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Swine flu vaccine to be cleared after five-day trial

When new vaccine for swine flu arrives in Britain, regulators said this weekend, it could be approved in just five days

Swine flu claims first 'healthy' victim

The man, from Essex, is the first person without an underlying health condition to die from swine flu complications

Stockton-on-Tees is obesity capital of Britain

The town has become a testing ground to beat the problem after one in three of its 11-year-olds were found to be overweight

Dinner lady teaches the joy of greens

Jan Bentley, who leads an award-winning team, says children are more likely to eat vegetables they have grown themselves

Deaths linked to swine flu
double in three days

Fourteen infected people are now known to have died with the level of infection in London reaching epidemic levels

Women undergoing 'needless' cancer treatment

One in three cases of breast cancer detected by screening prove to be harmless, international study shows

Scheme to increase number of social workers

Teachers and lawyers are being urged to switch careers to boost care after a report into the state of child protection

'Box-ticking bureaucracy' may delay treatment

Document warns that box-ticking bureaucracy may get in the way of vital functions such as distributing anti-viral drugs

NHS swine flu plan 'muddled'

A leaked memo warns that emergency plans for dealing with a predicted surge in swine flu are contradictory and wasteful

Jamie Oliver reforms see pupils reject school food

Number of children having school meals stalls with only a third of secondary age pupils eating a cooked lunch on site

Transplant drug extends life in mice

Mice given rapamycin lived about a third longer than average, raising the prospect of a life-extending pill for humans

£40 hair test shows if children are on drugs

Worried parents can check if a child is using illegal substances with a £40 kit that detects tell-tale chemicals in their hair

Alcohol-related deaths up 40% in ten years

The number of deaths among women rose by 32 per cent and among men by 43 per cent, figures obtained by the Tories show

North-South divide in life expectancy revealed

Nearly half the men living in the North West of England will not live to celebrate a 75th birthday, official figures show

Parkinson's patients hit by 'gaps' in care

Report finds severe inequalities in access to treatment across the country and criticises ministers for lack of leadership

IVF clinics told to be more open over costs

New code of practice will ensure that patients know exactly how expensive their fertility treatment will be from the outset

Scientists create first synthetic human sperm

Cells with some of the characteristics of real sperm raise the prospect of infertile men being able to father children