BBC News | Health | Medical notes | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.IVF- March 31, 1999 Around 6,000 babies are born a year due to IVF, but the treatment has been dogged by controversy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/308662.stm Japanese encephalitis- March 30, 1999 Japanese encephalitis is a disease caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes - in severe cases it leads to a deadly inflammation of the brain.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/307709.stm Miners' lung disease- March 26, 1999 A lifetime of breathing in coal dust can put miners at risk of developing respiratory diseases like pneumoconiosis and emphysema.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/medical_notes/304383.stm |