London Consultant Neurosurgeon Ian Sabin, Martin Kemp describes his shock at discovering not just one, but two brain tumours.

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Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust, Orthopaedic Consultant Surgeon, Mr Khai Lam says: “The concept behind the in Capital Health Web site is excellent

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46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year London breast cancer surgeon Professor Kefah Mokbel.

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Viruses mutate and evolve rapidly which is the root cause of the problem in attempts to find a vaccine that works. However, there is antibody cross-reactivity between strains and this means that protection from one strain may also lend protection from another. The classic example of this is the protection that Cowpox vaccine gives against [...]

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Crutches and Sore Hands “Crutch Hand” as a condition should have its own place in the medical dictionary. The term ‘iatrogenic’ refers to a ‘physician produced’ disease or condition

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GPs and health professionals working in maternity, obstetrics, gynaecology, and sexual health are today being asked to take part in new study into Female Genital Mutilation in a bid to better ensure that services to protect women and girls are as effective as possible.

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Alcoholic liver cirrhosis has increased by 42% over the last five years to almost 5,000 cases a year, figures released by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.

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Anna Gueldenhaupt, who blogs at Diagnosis PR, has some thoughts about the move to Electronic Patient Records in the UK.

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The UK Department of Health announced yesterday that more than 11 million people in England will be targeted first. The priority groups who will be first in line for vaccination against swine flu will include pregnant women, frontline health and social care workers, and everyone in at-risk groups aged over six months

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Monthly data shows the NHS’ progress in tackling the waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans. It gives the waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests carried out in the NHS.

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