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19 October 2011 Last updated at 17:21 ET

IQ 'can change in teenage years'Pupils taking exams

The mental ability of teenagers can improve or decline on a far greater scale than previously thought, according to new research.

ivf Egg donor compensation to rise

The UK's fertility watchdog has agreed to triple the compensation given to women who donate eggs to help infertile couples to have a child.

2009 version of the H1N1 flu virusSwine flu linked to stillbirths

Babies born to mothers who contracted the swine flu virus faced a much greater risk of being stillborn according to a new study

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Malaria vaccine trial results promising

18:16 UK time, Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Some much-anticipated results have come in from a major trial of a vaccine against malaria. They are encouraging, but there are some questions unresolved.

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