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02/02/2012 05:23 PMVIDEO: MPs 'should admit mental health issues' Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population.
02/02/2012 11:23 AMVIDEO: Newborns 'should receive vitamin D' Doctors are calling for newborn babies to be given vitamin D, to protect them from bone disease and other illnesses.
02/03/2012 06:55 AMVIDEO: GP leaders turn back on NHS plans The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England.
02/03/2012 11:57 AMVIDEO: MPs and the stigma of mental illness Comedian Ruby Wax said depression was like "being in a coma, but awake" as the panel debated how politicians should discuss their issues.
02/02/2012 08:40 PMVIDEO: Brains may be 'wired' for addiction Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.
02/01/2012 02:24 PMVIDEO: Private company takes over hospital Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon has become the first NHS hospital in Britain to be managed by a private company.
02/01/2012 07:34 PMVIDEO: Science converts thoughts into speech Scientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech.
02/01/2012 08:07 AMVIDEO: Online test to gauge asthma risk A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack.
01/30/2012 07:29 PMVIDEO: Singing teacher's speech problems A singing teacher - who once auditioned for the Spice Girls, is trying to raise awareness of the rare neurological condition that's paralysed her voice box.
01/30/2012 09:19 PMVIDEO: Mystery illness at US high school High school students in the small community of Leroy, New York State, have been coming down with strange tics and verbal outbursts, with no obvious cause.
01/30/2012 08:12 AMVIDEO: Fake vodka health fears Sarah Sturdey goes on the trail of the people producing illegal alcohol and finds out the sometimes dire consequences for those who drink it.
01/30/2012 04:09 PMVIDEO: Day to day work of a social worker A new BBC programme aims to explain the challenges social workers face in their daily working lives.
01/31/2012 07:32 AMVIDEO: NHS changes have created 'unholy mess' Changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess", the editors of three leading journals have said.
01/28/2012 10:07 AMVIDEO: Protest over disability cuts Activists stage a "daring and disruptive act of civil disobedience" in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms
01/27/2012 11:08 PMVIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000 More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.
01/27/2012 10:58 AMAUDIO: Carers 'missing out on support' A woman who cares for her husband and son who both have cancer told Radio 5 live that she does not receive enough support.
01/26/2012 04:42 PMVIDEO: '£6,000 to replace my burst PIP implants' Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and leaked
01/26/2012 03:07 PMVIDEO: Soldier's mind-control bionic op A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his mind.
01/26/2012 05:01 PMVIDEO: Rise in Pakistan heart drug deaths More than 100 people have now died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.
01/26/2012 08:19 AMAUDIO: Could lack of vitamin D be behind Sids cases? The Today programme's Andrew Hosken reports concerns have been raised that a deficiency in vitamin D could have a connection to sudden infant death syndrome.
01/26/2012 11:57 AMVIDEO: Injured soldiers to climb Everest A group of injured soldiers are training to climb Mount Everest for the charity Walking With The Wounded
01/30/2012 07:32 AMVIDEO: Elderly 'affected by social care cut' Spending on social care for the elderly in England is falling this year, despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by Age UK suggests.
01/24/2012 08:14 AMVIDEO: Dorrell: NHS faces huge challenge "Progress is too slow" and the NHS faces a "huge challenge" in making the savings needed to safeguard its future, the chairman of the health select committee has warned.
01/25/2012 03:35 PMVIDEO: Cameron defends NHS reforms The prime minister has defended the government's NHS reforms saying they had the support of thousands of GPs across the country.
01/26/2012 09:46 PMVIDEO: Heart attack deaths halved in ten years The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.
01/24/2012 01:08 PMVIDEO: 'NHS reforms are creating chaos' The shadow health secretary has accused the government of creating chaos by pushing on with its Health and Social Care Bill.
01/26/2012 06:39 PMVIDEO: PIP implant dilemma for UK women More than 40,000 British women were given breast implants made by PIP, the French company at the centre of an international scare.
