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UK Woman Gives Birth Twice in Just 8 Months

By Christine Hsu | Jan 25, 2013 05:53 PM EST

A 26-year-old woman from the UK has given birth twice in the span of eight months, and the babies are not twins.

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UK Sports Student Left Paralyzed for LIfe After Stepping on a Sea Urchin

By Christine Hsu | Jan 24, 2013 09:00 PM EST

A 20-year-old student training to be a physical education teacher was left paralyzed after he was stung by a sea urchin while vacationing in Greece.

People With Lower Income More Likely to Have High Sodium Intake

By Amber Moore | Jan 08, 2013 02:34 PM EST

A new study found that people in the lower economic class are more likely to consume more salt than people who belong to higher economic class.

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UK Proposal Ties Welfare Benefits to Gym Activity for Obese

By Makini Brice | Jan 03, 2013 02:11 PM EST

In a move proposed by the Westminster council, obese claimants could see their benefits reduced or increased according to how often they attempt to work out.

UK Norovirus Sickness Cases Reach Over 1.1 Million

By Kate Kelland | Jan 02, 2013 09:28 AM EST

There have been 3,877 laboratory-confirmed cases of norovirus in Britain this winter, 72 percent higher than the number of cases reported at the same point last year.

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UK Gov't Launches Shock Anti-Smoking Campaign Featuring Extremely Graphic Images

By Christine Hsu | Dec 28, 2012 10:34 AM EST

A macabre image showing a red, bulging tumor growing from a cigarette is part of the British government's latest attempt to get people to stop smoking.

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Mother Loses UK Legal Fight to Stop Son's Cancer Radiotherapy

By Natalie Huet | Dec 22, 2012 11:08 AM EST

A mother in Britain, who was so desperate to stop her cancer-stricken son having to undergo conventional medical treatment that she went into hiding with him, lost a court battle to prevent him receiving radiotherapy.

Nazi-Saluting Mental Health Nurse Struck Off to "Protect the Public"

By Christine Hsu | Dec 21, 2012 10:47 AM EST

A mental health nurse who performed Nazi salutes in front of his patients and his Jewish colleague has been banned from his profession for life.

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UK Dials Up "Virtual Doctors" in Big Telehealth Push

By Ben Hirschler | Dec 06, 2012 10:16 AM EST

British health minister announced plans to roll out telehealth to 100,000 people with long-term conditions in 2013 and have 3 million on the system by 2017.

Insurers Seek to Cash in on Unhealthy Lifestyles

By Sarah Mortimer | Nov 28, 2012 09:27 AM EST

British pension providers are asking insurers to identify people likely to die young in a bid to reduce the amount of retirement income they have to pay out.

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Watchdog Investigates Hospital for Leaving Surgical Instruments Inside Patients

By Makini Brice | Nov 23, 2012 02:09 PM EST

The watchdog group Monitor is investigating the Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust in UK for eight "never events", or events that never should have happened.

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Girls as Young as 13 Getting Contraceptive Injections, Implants at School

By Amber Moore | Oct 30, 2012 08:24 PM EDT

Girls as young as 13 are getting contraceptive jabs at school during lunch hours, says a new survey from UK, according to The Daily Telegraph

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UK Teen Loses Stomach on Birthday After Drinking Liquid Nitrogen-Containing Cocktail

By Amber Moore | Oct 08, 2012 02:48 PM EDT

Doctors in the UK had to remove a teenager's stomach after she drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen, according to media reports.

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Saved by the Belly: Man Survives 38 Stab Wounds Because He Was Overweight

By Christine Hsu | Oct 03, 2012 02:12 PM EDT

A UK man knifed 38 times and left for dead survived because he was overweight.

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20-Year-Old Mother Scarred for Life by an Allergic Reaction to Her Son

By Christine Hsu | Sep 26, 2012 04:57 PM EDT

A new mother is scarred for life after developing an allergic reaction to her son.

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