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    Perfect Storm: Smoking Rises in African Youth

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

  2. British Trial Hope for Leukaemia Patients

    British medical trial offers hope to leukaemia patients

  3. Is Diabetes Five Different Diseases?

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

  4. 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�

  5. Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

    Containing Lassa fever in Nigeria

  6. The 麻豆社 Loneliness Experiment Launches

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

  7. Undetected High Blood Pressure in New Mothers

    Hidden blood pressure danger common in mums after pregnancy complication.

  8. Drug-resistant Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan

    Vaccination campaign to combat drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan

  9. Cancer Blood Test

    Important step in cancer blood test 鈥渉oly grail鈥�

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

    Does screen time damage children鈥檚 health?

  11. New Year, New You?

    Do self-help books make people happier?

  12. Patients More Likely to Die After Surgery in Africa

    Lack of checks on patients after operations to blame

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

    Prizewinning scientists: how the brain reacts to rewards

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

    Films about lives of dementia patients help with anxiety

  15. 'Breakthrough' in Treating Fatal Brain Condition

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

  16. 50 Years Since First Heart Transplant

    Donor organs shortage 50 years after 1st heart transplant

  17. Scarlet Fever Outbreaks

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

  18. Every Step You Take Counts

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

  19. Could Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Fight Pneumonia?

    鈥淗ow statins could cut pneumonia deaths鈥�

  20. 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

  21. The 'Hidden' Virus That Attacks the Liver

    The 'hidden' virus that attacks the liver

  22. Eye Diseases in Ebola Survivors

    Ebola survivors left with cataracts and other eye diseases

  23. Discovery of Brain鈥檚 'Waste Disposal' System

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

  24. Childhood Obesity Rockets

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

  25. Prize-winning Body Clock News

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

  26. Public Reluctant to use Life-saving Defibrillators

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

  27. How Much Does Gender Affect Teens鈥� Health?

    Girls and boys: how growing up impacts health

  28. 'Misleading' Information from Drinks鈥� Industry Over Cancer and Alcohol

    Alcohol and cancer: new study points to drinks鈥� industry 鈥渕isinformation鈥�

  29. Could Reducing Stress Help Improve Cancer Treatments?

    Could you improve cancer treatments by tackling stress?

  30. What to Do if There is an Acid Attack

    Vital first aid for victims of acid attacks

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