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20 May 2013 Last updated at 09:25 ET

Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'Sun peeking out from the clouds

The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on their health, researchers have suggested.

Bunions on a woman's feetBunions 'blame family not footwear'

The risk of developing bunions - bony growths on the big toe - is linked to your family, not your shoes, a US study has shown.

Breaking newsCancer risk gene testing announced

A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS.

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02:49 UK time, Friday, 17 May 2013

Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.

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