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img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-0-0041082000000258-735_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ In our pick of top health stories this week, how eating eggs during pregnancy can benefit your baby, a new portable unit for hearing tests and a modified measles virus could battle prostate cancer.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902250" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106066-02E823E9000005DC-992_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ A £1-a-day pill that can help a woman rapidly drop a dress size could be sold over the counter within months. The drug helped slimmers lose around 10lb over six months in trials.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902258" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106074-02F478DC000005DC-390_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ The number of patients killed by hospital blunders has soared by 60 per cent in just two years. Records show that 3,645 died as a result of infections, botched operations and other mistakes in 2007/08.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902241" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/06/article-1106226-02F4898D000005DC-534_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Bosses are furious over a TV commercial for a cold remedy which encourages sufferers 'to throw a sickie'.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902256" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106222-0452E31A0000044D-731_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ A drug used to treat acne and prostate disease may help sufferers of nasal polyps. This is one of several new non-invasive treatments for the condition, which affects an estimated 1 million Britons.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902233" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/06/article-1106237-02F49A3C000005DC-510_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Giving jabs to older people against an infection which causes pneumonia is a waste of time, say researchers.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902252" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106224-02F45DFB000005DC-65_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ We often report on amazing new developments that will transform people's lives - but in many cases it could be years before patients actually enjoy the benefits.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902237" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106084-02F44BE8000005DC-196_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ A broken leg usually starts healing after eight weeks, but it can take much longer. Loraine Holland, 45, tells of a new technique she has benefited from while her surgeon explains the procedure.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902251" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106003-02F44BA0000005DC-315_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Could it really be that sweets and chocolate are as addictive as cigarettes? That's the controversial conclusion from a study by New Zealand scientists who found that foods made largely from refined sugar and flour have the same addictive qualities as tobacco.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902230" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106162-02F46000000005DC-921_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ So you've made the usual rash New Year resolutions to get fit and lose weight, but before you commit yourself to any new regimen, read our guide to common diet and fitness myths.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902247" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1106022-02F44BB4000005DC-455_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ A pill that makes you more intelligent, boosts your memory, improves your concentration and reduces tiredness? It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. In fact, it is already available, and academics in America and Britain have apparently been taking it for years.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902254" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-0-02F44BB8000005DC-979_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ An expanding pill that tricks the brain into thinking the stomach is full could help in the battle against obesity. The pill is taken at least half an hour before meals and works by reducing appetite.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902231" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1105982-02F43A57000005DC-805_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he tackles mole-like growths and the post-holiday sniffles...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503902234" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-0-02EEAAB4000005DC-315_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ All work and no play may make Jack a dull boy ... but it seems his diligence will pay off in the long run. Researchers have found that hard work and self-discipline are linked to a long life.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503413395" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1105642-0111744A00000578-742_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ A key tumour survival mechanism may help to explain how some cancers return after chemotherapy.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503359069" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/04/article-1105242-02EFABF9000005DC-344_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Obesity can put older women at higher risk of ovarian cancer, researchers have found.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503029423" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/02/article-0-02EEEBD8000005DC-561_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ When I see boys at my daughter's school, I wonder what my own son would have looked like. He would be nine now. He would have blond hair and blue eyes - his father and I shared that colouring.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/502070952" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-1105064-02F20B77000005DC-621_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ When Lindsay Hasaj found out she was pregnant, she and her husband Tony were thrilled. But just five weeks later, she was told she had a dual reproductive system.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503182919" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/04/article-1105055-017DE48A000004B0-236_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ Patients are being offered blood tests at a supermarket in a bid to cut hospital waiting times.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503029424" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/05/article-0-02EEAAB4000005DC-315_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/ All work and no play may make Jack a dull boy ... but it seems his diligence will pay off in the long run. Researchers have found that hard work and self-discipline are linked to a long life.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/503029425" height="1" width="1"/