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• Young 'ignorant on mental health'

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:26pm EDT

  Almost half of all teenagers cannot name a single mental health condition, according to a poll of schoolchildren.

• Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly'

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

  A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned.

• Stroke recovery

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT

  'I can dance better than I can walk'

• Isotope shortage may delay scans

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 6:56pm EDT

  Hundreds of important NHS hospital tests could be put on hold due to a worldwide shortage of a radioactive isotope.

• Universal flu vaccine tests start

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

  A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.

• Breaking a taboo

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 10:07am EDT

  Is Greece set to change its stance on organ donation?

• New wheelchair

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 7:47am EDT

  Reinventing the wheel to help disabled people

• Team sports blamed for health gap

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 7:37am EDT

  Too much team sport in schools is stopping pupils from learning about individual physical exercise, say researchers.

• Hearing risk for festival goers

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 5:37am EDT

  Festival goers could be seriously damaging their hearing, a leading charity has warned.

• Filling the gap

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 5:11am EDT

  The lure of Hungarian dentists

• DJs criticised for drink comments

  Posted: September 5th, 2008, 3:07am EDT

  A report criticises a number of radio presenters for encouraging heavy drinking among their listeners.

• Call to curb tobacco marketing

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 9:58pm EDT

  Campaigners and researchers have urged ministers to take a tough stance on the sale of tobacco.

• Down's signs 'seen in stem cells'

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 9:36pm EDT

  Scientists in London have traced the embryonic changes that occur in children with Down's syndrome

• Music tastes link to personality

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 8:05pm EDT

  Musical taste and style is closely related to personality type, according to new research from a Scottish university.

• Breaking a taboo

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 12:14pm EDT

  Is Greece set to change its stance on organ donation?

• Nigeria arranges 'HIV marriages'

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 11:00am EDT

  A Nigerian state government encourages HIV-positive men and women to marry each other.

• Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'

  Posted: September 4th, 2008, 4:18am EDT

  The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe may explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.

• Test predicts vessel op response

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 7:02pm EDT

  Technology to reveal dangerous changes in blood pressure during delicate brain surgery is under development.

• Natural birth 'may aid baby bond'

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 7:02pm EDT

  Mothers who give birth naturally are more responsive to the cry of their baby than those have a Caesarean, research suggests.

• Doctors split on organ donation

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 12:01pm EDT

  Intensive care doctors have told the BBC they are deeply concerned about any radical change to the law on organ donation.

• Young mums

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 8:29am EDT

  Why do we have such a downer on pregnant teens?

• Cholesterol drug cancer warning

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 5:15am EDT

  Patients have been urged to keep taking a cholesterol-lowering treatment despite a study linking it to higher cancer risk.

• Popular diets 'no health threat'

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:39am EDT

  Popular diets do help people lose weight - and do not cause nutritional deficiency, research finds.

• Exercise 'tackles flawed memory'

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:11am EDT

  Exercise may help improve mental performance in adults with mild memory problems, research suggests.

• Women tend to fall for men who look like their father

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 3:05am EDT

  When it comes to choosing a husband, women tend to pick men who resemble their dad, a study shows.

• Drug users 'turning to diazepam'

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 2:50am EDT

  An increasing number of drug users are using tranquilisers to replace heroin or take with other drugs, a UK charity says.

• Fight for survival

  Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 1:33am EDT

  The curious behaviour of people facing oblivion

• Single embryo guidance to clinics

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 7:06pm EDT

  Fertility clinics are to get guidance on how to cut the rate of multiple pregnancies occurring in couples taking IVF treatment.

• Pupils warned over energy drinks

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 7:01pm EDT

  The use of Red Bull and other energy drinks by UK school children is becoming a growing problem, a drug expert says.

• 'Ibuprofen best' for child fevers

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

  Ibuprofen is better at alleviating childhood fever than paracetamol and should be the drug of first choice, say researchers.