01/27/2012 08:05 AMVIDEO: Cancer carers missing vital support More than a million people in the UK who care for someone with cancer are potentially missing out on vital support and benefits, according to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
01/24/2012 07:10 PMVIDEO: Stem cell hope for eye treatment The first results of a trial involving human embryonic stem cells have been published in a medical journal.
01/26/2012 06:37 PMVIDEO: PIP implant company owner arrested The owner of a French breast implant company at the centre of a safety scare has been arrested in southern France.
01/20/2012 02:46 PMVIDEO: Mum thanks life-saving paramedic A mother from Northamptonshire has met a paramedic to thank him for saving her week-old baby daughter's life.
01/24/2012 07:07 AMVIDEO: Pressure building over NHS plans Pressure is building on ministers over NHS reforms in England, following a critical report by MPs.
01/23/2012 12:08 PMVIDEO: New suite helps bereaved parents A bereavement suite has opened at Milton Keynes Hospital to support parents who have stillborn babies.
01/24/2012 02:55 PMVIDEO: Minister denies health report criticism Health minister Simon Burns disagreed with the findings of the Commons Health Select Committee chaired by a former Conservative health secretary.
01/23/2012 06:27 AMVIDEO: How are breast implants made? Newsbeat gets a tour around the UK factory where silicone breast implants are made.
01/19/2012 05:45 AMVIDEO: Unions move to opposition over NHS bill Nurses and midwives have announced they will fight the government's plans for a major shake up of the NHS in England.
01/19/2012 09:43 AMAUDIO: Lansley: NHS reform opposition 'purely political' Chris Ham, chief executive of the King's Fund, analyses the path of the Health Reform Bill and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley responds to criticism from the medical community.
01/21/2012 09:40 AMVIDEO: UK 'will do more to fight disease' The British Government has announced it is to significantly increase funding to fight disease in the most deprived parts of the world.
01/23/2012 08:03 AMVIDEO: Call for cosmetic surgery ads ban Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned and annual checks carried out on surgeons, the industry has said.
01/20/2012 07:34 PMVIDEO: Baby unit infection source sought Staff at the Royal Hospital neo-natal unit in Belfast are trying to find the source of the bacterial infection linked to the deaths of three babies.
01/17/2012 05:45 AMVIDEO: 3D face scan to help future surgery Visitors to London's Science Museum are being invited to have their faces scanned in 3D.
01/18/2012 02:54 PMVIDEO: Cancer charity 'wrong on incomes' The work and pensions secretary said Macmillan Cancer Support was wrong to claim 7,000 cancer patients would see their incomes fall by £94 a week from April.
01/17/2012 05:33 AMVIDEO: Call to delay disabled benefit changes Sixteen major disability charities are calling for the the government to delay planned changes to benefits for disabled people.
01/18/2012 12:42 PMVIDEO: NHS to fund boy's cancer treatment The NHS in Northamptonshire has agreed to pay for a seven-year-old boy's private treatment in Germany for a rare childhood cancer.
01/12/2012 02:27 PMVIDEO: Weight-loss surgery man needs skin op A Suffolk man who has lost a life-changing 40 stone - more than half his former body weight - now needs an operation to remove excess skin.
01/16/2012 12:34 PMVIDEO: Ballet helps Parkinson's patients Scientists from London's Roehampton University are studying the effects of ballet on people with Parkinson's Disease.
01/16/2012 04:56 PMAUDIO: Manager compensated in race row NHS manager Elliot Browne told Radio 5 live that he did not think at first that he was dismissed because of the colour of his skin.
01/13/2012 04:03 AMVIDEO: Heart-stopping moment for medics A team of medical workers in Mexico were caught on camera as they dropped a donor heart being rushed to hospital for an urgent transplant. Despite the mishap the heart transplant was a success.
01/12/2012 03:51 PMVIDEO: Mail robot first for Forth Valley The Forth Valley Hospital is using a new robot to sort the mail, the first of its kind to be used in any hospital in Europe.
01/11/2012 10:28 AMVIDEO: How sports stars deal with depression Cricketer Andrew Flintoff has been exploring the issue of depression amongst professional athletes for a BBC documentary.
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