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By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Women who are light smokers – including those who smoke just one cigarette a day – double their chance of sudden death, a large study suggests. The research tracked the health of 101,000 US nurses over three decades. Light-to-moderate smokers were twice as likely to die of sudden heart problems than those...

The city hospital opened to patients in November 2010 Experts have been called in after a hospital trust was deemed unable to clear a 45m budget deficit. Monitor, the health sector regulator, is to send in a Contingency Planning Team to Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The aim is to cut the deficit while maintaining patient service levels. The...

If swallowed, magnets can trap parts of the intestine and lead to perforation Young people are being warned about the dangers of magnetic tongue studs, after reports of serious medical emergencies. The head teacher of St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School has sent out an alert to parents and spoken to pupils. The studs give the wearer the look of a tongue piercing...

By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News Uptake of the whooping cough vaccine in pregnant mothers has been "extraordinarily good" in England, the Department of Health says. The jab was introduced UK-wide in the autumn as an emergency measure to protect newborn babies during the worst outbreak of the disease in 20 years. There have been nearly...

Secret filming by BBC Panorama at Winterbourne View hospital, near Bristol, caught patients being abused The government is planning a "dramatic reduction" in the number of people with learning disabilities kept in hospitals in England, care minister Norman Lamb says. More appropriate care could be found for people closer to home, he said. It follows the neglect...

The test can detect abnormal growths caused by cancer Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to announce pilots of a bowel-cancer screening programme that could save 3,000 lives a year. From March, Norwich, South of Tyne, St Mark's London, Surrey, West Kent and Wolverhampton NHS trusts will offer screening to everyone aged over 55. The screening involves a thin, bendy...

  The human genome contains three billion pairs of code Up to 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases in England are to have their entire genetic code sequenced. The Prime Minister will announce 100m has been set aside for the project over the next three to five years. The aim is to give doctors a better understanding of patients' genetic make-up,...

By Jane DreaperHealth correspondent, BBC News Faster X-rays was one cancer network success Clinical networks which oversee the care of cancer, heart and stroke patients in the NHS have had their budgets and staff cut, figures show. Some of the groups say they are postponing projects due to uncertainty from the changes made in England. The data comes as a result...

Heart failure occurs when the heart fails to pump blood around the body as it should People with diabetes are up to 65% more likely to have heart failure, an analysis has found. The National Diabetes Audit looked at data on almost two million people and also found increased risk of other complications, and premature death. The charity Diabetes UK, said people were "dying...

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