - 30 Jan 2004 11:57:24 GMT The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.