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The power of gratitude

Blogger Gabi MacEwan explains how gratitude has helped her to live through a terminal diagnosis

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Travelling carnival promotes hygiene in India

Celebrities, sports stars and fairground fun make for a new and unusual public health campaign in India

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Positive People: Grace Quantock

After a range of life-changing health diagnoses, Grace Quantock searched desperately for a cure. But, as she tells Annie Makoff, the remedy was within her all along

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Child mortality rates falling globally

A new UNICEF report shows that efforts to tackle child mortality have made a tangible impact across the world

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Greek doctors unite to help poorest patients

Health workers in Greece are volunteering their time to provide medical treatment for those who are no longer eligible for free healthcare as a result of government austerity measures

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Baby born with HIV appears ‘cured’

According to researchers, a baby has been ‘functionally cured’ of HIV, marking a potentially world-changing development in modern medicine

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GP practices increasing access to complementary therapies

Some GP practices are now offering complementary therapies and reporting high success rates, happier patients and greater cost-effectiveness for the NHS

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New technique could stop Parkinson’s disease tremors

Researchers at Oxford University could be on the verge of a medical breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease

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Cell therapy shows promise for acute leukaemia

A new type of ‘living drug’ has produced encouraging remission results in adults with aggressive leukaemia

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Innovative machine could significantly cut TB rates in Mozambique

New technology, which involves patients simply spitting into a cup, could vastly reduce waiting times for TB diagnosis

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Cancer deaths among young people halved since 70s

A new report reveals that the number of young people dying from cancer has dropped significantly since the 70s, thanks to new treatment approaches and medical research breakthroughs

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Heroin and crack use falls to record low

Figures also suggest drug-related crimes have been greatly reduced

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Latest asthma figures are a breath of fresh air for hospitals

Asthma-related hospital admissions have dropped by almost 5% since the introduction of the smoking ban, say researchers.

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Heart disease cases have halved since 1980s

The UK is among a group of European countries that has seen a large decrease in heart disease mortality over the last three decades

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Dramatic improvement for skin and testicular cancer survival rates

Survival rates for people diagnosed with two of the most common types of cancer have significantly improved since the 1970s, according to figures from Cancer Research UK

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Bacteria could be key to preventing malaria transmission

Scientists are working to develop malaria resistance in mosquitoes, which could prevent transmission of the disease to humans

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National database and technological advances boost fight against cancer

World’s largest cancer database will help move towards tailor-made treatments using latest technology

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Deaths in children’s intensive care at ‘all time low’

Mortality rates in children’s intensive care units are at the lowest since records began despite an increase in admissions, a new report shows

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Nanoparticles carrying bee venom can kill HIV

Nanoparticles containing a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV without harming healthy cells, scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine have discovered

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New facility opens to support those affected by female genital mutilation

Somali-born activist and former model Waris Dirie launches pioneering new centre in Berlin

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