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22 May 2012 Last updated at 03:43

IVF age limit 'should be raised'IVF

Women in their early 40s should be given access to IVF on the NHS, draft guidelines for England, Wales and Northern Ireland recommend.


SurgeonsPatients 'suffer NHS rationing'

Creeping rationing of NHS care is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning.

MosquitoThird of malaria drugs 'are fake'

A third of malaria drugs used around the world to stem the spread of the disease are counterfeit, research reveals.

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Paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm Watch

You know the feeling when you watch something and your jaw drops? That happened when I saw the footage of Cathy Hutchinson use a robotic arm to lift a flask of coffee to her mouth.

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Scrubbing Up: Provocative thoughts on health

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Bionic bodyBionic Bodies

Can the human body be replaced with machinery? In a series of report we investigate the potential of the technology, look at the history of bionics and ask whether the field will move from repairing people to enhancing them.

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