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BBC News - Health
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Government defeat over NHS bill
The government loses the first of a series of votes in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.
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Man seeks assisted suicide ruling
A severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" has urged a judge not to decide to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.
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Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'
Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes.
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AUDIO: Contraceptive implants given at schools
Children at schools in Southampton are being offered contraceptive implants without their parent's knowledge.
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Care provider in new debt talks
The UK's largest care provider, Four Seasons, is in talks to find money to refinance its debts, but it denies union claims it is in financial difficulty.
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Suicidal woman 'failed' by trust
A Stockport couple whose depressed daughter hanged herself after being allowed home from hospital win a six-year court battle.
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Bug found in more hospital taps
Pseudomonas is detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland.
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VIDEO: Owen: Only the PM can stop NHS reforms
Lord Owen claimed only the prime minister could stop plans for NHS reforms in England and he should back track as he did on a planned forest sell-off.
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VIDEO: Elderly 'let down by care system'
Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.
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Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'
Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.
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Soaring cost of NHS interpreters
Bill rises for interpreters in Yorkshire's hospitals
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Call for 'joined-up' elderly care
Older people needing social care are being let down and "passed like parcels" between fragmented services, a group of MPs says.
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VIDEO: Katie Price: Implants 'need age limit'
Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.
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VIDEO: Lansley has PM's 'full support' on NHS
No 10 insists Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support" over planned NHS changes, including giving GPs more control over budgets.
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Court hears social care challenge
The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.
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'Oldest living twins' aged 102
Two 102-year-old sisters are recognised as the world's oldest living twins by Guinness World Records.
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Lansley 'has PM's full support'
Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot".
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Hundreds seek NHS implant advice
Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS, according to MPs.
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Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter'
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.
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GMC guidance on assisted suicide
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.
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AUDIO: 'Wonderful' to have sight back
Katie Piper told Radio 5 live about being able to see after she was blinded in one eye after an acid attack.
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Living outside the hearing world
Why refuse an implant that would improve hearing?
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AUDIO: Have views on NHS reform shifted?
Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, who supports the governments proposed reforms of the NHS and Dr John Lister, director of the Health Emergency campaign group, who opposes them, debate the Health Bill.
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VIDEO: 'Just one more drink' alcohol warning
A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink.
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The power of cooking skills
How letting children cook helps them eat better
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