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The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 22:04
Do repeated concussions lead to brain damage?
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:28
How ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 09:25
An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 07:44
Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 03:34
Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 02:21
A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:43
How the elderly are missing out
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 22:37
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 22:36
Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:04
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 13:43
How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:23
The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 10:10
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 09:19
BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief's suggestion that all workers should be screened.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:19
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:03
Ambulances are spending 50% more time outside hospitals in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the BBC has learned.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 05:30
Nicholas Crace, the 83-year-old who has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, told BBC Breakfast why he decided to donate so late in life.
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 03:14
Why some people ignore blood pressure problems
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 02:01
Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a UK drugs charity.
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