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Officials praise meningococcal B vaccine coverage

Heart bypass patients endure long wait

Good news for Hep B patients

Funding GP clinics may be cutting hospital visits

Medical scans trigger alarms

Study questions painkillers' safety for children

Church tells followers to use prayer to heal illness

LA doctor indicted for 'sub-dosing' Aids patients

Sick scientist claims meningococcal 'cover-up'

Pharmac to subsidise new painkiller alternative to morphine

Depression drugs' worth questioned

Toxic nasties now on public database

Mind-enhancing drugs likely to be developed over next 20 years

Charlotte gets her fourth set of new limbs

<EM>Obituary:</EM> Agnes Elizabeth Armstrong

Researchers find key to premature ageing

Patient of 'Dr Death' describes horror surgery

Israeli woman gives birth after ovary transplant

Young crash victim gives life to others

$10m boost for Abano investors

Twins separated in rare operation thriving, says surgeon

Chinese medicine kills one child, makes 151 sick

Brain scans can detect fake orgasms

Christchurch heart patients first with sensor implants

Asthma treatment helps to prevent miscarriages

Heart patients given ground-breaking implants

Breakthrough key to rebuilding brains

Heart medicine targeted at black people

<EM>Murray Pfiefer:</EM> Dangerous plan makes little sense

Search for body's 'repair kit' is medicine's holy grail

Abano in diagnostics merger talks

Manufacturer disputes ibuprofen risk to heart attacks

Painkiller linked to heart problems

Pharmac backtracks on asthma

Officials praise meningococcal B vaccine coverage

Heart bypass patients endure long wait

Good news for Hep B patients

Funding GP clinics may be cutting hospital visits

Medical scans trigger alarms

Study questions painkillers' safety for children

Church tells followers to use prayer to heal illness

LA doctor indicted for 'sub-dosing' Aids patients

Sick scientist claims meningococcal&nbsp;'cover-up'

Pharmac to subsidise new painkiller alternative to morphine

Depression drugs' worth questioned

Toxic nasties now on public database

Mind-enhancing drugs likely to be developed over next 20 years

Charlotte gets her fourth set of new limbs

<EM>Obituary:</EM> Agnes Elizabeth Armstrong

Researchers find key to premature ageing

Patient of 'Dr Death' describes horror surgery

Israeli woman gives birth after ovary transplant

Young crash victim gives life to others

$10m boost for Abano investors

Twins separated in rare operation thriving, says surgeon

Chinese medicine kills one child, makes 151 sick

Brain scans can detect fake orgasms

Christchurch heart patients first with sensor implants

Asthma treatment helps to prevent miscarriages

Heart patients given ground-breaking implants

Breakthrough key to rebuilding brains

Heart medicine targeted at black people

<EM>Murray Pfiefer:</EM> Dangerous plan makes little sense

Search for body's 'repair kit' is medicine's holy grail

Abano in diagnostics merger talks

Manufacturer disputes ibuprofen risk to heart attacks

Painkiller linked to heart problems

Pharmac backtracks on asthma

Sick scientist claims meningococcal 'cover-up'