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Health
Women who took Pill live longer
Women who have ever taken the Pill can expect longer lives than those who have never been prescribed the oral contraceptive, research suggests.
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Opening up new front on the prostate cancer battlefield
Friday, 12 March 2010
Scientists are developing a revolutionary way to administer radiation to
prostate cancer patients.
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Successful clinical trials inspired me to save others too
Thursday, 11 March 2010
It was the courage of Northern Ireland women who participated in Herceptin
trials which led to Lynn Lynas making the decision to take part in medical
research herself.
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‘Miracle’ drug giving real hope in fight against breast cancer
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Lisa Smyth looks at the success of Herceptin in the fight against breast
cancer
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‘Personal medicine’ landmark is hailed
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Doctors hailed a landmark in the advance of personalised medicine yesterday
with the first case in which the sequencing of a patient's complete genome
revealed the genetic cause of his disease.
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Pill refused 'on religious grounds'
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
A pharmaceuticals company has launched an investigation after a woman was refused the contraceptive pill because it was against the pharmacist's religion to give it to her.
Research team gives leukaemia patients real hope
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Northern Ireland scientists at very forefront of the battle against the deadly
disease, Lisa Smyth speaks to a doctor involved in medical trials
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Swine flu jabs for healthy children end
Friday, 5 March 2010
Healthy children in Northern Ireland will not be vaccinated for swine flu
after the end of March, the Department of Health has announced.
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Ministers squabble as hospital waiting lists soar
Friday, 5 March 2010
Two of Northern Ireland’s Executive ministers have angrily clashed over who is
to blame for soaring hospital waiting lists.
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McDonald’s new partner... Weight Watchers
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Few would dispute that McDonald's is a great hangover remedy, or a cheap means
of filling your stomach. But a good way to lose weight?
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Children of 13 show damage from passive smoking
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Children who regularly inhale second-hand smoke can suffer signs of artery
damage by the age of 13, a study has shown.
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Health Minister accused of swine flu ‘overreaction’
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Stormont's Health Minister has been accused of overreacting to the swine flu
scare after it emerged that a further £16m of emergency funding has gone
unspent.
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Gene test is key to breast cancer treatment
Monday, 1 March 2010
Gene-screening has been used to identify women most likely to benefit from one
type of breast cancer chemotherapy.
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More over-50s smoking marijuana in US
Monday, 22 February 2010
More older people in the US are using marijuana as a recreational drug, figures have shown.
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NHS 'should not fund homeopathy'
Monday, 22 February 2010
The NHS should stop funding homeopathy because there is no scientific proof that it works, MPs.
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Johanna’s agonising everyday battle to stay alive
Monday, 22 February 2010
She is only 19 years old and desperately wants to get on with life. But for
Johanna Wozniak, just making it through the day is a struggle.
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Sporty girl, 5, branded overweight
Friday, 19 February 2010
A mother has criticised health officials who branded her healthy, sporty, five-year-old daughter overweight and at risk of heart disease and cancer.
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Nurses urge under-18s sunbed ban
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Nurses in Northern Ireland have called for a ban on under-18s using sunbeds.
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Happy people have healthier hearts, study finds
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Happy people are less likely to develop heart disease, a study today claimed.
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Quarter of children fat before five
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
One in four children in Northern Ireland are overweight by the time they start
school, according to new research linking an early start on solid foods to
obesity.
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Poor fitting condoms 'cut pleasure'
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Badly fitting condoms reduce sexual pleasure for both partners and are more likely to split or break, research has suggested.
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