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- Aug 31, 2010
- Acoustic emission to detect brittle bones in Brits Listening to the noises a knee makes could transform the diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
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- Aug 30, 2010
- Hepatitis C liver deaths warning in England Hepatitis C is contributing to a huge rise in the number of people dying from liver disease, MPs have warned.
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- Aug 30, 2010
- Drug offers hope for UK heart failure patients A £10-a-week pill for chest pains has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients and slash the cost of hospital admissions, medical trial results have shown.
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- Aug 30, 2010
- iPhone set to replace stethoscope in UK hospitals The iconic stethoscope is disappearing from hospitals across the world as physicians increasingly use their smartphones to monitor patients' heartbeats.
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- Aug 28, 2010
- UK researchers discover that Alzheimer's risk could be increased by surgery Imperial College London scientists believe that patients who undergo major hospital operations could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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- Aug 27, 2010
- Bilateral cochlear implant is a UK first The UK's first operation to fit a single cochlear implant to radically improve the hearing of a severely deaf woman has taken place.
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- Aug 23, 2010
- Cameron to push ahead with 'cold turkey' drug policy David Cameron is to push ahead with radical "abstinence" plans for the most serious drug addicts.
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- Aug 22, 2010
- Egg and sperm donors may get thousands of pounds in fertility plan Significant shift in policy aims to stop more childless couples seeking treatment abroad.
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- Aug 20, 2010
- Drug and radiation treatment cuts deaths from cervical cancer Treating cervical cancer patients with both radiotherapy and drugs can reduce the risk of dying by almost a quarter, research has found.
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- Aug 20, 2010
- Health trusts spend 300 million pounds on private consultants NHS figures show 'wasteful' consultancy bill could pay for cancer treatments and fund 10,000 nurses.
