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A lack of specialist medics to care for rape victims could be hampering conviction rates, doctors believe.

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, a study has found

AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.

AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."

AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.

AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.

Reuters - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's common for young children to have a tough time when mom or dad leaves them with someone else.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) will meet in September to consider available evidence for using bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for a number of on-label and off-label uses.

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has warned consumers not to use a product called Miracle Mineral Solution -- which makes broad health claims -- because it's actually an industrial strength bleach.

(MedPage Today) -- As expected, the U.S. flu vaccine for next fall will include the pandemic flu that has swept the world, the FDA said.

(MedPage Today) -- An estimated 30 million women will be helped by the new healthcare reform law over the next 10 years, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.

(MedPage Today) -- Bone scans might help identify men at high risk for aggressive prostate tumors as they age, researchers said.

(MedPage Today) -- Vitamin D supplements reduce the arterial stiffness associated with pervasive vitamin D deficiency among black teens, even in sunny climes, researchers found.

(MedPage Today) -- The on-again, off-again clinical trial of a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) therapy for spinal cord injury is on again, its sponsor said.

(MedPage Today) -- Outcomes in all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma might improve with an "ablate-and-wait" strategy versus rapid transplantation, according to a group of clinicians who have regularly used the strategy.

(MedPage Today) -- A sustained-release formulation combining bupropion and naltrexone (Contrave) appears to be an effective treatment for weight loss in obese patients, researchers have found.

(MedPage Today) -- Injection of steroids into the affected spinal nerve appears to ease lumbar radicular pain better than other types of injections, but still in only a proportion of patients, according to a randomized trial.