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Recession forces cancer charity for kids to make cuts

The chief executive of a leading children’s cancer charity has told how they have been reluctantly forced to axe a vital support service for families in Northern Ireland due to a funding crisis caused by the recession.
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Inside Health

‘Our girl will have diabetes all of her life’

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

When mum-of-four Anne Dunlop’s daughter fell ill, she thought it might be linked to the family’s move from here to the Middle East. But she was wrong ...
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Runher limbering up for 10k

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

The countdown is on until the Belfast Telegraph’s Runher event, which encourages women across Northern Ireland to get up and active, returns this summer.
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Expert’s concern over dumping of morphine device

Friday, 3 April 2009

An expert in midwifery has said she has “serious concerns” that equipment used in the treatment of a woman who died after giving birth was thrown out before being examined.
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Me and My Health: Julian Simmons

Thursday, 2 April 2009

UTV presenter Julian Simmons (40+) lives in Belfast and is single. He loves walking in the great outdoors and likes to get his beauty sleep
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Slimline couple shed 20 stone

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

A couple are elebrating a new lease of life yesterday after losing almost 20 stone.
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Office survival tips: How to avoid falling ill from work

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

From long hours at your desk to keyboards that harbour more germs than loo seats – working life can be a real health hazard. Rob Sharp offers survival tips
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Bid to ban tobacco displays starts today

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Northern Ireland politicians will today be asked to back a proposal which will see sweeping changes to the way tobacco products are sold throughout the province.
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Low libido mums can get advice from ‘Mama Sutra’

Saturday, 14 February 2009

Most mothers have less sex after giving birth because their libidos crash, a survey said yesterday.
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Is there an optimum time for a woman to go back to work after giving birth?

Friday, 9 January 2009

Rachida Dati, France's glamorous justice minister, defied convention this week by returning to her office just five days after giving birth by caesarean section to her first child, a daughter called Zorah, last Friday.
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Choking baby: Not knowing what to do can turn normality into tragedy

Friday, 2 January 2009

Last year’s Easter dinner is one that has stuck firmly in my mind for all the wrong reasons. My family and I were sitting around the table, tucking into lamb, when my then nine-year-old niece suddenly went uncharacteristically very quiet.
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Scientists make lung cancer breakthrough

Thursday, 1 January 2009

A new discovery by scientists could help people who are being treated for lung cancer.
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Top tips for beating a hangover

Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Cases of veisalgia will peak again this week. Symptoms include a range of physical, mental and psychological disturbances,such as headache, diarrhoea, trembling, fatigue, nausea, drowsiness, dry mouth, gastro-intestinal complaints, sweating and anxiety.
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Slimming aids are given a pounding

Thursday, 18 December 2008

A probe into the multi-million pound slimming industry has found that many healthy foods and weight loss drugs are not worth paying for.
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Me and My Health: Citybeat DJ Robin Elliott

Thursday, 27 November 2008

Citybeat DJ Robin Elliott (29) lives in Dunmurry with his partner Jude and their 15-month-old baby girl, Cienna. Approaching the big 3-0 he has embarked on a diet to improve his overall health and fitness
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Jan de Vries

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Jan answers your health-related questions
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How to be the perfect patient

Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Who'd be a GP? Unfortunately, we family doctors have a bad reputation at the moment. The Government doesn't like us because we got a massive pay rise and now they're painting us as lazy fat cats whom patients can never get to see. Meanwhile, we are as busy as ever.
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My mum won’t move on after dad’s death

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Dear Virginia, How can I help my mother? My father died four years ago, and she refuses to look for anyone new, saying no one can replace him. She’s only in her fifties, but won’t consider training for a career. She has sold her flat and now rents, has no pension, and I am desperately concerned about her future. She seems happy enough, but does nothing all day. I’m 34, single and work as a tour guide, and every time I leave the country I’m sick with worry. Yours sincerely, Elsa
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Me and My Health: Jimeoin

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Comedian Jimeoin McKeown (42) is originally from Portstewart but now lives in Melbourne, Australia, with wife Catherine and three children, Rose (7), Mario (4) and Grace (1). He has just finished a series of gigs in Northern Ireland
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LSD cured my headaches

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

This is the story of a man known online as Flash – a man driven to the brink of suicide by the debilitating effects of cluster headaches. After years of ineffectual treatments, Flash stumbled on what he declared was a new treatment, as controversial as it was, he claimed, effective: hallucinogenic drugs.
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