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• Romanian girl in UK for abortion
  
  An 11-year-old Romanian rape victim is to have an abortion in the UK despite being cleared to have one in Romania.
• US 'pregnant man' has baby girl
  
  An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, gives birth, US media report.
• 'Mental risk' of Facebook teens
  
  Children growing up alongside social networking websites may have a "dangerous" view of the world, says an expert.
• Oldest women hit hard by dementia
  
  Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, Californian research suggests.
• Skunk 'psychosis risk' warning
  
  People who smoke skunk are more likely to develop psychosis than those who use milder forms of cannabis, researchers claim.
• Woman 'not in danger' if removed
  
  A campaign tries to halt the removal of a pregnant Nigerian woman and her family from the UK after being refused asylum.
• Cold sore virus secret revealed
  
  The secret of how the cold sore virus persists for a lifetime in the body may have been cracked by US scientists.
• EU plans cross-border healthcare
  
  More patients across Europe may seek treatment abroad if new EU healthcare proposals are adopted.
• Mediterranean diet 'cuts cancer'
  
  Adopting just a couple of elements of the "Mediterranean" diet could cut your risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists.
• Doctors shocked by own water baby
  
  Two doctors who live near a maternity hospital are caught out by their baby's home delivery in the bath.
• NHS immigration
  
  'Everybody was so kind and welcoming'
• Fighting fit?
  
  How to get the most out of your gym membership
• Money matters
  
  Is the French system better than the NHS?
• Changing times
  
  How care has been transformed by the NHS
• Medical notes
  
  A comprehensive guide to clinical conditions
• From BBC Health
  
  Prevent heart disease by upping your activity levels
• Child food 'poor' at attractions
  
  UK theme parks, museums and other holiday sites are serving up child meals loaded with sugar, salt and fat, a survey finds.
• Video shows death of US patient
  
  Video footage emerges of a woman dying on the floor of a New York hospital as workers fail to help for more than an hour.
• 'Good' cholesterol dementia risk
  
  Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked by research to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.
• Caffeine 'could help prevent MS'
  
  Animal research in several countries suggests caffeine may help reduce nerve damage associated with multiple sclerosis.
• Dutch smoking ban enforced
  
  A ban on the smoking of tobacco - but not marijuana - in cafes, bars and restaurants comes into force in the Netherlands.
• Quality ranking key to NHS funds
  
  Patients' rating of the quality of their care will directly affect funding of NHS services in England, the government says.
• Rapid test for drug resistant TB
  
  An international initiative aims to speed diagnosis and care of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in developing countries.
• Call to rethink child BMI testing
  
  Using a child's body mass index (BMI) as a measure of the success of exercise targets may be misleading, say experts.
• Infections 'the biggest NHS fear'
  
  Picking up an infection is the concern about hospital care most often voiced by the public, a BBC poll shows.
• Heart disease and stroke
• Cancer: The facts
  
  The disease tends to affect older people - but can strike at any time.
• Pregnancy timeline
  
  A week by week guide to pregnancy taking in how the baby develops, changes to the mother and key scan dates.

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