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• When it comes to a cold, you might as well try goat entrails

  Nov 22 2008:

  Ben Goldacre: I have a cold, and I know that there is almost nothing I can do, except sit it out

• Hairspray exposure may increase birth defect risk

  Nov 22 2008:

  Chemicals found in hairspray may increase the risk of a common genetic deformity in baby boys

• Fighting fit

  Nov 22 2008:

  From herding Yemeni goats to persuading Liverpudlians to drink responsibly, public health manager Taher Ali Qassim tells Chris Arnot about his unpredictable career

• Restricted access

  Nov 22 2008:

  Jesper Sorensen had the necessary qualifications and experience to land any one of the jobs he applied for, but one thing was holding him back - disclosing his recent cancer treatment

• Stoical patients leave it too late to see GPs for cancer checks

  Nov 21 2008:

  Study suggests that up to 11,000 deaths could be prevented in Britain yearly with improved diagnosis and awareness

• New danger of TB

  Nov 21 2008:

  Letter: While we are delighted at the recent stem cell research breakthrough of UK scientists, Claudia Castillo was the victim of a neglected disease

• Patients' secrets will still be safe under the new NHS constitution

  Nov 21 2008:

  Response: Confidentiality must be rigorous, but it is reasonable to use our health details for research, says Mark Walport

• Social Enterprise Day: 'Open door turned my life around'

  Gallery (19 pictures), Nov 20 2008:

  To mark Social Enterprise Day, photographer Charlie Pinder took portrait shots of people served by Open Door, a social care enterprise that deals with the most neglected people

• Makers agree to cut cost of latest drugs

  Nov 20 2008:

  Government say drug companies will lower prices to allow more patients use cutting-edge medicines

• Can this success be transplanted?

  Nov 19 2008:

  Johnjoe McFadden: The use of stem cell technology for a transplant is a scientific triumph, but it won't end the vexed debate on embryo research

• Transplant: 'It's an organ her body will recognise, because it's full of her stem cells'

  Audio (3min 32sec), Nov 19 2008:

  Sarah Boseley on the stem cell transplant of an organ

• A revolution in surgery

  Video (2min 15sec), Nov 19 2008:

  Health editor Sarah Boseley reports on the case of Claudia Castillo, who recently underwent revolutionary trachea transplant surgery

• 'My unique chance': How Claudia Castillo's landmark operation changed her life

  Nov 19 2008:

  How a patient's stem cells were used to engineer the growth of a new organ

• Computer virus strikes at three London hospitals

  Nov 19 2008:

  Managers at St Bartholomew's and the London NHS trust shut down email systems and internet

• Transplant first a giant leap for surgery

  Nov 19 2008:

  Patient's stem cells used to engineer new windpipe in cutting-edge collaboration between European doctors

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