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    MMR Scandal 鈥� Impact on Vaccination Rates

    How a medical fraud harmed global vaccination campaigns

  2. Brain Surgery While Wide Awake

    Vet has brain tumour removed which was discovered by accident after falling off his bike

  3. Genetics Expert Pioneered Testing For Cancer

    The British doctor who pioneered genetic testing to help prevent cancer

  4. Flu Can Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

    Strokes and heart attacks more common after flu

  5. Perfect Storm: Smoking Rises in African Youth

    Increase in smoking by African youth and high HIV and TB rates creates 'perfect storm'

  6. British Trial Hope for Leukaemia Patients

    British medical trial offers hope to leukaemia patients

  7. Is Diabetes Five Different Diseases?

    Are there five types of diabetes, not two? What would that mean for patients?

  8. Seven Hour Operation Removes Giant 鈥楤rain鈥� Tumour

    We talk to the Indian neurosurgeon who removed the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 largest brain tumour鈥�

  9. Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

    Containing Lassa fever in Nigeria

  10. The 蜜芽传媒 Loneliness Experiment Launches

    The causes of loneliness and the experiment aiming to find some solutions

  11. Undetected High Blood Pressure in New Mothers

    Hidden blood pressure danger common in mums after pregnancy complication.

  12. Drug-resistant Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan

    Vaccination campaign to combat drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan

  13. Cancer Blood Test

    Important step in cancer blood test 鈥渉oly grail鈥�

  14. Kids鈥� Screen Time: What Are the Risks?

    Does screen time damage children鈥檚 health?

  15. New Year, New You?

    Do self-help books make people happier?

  16. Patients More Likely to Die After Surgery in Africa

    Lack of checks on patients after operations to blame

  17. The Brain Prize: How 鈥淩eward鈥� Works

    Prizewinning scientists: how the brain reacts to rewards

  18. Dementia Patients鈥� Anxiety Eased by Movies of Their Lives

    Films about lives of dementia patients help with anxiety

  19. 'Breakthrough' in Treating Fatal Brain Condition

    Scientists at UCL have corrected the faulty gene linked to Huntington's Disease

  20. 50 Years Since First Heart Transplant

    Donor organs shortage 50 years after 1st heart transplant

  21. Scarlet Fever Outbreaks

    Mystery of resurgence in the UK and East Asia of Scarlet Fever

  22. Every Step You Take Counts

    Will 10,000 steps a day keep the doctor away?

  23. Could Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Fight Pneumonia?

    鈥淗ow statins could cut pneumonia deaths鈥�

  24. When The Brain Wakes Up 鈥� But The Body Doesn鈥檛

    Sleep paralysis: when the brain wakes up 鈥� but the body doesn鈥檛

  25. The 'Hidden' Virus That Attacks the Liver

    The 'hidden' virus that attacks the liver

  26. Eye Diseases in Ebola Survivors

    Ebola survivors left with cataracts and other eye diseases

  27. Discovery of Brain鈥檚 'Waste Disposal' System

    Evidence of the brain' lymphatic system could change knowledge of neurological conditions

  28. Childhood Obesity Rockets

    124 million children around the world are obese and 213 million children are overweight

  29. Prize-winning Body Clock News

    Tips for a good night鈥檚 sleep as body clock scientists win science prize

  30. Public Reluctant to use Life-saving Defibrillators

    Passers-by often reluctant to use defibrillators when someone has a cardiac arrest

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