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Man died with 'tapeworm tumours'
A man has died with cancerous growths of mutated parasitic worm tissue growing in his organs, doctors report.
- 5 November 2015
- From the section Health
Blood test could decide cancer therapy
A blood test can determine whether prostate cancer patients are likely to respond to drugs, scientists say.
- 5 November 2015
- From the section Health
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Vital premature baby checks 'missed'
Premature babies across England and Wales may be missing out on vital health checks designed to spot serious disabilities early on, experts warn.
- 5 November 2015
- From the section Health
BMA refuses to re-enter contract talks
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
UK healthcare 'trails other nations'
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Cancer drug makes it back on NHS fund
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
E. coli infections 'rise by 1,000'
- 4 November 2015
- From the section England
Hospital trust admits deaths charges
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Stoke & Staffordshire
Test to diagnose 'face blindness'
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
NI health management shake-up announced
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Northern Ireland
Online brain training 'helps over-50s'
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Health
Footballers 'suffer from poor teeth'
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Health
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Hunt: 'Good deal for doctors and patients'
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Junior doctor's frontline video diary
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Mother's warning after blackberry choke
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Norfolk
Robots help to train new doctors
- 4 November 2015
- From the section London
Why is Lyme disease so hard to diagnose?
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Online brain training 'makes me think'
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Health
Also in the news
Heat-triggered 'grenades' hit cancer
- 31 October 2015
- From the section Health
Gardening 'can boost mental health'
- 30 October 2015
- From the section Health
Features & Analysis
Locum doctors
How safe are we in the hands of locum staff at NHS hospitals?
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Health
Friend or foe
How cockroaches could help wipe out a hospital superbug
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Magazine
What's up, Doc?
How English doctors became internet activists
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Magazine
A mountain to climb
What hip ops tell us about the state of mental health care
- 31 October 2015
- From the section Health
Newsbeat Arrrgh! Halloween
A terrifying time of year for people with phobias.
- 29 October 2015
- From the section Home
Our Experts
What hip ops tell us about mental health care
Plans are afoot to improve mental health care - but there is a mountain to climb to get services to where they should be.
Rapid tests 'would cut antibiotic use'
Rapid diagnostic tests are urgently needed to help doctors know which patients require antibiotics, a review says.
A 1970s-style walkout by doctors - could it happen this year?
Will junior doctors go out on strike?
Cost of care
Councils reject 2 in 3 for care
- 7 October 2015
- From the section Health
Care of vulnerable people 'in danger'
- 21 September 2015
- From the section Health
How the care system works across the UK
- 22 July 2015
- From the section Health
More from Health
Health Check: Combating open defecation in India
A scheme in India is aiming to instil better toilet habits in children by "paying them to poo".
- 30 August 2015
- From the section Health
Health Check: The dark side of BBQs
- 23 August 2015
- From the section Health
Scrubbing up: The nightmare of waking under anaesthesia
- 15 July 2015
- From the section Health
Med in Africa: Giving newborns 'air to breathe'
- 21 April 2015
- From the section Health
Watch/Listen
Hunt: 'Good deal for doctors and patients'
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Junior doctor's frontline video diary
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Mother's warning after blackberry choke
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Norfolk
Robots help to train new doctors
- 4 November 2015
- From the section London
Why is Lyme disease so hard to diagnose?
- 4 November 2015
- From the section Health
Online brain training 'makes me think'
- 3 November 2015
- From the section Health
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