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Cutting pollution ‘helps hearts’

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

US sets goal to tame Alzheimer’s

The US launches a national plan to tackle Alzheimer's, as estimates show 16 million people will be affected by dementia by 2050.

Baby’s quick birth in bathroom

A young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.

Paralysed man moves hand after op

A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.

Nurses warn ‘police’ video games

Parents need to be more vigilant over the computer games they allow their children to play, nurses say.

‘A&E fast-track’ for Olympic VIPs

Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games.

NHS risk register veto ‘wrong’

The government's refusal to publish the full risk assessment of the planned changes to the NHS is unjustified and departs from policy, says the Information Commissioner

Vogue calls for ‘healthy’ models

Editors of all 19 worldwide editions of the magazine jointly pledge not to use models younger than 16 or those they believe have an eating disorder.

MPs warning of medicine shortages

Patients in England are suffering from shortages in the supply of some medicines, an all party group of MPs says.

Girl, 10, has 3kg tumour removed

A 10-year-old girl, Eliana Mann, has had a tumour weighing more than 3kg removed in an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.