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Doctors demand probe into claims of a Baby P cover-up

01.07.11
Senior doctors from Great Ormond Street demand a government inquiry into an alleged 'cover-up' by the leading children's hospital over the Baby P tragedy ... more

Hospital chief in Baby P case faces growing pressure to quit over scandal

22.06.11
The chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital faces increasing pressure to resign over the Baby Peter scandal after being criticised by leading medical journal The Lancet... more

Adverse reactions to medicine have reached 'epidemic proportions'

03.06.11
A group of clinicians and scientists has written to the Government expressing concerns about the escalating problems in UK drug testing procedure... more

Paralysed athlete takes first steps after pioneering treatment

20.05.11
Hit-and-run victim who was completely paralysed from the waist down stands up on his own and taken faltering steps on a treadmill after pioneering treatment ... more

Centrica gets a fillip from Qatari bid talk

11.05.11
Rumours of Middle Eastern interest heated up Centrica today... more

Britain's stillbirth rate among the worst in developed world

14.04.11
Britain's record of stillbirths condemned as a 'national scandal' after it is shown to be one of the worst in the developed world ... more

UK could face a 'nightmare scenario' due to rise of superbugs

07.04.11
UK has been warned by scientists of the rise of new superbugs resistant to the most powerful antibiotics ... more

Alive and well, Haiti’s saved earthquake babies

05.01.11
Team of midwives from a British charity has helped thousands of women and their babies in Haiti bring down the soaring birth mortality rate... more

Alcohol 'more dangerous than heroin, ecstasy and crack cocaine'

01.11.10
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin, ecstasy and crack cocaine, according to a new study... more

Swine flu killed 70 young people over nine months

27.10.10
Total of 70 children and teenagers died from swine flu in England over a nine-month period between 2009 and 2010, it was revealed... more

New Asian 'superbug' spreads to UK

11.08.10
International travel and medical tourism helped the spread of drug-resistant bacteria that could lead to the end of antibiotics, scientists have warned... more

Anti-addiction drugs used to treat obesity

30.07.10
Dramatic effects were seen from a weight loss recipe that combines anti-addiction drugs with dieting and exercise... more

‘Callous’ doctor who claimed MMR jab causes child autism is struck off

24.05.10
Doctor at the centre of the MMR disoute was struck off for serious professional misconduct... more

‘Eat less meat to stop climate change’

25.11.09
People should eat less meat to help combat climate change, a government-backed report says... more

Testing time would benefit fiftysomething men

26.08.09
Your fifties are the decade during which, for men and women, things do tend to start to go wrong, says Dr Christian Jessen... more

Reed dives after major share placing to slash £5bn debts

30.07.09
Publisher Reed Elsevier has launched a major share placing to cut its $8.3 billion (£5 billion) debts ... more

Calls to keep schools closed over swine flu fears

21.07.09
Ministers asked to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu infections... more

Drug research leaves Astra with a headache

13.07.09
British drug giant AstraZeneca was today suffering the ill effects of medical research that criticised Seroquel, a schizophrenia medicine that is the pharma firm's second best-selling product ... more

Glaxo gets a boost from cervical cancer drug

07.07.09
British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline received a boost today after research into its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix showed it is the only treatment to protect against five of the most common viruses associated with the disease ... more

NHS staff 'panicked' over swine flu

19.06.09
Staff at an NHS walk-in centre "panicked" when confronted with a schoolgirl who may have been exposed to swine flu, it has been claimed... more

Health

08.10.08
It’s an issue that can cloud the cheering fact that London is home to some of the most brilliant health care specialists in the world, leaders in their fields. ... more

Common bugs linked to cot deaths, say scientists

30.05.08
Scientists have discovered that common bugs could play an important role in some cases of unexplained cot death... more

Catch the best fishmongers

21.02.07
There's no need to cast your net wide to find a good fish supplier. A choice selection is available across the capital.... more


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