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Brown accused of bowing to unions over NHS

Prime Minister facing pressure from within party as new guidelines appear to freeze out private companies and charities

Doctors and nurses ‘need help to be healthy’

High rates of obesity, smoking, absenteeism and poor mental health are having a direct impact on patient care, audit says

Scotland failing to tackle obesity in young

Only a small minority of Scottish parents ensure that their children take enough exercise, a report by the British Heart Foundation finds

Scan gives separated twins clean bill of health

Krishna, the second conjoined twin, has woken up and blown the signature raspberry her guardian has been waiting for

Briefing: Looking after No 1

A £670m Labour proposal to provide free home care for 280,000 of the most needy has brought accusations of electioneering against Gordon Brown

Patients spreading drug-resistant swine flu strain

A strain that appears resistant to an antiviral has infected five patients at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff

Second conjoined twin 'waking slowly'

Krishna bore more of the brunt of the surgery than her sister Trishna who is already awake and talking to guardians

Fake medicines seized as websites are shut down

Public warned of dangers of buying drugs on the internet as Interpol and MHRA launch co-ordinated raids in 24 countries

Scientists grow substitute skin from cells

French scientists have successfully coaxed master cells from human embryos to form immature skin cells to use for grafts

NHS cleaning contractors accused of blackmail

Three managers with ISS Mediclean, a cleaning contracter, have been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing foreign workers

Let NHS run itself, says former health chief

Politicians should focus on the wider issues such as assisted dying and stem cell research ethics, claims Lord Crisp

Brown's Exocet Bill is self-destructive

Gordon Brown’s Bill was designed to be eye-catching but months before an election it makes his promises look paper thin

Separated twin wakes up in hospital

Trishna has awoken for the first time since being separated from her conjoined twin Krishna during an operation in Melbourne

Swine flu vaccine for healthy young children

Government is set to announce UK-wide policy of offering vaccination to children with no underlying health issues

New discovery could help kill superbugs

A chemical compound that mimics the body’s defences by releasing Nitric Oxide could help hospitals wage war on MRSA and C. difficile

Men’s heavy drinking ‘is good for heart’

Research on 41,000 people in Spain showed that alcohol — in any quantity — was linked to a lower risk of heart disease

Women do less to cause the problem

Women are more ecologically responsible than men but they suffer more from the effects of global warming

New drug for Down’s learning difficulties

Trials show that L-DOPS could boost levels of the brain chemical norepinephrine, which is used to form short-term memories