The US drug regulator has withdrawn approval for a popular breast cancer treatment, saying Avastin is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it.
UK trials new blood protocols
Twenty-two UK centres are conducting clinical trials of new blood transfusion procedures for trauma patients.
People believe 'antibiotic myths'
A quarter of people wrongly believe antibiotics work on most coughs and colds, a Health Protection Agency survey has found.
Article written by Fergus Walsh
Fergus Walsh
Medical correspondent
17:06 UK time, Friday, 18 November 2011
Scientists have issued another warning about the misuse of antibiotics and the rise of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. MRSA rates are falling but new pathogens seem ready to take their place. All that and a quiz on antibiotics.
'Shame on us nurses'
A leading nurse argues training should involve ensuring people know how to care for the elderly
Homemade machine helps boy walk02:03
Singing 'brings health and happiness'02:58
Australia bans cigarette branding01:33
India's growing obesity problem02:29
New hope for brain damaged patients02:29
Web 'addicts' seek psychotherapy04:36
Trials of diabetes breath tester01:24
African musicians fight fake drugs02:16
Battlefield medicine
Hot irons to transfusions - how war has driven innovation
Going viral
Can crowdsourcing software beat the flu?
Coping with trauma
A trauma survivor talks to others about their ordeals
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Pregnant and disabled
'We have feelings too - we don't need pity'
The baby born to mother who had cancer treatment while pregnant
One teenager looks back on her fight against childhood leukaemia
Inside the brain of a psychopath
High speed
How the travel time between Saudi Arabia's holy cities may soon be greatly reduced
Could a different cut-off point for calculating obesity in South Asians fight diabetes?
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