Doctors warn over alcohol deaths
Failure to reform alcohol laws could lead to 210,000 preventable deaths in England and Wales in the next 20 years, doctors warn.
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VIDEO: Pakistan investigates drugs deaths
Professor Javed Akram, who is leading the clinical investigation into contaminated medicines in Pakistan, explained how the problem was identified.
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Taps behind baby infection deaths
Sink taps were the source of an infection which killed three babies at a Belfast hospital, the health minister has confirmed.
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Heart attack deaths have halved
The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.
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Pakistan drugs deaths are probed
At least 36 people with cardiovascular problems have died in a Lahore hospital in recent weeks because of faulty drugs, Pakistani officials say.
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Many diabetes deaths ‘avoidable’
Up to 24,000 diabetes-related deaths could be avoided in England every year, if patients and doctors controlled the condition better, a report suggests.
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Aids deaths ‘down 21% from peak’
New HIV infections and Aids-related deaths are at the lowest levels since their peaks, figures from UNAids suggest.
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Malaria deaths fall 20% in decade
There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says.
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Newborn deaths halved in China
A programme encouraging women in China to give birth in hospital, rather than at home, has cut newborn deaths by half, says a study in The Lancet.
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‘Toxic link’ to Chiang Mai deaths
The deaths of tourists and a tour guide in the Thai city of Chiang Mai may be linked to exposure to toxic chemicals, the government says.
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