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24 December 2013 Last updated at 20:03 ET

Study backs eating nuts in pregnancynuts

Pregnant women who eat nuts may cut the risk of their child developing nut allergies, study findings suggest.

File image shows part of the HealthCare.gov website in Washington, that notes to enrol by December 23 for coverage starting as soon as 1 January 2014, on 20 December 2013'Obamacare' deadline delayed a day

A deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance in order to receive coverage by 1 January is extended by one day to Christmas Eve.

John McCaffertyWorld record for transplant patient

A British man enters the record books as the worlds longest-surviving heart transplant patient.

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15:11 UK time, Monday, 23 December 2013

The first patient in Europe has received a personalised vaccine to treat a brain tumour.

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