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18/08/2010 - Health visitors may prevent post-natal depression
Women are less likely to develop post-natal depression if they are seen by a well-trained health visitor, British researchers reported last night. More
16/08/2010 - Call for child allergy specialists
Britain needs more specialists who can treat children with food allergies, experts have warned. More
12/08/2010 - Medical tourism brings superbug to UK
UK "medical tourists" travelling to India for treatment have returned as carriers of a lethal new mutant infection, experts have warned. More
24/06/2010 - Breath-test the pregnant - new guidance
Pregnant women should be breath-tested to see if they are smoking, according to tough new guidelines proposed for British hospitals today. More
24/06/2010 - Anger at allergy slow-down
Allergy services in Britain have made little progress since a major series of investigations several years ago, experts warned today. More
17/06/2010 - Women die from delayed diagnosis - claim
Nearly a thousand women may be dying from breast cancer each year because of late diagnosis, experts claim today. More
29/04/2010 - World-first robotics procedure carried out in Leicester
A Leicester cardiologist is the first surgeon in the world to have carried out an operation using a remote robotics system. More
26/04/2010 - Health MOT plan could be cheaper
Health services could run effective screening programmes for heart disease by testing only high risk individuals, it was claimed today. More
15/04/2010 - No silver lining for dressings
Hospitals and clinics should not be spending money on silver-coated dressings - as there is no evidence they work, experts said today. More
12/04/2010 - Invest in babies - midwives
Midwives have teamed up with parents organisations to launch their own manifesto for the UK general election. More
02/04/2010 - NHS to trial back-ache alternatives
The NHS is to try out alternative treatments for back-ache - as well as cracking down on unregistered practitioners, it was announced yesterday. More
24/03/2010 - Call for child smoke crack-down
Smoking in the home continues to pose a major threat to the health of millions of children, British experts said today. More
17/03/2010 - Patients need to learn self-care - doctors
Many people have become so dependent on the British National Health Service they do not know how to look after their own minor ailments, GPs warned yesterday. More
23/02/2010 - Axe homeopathy - MPs
Homeopathy should be removed from the NHS as it is "scientifically implausible" and does not work, a damning report by British MPs said yesterday. More
15/02/2010 - Baby antibiotic warning
New guidance was issued to hospitals today in a bid to stem a raft of incidents involving an antibiotic given to new-born babies. More
11/02/2010 - Obesity pressure on hospitals
The British National Health Service has seen a massive increase in surgical procedures aimed at dealing with obesity in the last four years, according to figures published yesterday. More
19/01/2010 - Children's ward drug errors warning
One in five drug prescriptions in children's wards may be administered wrongly by nurses, researchers warned today. More
15/01/2010 - Fast diagnosis urged for heart failure
Doctors should not delay in diagnosing patients with suspected heart failure, according to proposals published yesterday. More
08/01/2010 - Freeze threat to asthma
People with asthma have been urged to take extra precautions against the freezing weather gripping the northern hemisphere. More
06/01/2010 - Call during freeze, public urged
The British public was urged yesterday to use health service helplines to get advice on keeping warm as much of the northern hemisphere settled into its coldest winter for decades. More
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