BBC News | Health | World 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.Yellow fever hits Congo deportees- June 6, 2008 Yellow fever is sweeping through the thousands of Congolese expelled from Angola, an official says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7440577.stm MS woman in right-to-die appeal- June 6, 2008 A woman with multiple sclerosis will ask the High Court to clarify the law on suicide.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7439779.stm Baby hope for earthquake parents- June 6, 2008 China sends medics to offer reverse sterilisation operations to parents who lost their only child in the quake.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7440480.stm Toenails point to heart disease- June 6, 2008 Measuring nicotine content in toenail clippings can help predict a woman's heart disease risk, say researchers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7439442.stm New test to aid science of sleep- June 6, 2008 A new technique using mouth swabs is developed by researchers to identify a person's sleep pattern.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7439142.stm Meningitis C jab concern- June 6, 2008 Teenagers may need a booster dose of meningitis C vaccine, say researchers who found immunity can fall.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7437796.stm 'Cooling' child therapy may harm- June 5, 2008 Bringing down the temperature of brain-injured children below normal may cause harm, say scientists.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7437894.stm Alcohol 'cuts risk of arthritis'- June 5, 2008 A regular tipple cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to half, research suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7435002.stm Rectal surgeons using 'wrong op'- June 5, 2008 Claims that many rectal cancer patients receive an "inappropriate" operation are rejected by surgeons.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7435277.stm Stem cells 'halt nerve disease'- June 4, 2008 An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7435137.stm |