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The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

UK suicide rates fell where prevention increased LONDON (AP) — British researchers say parts of England and Wales with more suicide prevention programs had bigger drops in deaths than regions with fewer services.

A vaccine against one of the most common forms of childhood meningitis could reduce the number of deaths in the UK even further.

(MedPage Today) -- The maker of staples used in thoracic surgery has recalled all lots of two product lines after receiving reports of 13 serious injuries and three deaths.

Smear tests designed to cut deaths from cervical cancer could be improved by adding a further test looking for signs of a virus which causes it.

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.

Global deaths from malaria are falling, but the World Health Organization warns of potential trouble ahead from drug-resistance and a shortage of funds.

A bowel cancer screening programme in England is on course to cut deaths by a sixth - but some tumours go undetected.

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians with more experience implanting cardioverter defibrillators have fewer complications and deaths associated with their procedures, a large registry study found.

Abuse of prescription painkillers is now at epidemic levels, an official report says, with more deaths caused by the drugs than heroin and cocaine combined.