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People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.
C-section 'link' to child obesity
Babies who are delivered through Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than those born traditionally, US research suggests.
Lab grows heart muscle from skin
Scientists in Israel say they have managed to turn patients' own skin cells into heart muscle in the lab.
Article written by Fergus Walsh
Fergus Walsh
Medical correspondent
00:08 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012
New guidance from the health watchdog NICE says morphine and other strong opioids should be more widely used as many patients with advanced cancer and other chronic conditions are suffering unnecessary pain.
Bionic Bodies
Can the human body be replaced with machinery? In a series of report we investigate the potential of the technology, look at the history of bionics and ask whether the field will move from repairing people to enhancing them.
Facing facts
Why doctors should talk more about death
'Ronald Reagan's blood' for sale?03:36
Carey Mulligan on Alzheimer's03:05
Thoughts used to control robotic arm02:19
Jordan to probe 'children abuse' 01:24
Tackling the trade in human flesh pills01:43
World health charity targets Greece01:46
Blind man sees with new eye implant 02:43
One in 10 babies born premature02:08
Cure crisis
Are we facing the end of new drug discovery?
Payment on delivery
Greek mother says hospital threatened to keep her baby
Body building
Fixing bones after years of Arab world violence
Rugby risks
Do repeated concussions lead to brain damage?
How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis
How ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes
How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
Diamond days
What to see and do in the UK during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend
From Our Own Correspondent
"Being naked is nothing to do with sex," why Germans are so comfortable in their own skin
Discovery: Science Of Morality
How fixed are our moral beliefs and how much can the environment affect our choices?
Spanish health reforms; Eating for two when pregnant; Taking therapy to the streets
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Warning over child 'screen time'
Parkinson's man walks with torch
