BBC News - Health

14 February 2015 Last updated at 22:42 ET

Synthetic vaccine sought for polio

An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to finally eradicate polio.

Taking hormone replacement therapy for even short periods of time can increase the risk of ovarian cancer, analysis of 52 studies finds.

Women trying for a baby and those in the first three months of pregnancy should not drink any alcohol, updated guidelines say.

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