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Statins benefits 'underestimated'
The benefits of the cholesterol-reducing drug statins are underestimated and the harms exaggerated, a major review suggests.
- 8 September 2016
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Seven-day NHS 'impossible to achieve'
NHS leaders in England say current standards of care cannot be maintained, let alone expanded to seven days unless the health service gets more money and staff.
- 11 September 2016
- From the section Health
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Robot operates inside eye in world first
Surgeons in Oxford have used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight - in a world first.
- 9 September 2016
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Compound stops malaria with single dose
- 7 September 2016
- From the section Health
Obesity cancer link 'not well known'
- 9 September 2016
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First face transplant patient dies
- 6 September 2016
- From the section Europe
US Congress blocks Zika funding plan
- 7 September 2016
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Nobel judges fired in medical scandal
- 6 September 2016
- From the section Europe
Pollution particles 'get into brain'
- 5 September 2016
- From the section Science & Environment
Gene-editing method shrinks cancer
- 6 September 2016
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Whole brain radiotherapy 'no benefit'
- 5 September 2016
- From the section Health
WHO strengthens Zika safe sex guidance
- 6 September 2016
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Should bereavement leave be legal right?
- 11 September 2016
- From the section Education & Family
Benefit of statins '100 times the harm'
- 9 September 2016
- From the section Health
Vaccine cooler could save millions of lives
- 8 September 2016
- From the section Technology
The computer games keeping the elderly fit
- 7 September 2016
- From the section Health
Why are junior doctors striking?
- 7 September 2016
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Could air pollution cause brain damage?
- 5 September 2016
- From the section UK
German boy rescues brother from pool
- 5 September 2016
- From the section Europe
Newsbeat Most kids' lunchboxes are still unhealthy
- 6 September 2016
- From the section Home
Features & Analysis
The science of laughter
Why we laugh, how we laugh and why other creatures laugh too
- 11 September 2016
- From the section Health
Getting physical
Finland tells parents to push children to exercise more
- 8 September 2016
- From the section Europe
Many myths of back pain
Back pain is a leading cause of disability - and physios say many have the wrong idea about how to deal with it
- 8 September 2016
- From the section Health
Period piece
Can women really synchronise their menstrual cycle?
- 7 September 2016
- From the section Magazine
Dirty labs
What goes on inside a Chinese 'legal high' factory?
- 6 September 2016
- From the section Magazine
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