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Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably wanes at a certain age.

Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money.

Lingering residue from tobacco smoke that clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, warn experts.

Gordon Brown has given more details of Labour's plans to provide dedicated one-to-one specialist nursing for everyone in England diagnosed with cancer.

Doing lots of exercise drastically cuts the risk of developing painful gallstones, UK researchers have found.

Scientists say they have pinpointed gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are ageing.

A "shocking" number of children are suffering potentially fatal complications of diabetes each year, a charity says.

DNA differences which appear to affect the risk of giving birth early have been found by US scientists.

New Scottish GP practices should be set up in areas which are likely to see population increases, the BMA says.

Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes.

As of 31 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15174 deaths.

As of 24 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14711 deaths.

22 January 2010 -- Providing independent advice to Member States is a very important function of the World Health Organization (WHO). We take this work seriously and guard against the influence of any improper interests. The WHO influenza pandemic policies and response have not been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.

As of 17 January 2010, worldwide more than 209 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 14142 deaths.

As of 10 January 2010, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 13554 deaths.

As of 3 January 2010, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009, including at least 12799 deaths.

30 December 2009 -- The headline that dominated the year was easily the H1N1 pandemic. On 11 June, 2009, WHO declared the start of the first influenza pandemic since 1968. In this episode we listen to WHO's Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, discuss the successes and challenges of 2009.

As of 27 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 12220 deaths.

As of 20 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 11516 deaths.

Efforts to assess the severity of the H1N1 influenza pandemic sometimes compare numbers of confirmed deaths with those estimated for seasonal influenza, either nationally or worldwide. Such comparisons are not reliable for several reasons and can be misleading.

WASHINGTON --The FDA has approved rosuvastatin (Crestor) for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, making it the first statin to receive this indication.

Overlapping use of tamoxifen and the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) significantly increases the risk of breast cancer mortality, data from a large cohort of breast cancer patients showed.

Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could be at far greater risk for potentially deadly blood clots than doctors previously thought, a new British study found.

Researchers in Germany found specific protein levels that might make it possible to distinguish cases of acute coronary syndrome caused by emotionally-charged events from run-of-the-mill cardiac cases.

Conrad Robert Murray, MD, the physician attending Michael Jackson when the pop singer died of cardiac arrest last June, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in Los Angeles.

Climbers shouldn't have any trouble taking in the quite literally "eye-popping" views atop some of the world's highest peaks, researchers say.

Older stroke patients remain at higher risk for adverse outcomes than younger ones, but the gap has narrowed with wider implementation of evidence-based guidelines, researchers say.

An investigational drug that protects mitochondria in nerve cells helped restore some cognitive function in patients with Huntington's disease, researchers said.

Awareness of medication-induced torsade de pointes and a preset protocol for treating it could save lives in the hospital with swift action to prevent cardiac arrest, according to a joint statement from two professional associations.

People who regularly consume sugary soft drinks are at higher risk for pancreatic cancer, compared with the general population and regular fruit juice drinkers, a new Singaporian study found.