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Huge increase in number of schoolgirls on the contraceptive pill

By Christine Lavelle THE NUMBER of schoolgirls aged 11 and 12 being prescribed the contraceptive pill has had a fivefold increase in the past decade. More...

A quarter of paediatric junior doctors are on maternity leave

By Cara Sulieman A SENIOR medic is warning of a dramatic shortage in doctors working on specialist children’s wards after a mini baby boom wiped out...

GPs throw toys out the pram in swine flu scare

By Michael MacLeod TOYS have been banned from Scots doctors’ waiting rooms because of fears they could spread the deadly swine flu bug. Crèches at...

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