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Smoking 'may play schizophrenia role'
Smoking may play a direct role in the development of schizophrenia, researchers suggest.
- 10 July 2015
- From the section Health
Twitter ad angers epilepsy charity
An epilepsy charity criticises Twitter for uploading two online videos that feature a looping, rapid succession of flashing colours.
- 10 July 2015
- From the section Technology
Fresh guidelines for doctors on FGM
Fresh guidelines are produced for doctors in the UK caring for women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).
- 10 July 2015
- From the section Health
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- 10 July 2015
- From the section Wales
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- 9 July 2015
- From the section Health
Insulin syringe death firms fined
- 9 July 2015
- From the section Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Drug 'may slow breast cancer growth'
- 9 July 2015
- From the section Health
Overweight teens don't feel 'heavy'
- 9 July 2015
- From the section Health
Surgeon pioneers chest deformity op
- 9 July 2015
- From the section South East Wales
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- 9 July 2015
- From the section Health
Drug prescriptions rise in England
- 7 July 2015
- From the section Health
WHO 'unfit for health emergencies'
- 7 July 2015
- From the section Health
Watch/Listen
Inside Liberia Ebola medical facility
- 10 July 2015
- From the section Africa
'What we need is long-term support'
- 6 July 2015
Medics voice dementia care concerns
- 6 July 2015
- From the section Health
Sue Lloyd-Roberts' 'wonderful news'
- 6 July 2015
- From the section Health
The science behind the pollen count
- 5 July 2015
- From the section Health
Best foot forward for a full life
- 5 July 2015
- From the section Health
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- 5 July 2015
- From the section Health
Hormones make traders take more risks
- 2 July 2015
- From the section Health
Features & Analysis
Natural remedy
Science closing in on link between nature and well-being
- 8 July 2015
- From the section Science & Environment
Dropped everything
Doctors' life-saving role after 7/7 bus bombing
- 7 July 2015
- From the section Health
500g babies
How to care for the world's smallest babies
- 2 July 2015
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Our Experts
Are nurses the new doctors?
With pressure growing on the NHS, nurses are taking on more and more of the responsibilities of doctors. Could this be the way to make stretched resources stretch even further?
Nick Triggle
Health correspondent
Building a better future for Chad
Chad is a potent symbol of what work is still needed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
Fergus Walsh
Medical correspondent
The Treasury, the Budget and the NHS
Detailed analysis of the financial needs of the NHS in England is under way and may cause a few sleepless nights for ministers between now and the autumn.
Hugh Pym
Health editor
The cost of care
Care calculator: Find out the costs you face
- 26 January 2015
- From the section Health
How the care system works across the UK
- 21 January 2015
- From the section Health
The cap on care costs explained
- 21 January 2015
- From the section Health
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A popular meal in north-east Thailand is infecting people with liver flukes, which can eventually lead to liver cancer.
- 13 June 2015
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Health Check: Taking the bite out of rabies
- 30 May 2015
- From the section Health
Scrubbing Up: Warning over 'dodgy' allergy tests
- 14 June 2015
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Med in Africa: Giving newborns 'air to breathe'
- 21 April 2015
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Watch/Listen
Inside Liberia Ebola medical facility
- 10 July 2015
- From the section Africa
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Sue Lloyd-Roberts' 'wonderful news'
- 6 July 2015
- From the section Health
The science behind the pollen count
- 5 July 2015
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Best foot forward for a full life
- 5 July 2015
- From the section Health
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