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Pig brains partially revived four hours after death
The study could aid medical research and fuel debate about the difference between life and death.
Ipswich 'killing-suicide': Crisis team 'missed opportunity'
A mental health crisis team is criticised after a patient killed his wife before taking his own life.
The Priory fined £300k over death of 14-year-old girl
Amy El-Keria hanged herself at a clinic run by the private healthcare company in 2012.
A rasher of bacon a day 'ups cancer risk'
Eating even small amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer, study finds.
Breech baby scan 'would save lives'
A scan at 36 weeks could help spot tricky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom or feet will emerge first.
Technology to keep dementia patients out of hospital
Radar technology and tiny brain-monitors are just some of the devices being tested by a new research centre.
Statins 'don't work well for one in two people'
Fresh research questions the merit of the cholesterol-lowering pills taken by millions of Britons.
Epilepsy charity calls for social media seizure warnings
People with epilepsy are being exposed to flashing images, some deliberately, says a charity.
Sleep myths 'damaging your health'
US researchers have looked at the most common ones that we may fall for.
Artificial gravity tests could reduce muscle loss, say researchers
Spinning bedridden patients and astronauts on a centrifuge could maintain muscle strength, scientists say.

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Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
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