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House that mends coppers: A haven for injured police
As a rehabilitation centre, Flint House puts itself on a par with the MoD's Headley Court. But as demand soars, it is struggling for funds
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A continuing risk to patients, yet Gosport doctor allowed to practise
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Outraged families will ask the High Court to rule on the General Medical Council's refusal to strike off doctor.
IoS competition winners capture pictures of health
Sunday, 31 January 2010
The finalists in the IoS/British Heart Foundation photographic contest go on display in London tomorrow after impressing the judges
Mass 'overdose' staged in homeopathic protest
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Protesters today staged a mass "overdose" of homeopathic remedies in a bid to prove that the medicines are worthless.
China denies miscarriages linked to swine flu jab
Saturday, 30 January 2010
The Chinese government has denied that the swine flu vaccine was to blame for a number of miscarriages suffered by women who received the jab, state media reported Friday.
Egyptians blow six percent of income on tobacco: WHO survey
Saturday, 30 January 2010
The typical Egyptian family spends six percent of its monthly income on tobacco, according to a survey released on Thursday that was carried out in coordination with the World Health Organisation.
Food crisis threatens millions in West Africa: aid official
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Millions in Niger and across West Africa face food shortages after erratic rains hit farming in countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara desert, the European Commission's aid group said Thursday.
Damning verdict on doctor who linked MMR with autism
Friday, 29 January 2010
Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who suggested the MMR vaccine might cause autism, leading to a collapse in immunisation levels nationwide, "showed a callous disregard" for the suffering of children and "abused his position of trust" during the conduct of his research, a disciplinary panel ruled yesterday.
Anger as drug errors doctor free to practise
Friday, 29 January 2010
Jeremy Laurance: Dr Jane Barton displayed a "worrying lack of insight" over her care of patients.
MP calls for sunbed ban on under-18s
Friday, 29 January 2010
Teenagers are putting their health at risk by becoming sunbed addicts, MPs heard today as a bid was launched to ban under-18s from tanning salons.
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