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  • Lansley hits back over NHS bill
    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says the government is "committed" to the NHS bill, amid reports that three Conservative cabinet ministers have concerns.
  • Cannabis users double crash risk
    Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.
  • Rally over hospital closure worry
    Campaigners opposed to changes at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli stage what they call a "stop the closure" march and rally.
  • Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared'
    Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.
  • US 'sobriety' tests for Londoners
    Problem drinkers in London are to be given American-style sobriety tests aimed at keeping them away from alcohol.
  • Guilty pleas over hospital abuse
    Three members of staff from a private hospital near Bristol, featured in a Panorama programme, plead guilty to the ill treatment of residents.
  • IVF clinics get twin birth target
    IVF clinics have been told that no more than 10% of births should be twins or triplets by regulators.
  • Assisted suicide ruling reserved
    Judgment is reserved in a case brought by a severely disabled man with "locked-in syndrome" who urged a judge not to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.
  • Heart disease risk 'inherited'
    Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.
  • Government defeat over NHS bill
    The government loses a vote in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.
  • 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.
  • Retire later 'to stop loneliness'
    People who carry on working in some capacity beyond their retirement could live longer because they are not so lonely, a No 10 adviser suggests.
  • 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.
  • Foetus parties: Womb with a view?
    Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"
  • VIDEO: London to trial 'alcohol tag' scheme
    People convicted of serious alcohol-related offences in London will be given American-style sobriety tests in a trial planned to begin this summer.