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Stay way from sheep, pregnant women told
Pregnant women in Northern Ireland have been urged to avoid contact with sheep and their young during lambing season.
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Fatal bug found in hospital taps
Thursday, 2 February 2012
A deadly infection which killed four babies in Northern Ireland has been discovered in the taps at a hospital.
Scientists call for restrictions on sugar in line with tobacco and alcohol consumption
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled in the same way as tobacco and alcohol, according to a team of leading public health experts.
Ultrasonic 'sperm zap' tests hailed
Monday, 30 January 2012
As birth control methods go, it sounds like one of the more extreme examples.
Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank opens
Friday, 27 January 2012
Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank has opened for business, supplying tumour samples to scientists around the UK.
Royal Colleges continue NHS reform talks
Friday, 27 January 2012
The Government appears to have escaped a major rebellion from influential Royal Colleges over its plans for overhauling the NHS.
Scientists create Alzheimer's cells in bid to fight disease
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Brain cells affected by Alzheimer's have been created artificially for the first time, providing an invaluable new research tool for scientists.
Health groups to discuss NHS plans
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Health unions and Royal Colleges will hold a summit tonight to discuss the Government's controversial reforms of the NHS.
Chromosomal test boost for IVF
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Experts have uncovered further evidence that a chromosomal test can boost the chances of success with IVF.
Doctors warned of 'gagging clauses'
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Doctors must not agree to "gagging clauses" that stop them raising concerns about poor quality care, according to new guidance.
Heart attack deaths 'halved'
Thursday, 26 January 2012
The number of people dying from heart attacks has halved in just under a decade, according to a study.
More babies face screening in Northern Ireland killer bug hospital probe
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
All babies transferred to other units from two hospitals in Northern Ireland where four infants died are to be screened for the killer infection, public health authorities said.
Seventh baby has Belfast hospital killer bug
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Another case of pseudo-monas, the infection which has killed three babies in a Belfast hospital, was confirmed yesterday.
New baby may have killer infection
Monday, 23 January 2012
Another suspected case of a baby being infected by a killer bacteria is under investigation by medical staff at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Belfast.
Baby deaths: Regulator has never inspected neo-natal unit at Belfast hospital
Monday, 23 January 2012
The regulator tasked with conducting external infection and hygiene inspections at hospital wards across Northern Ireland, has never inspected the Neonatal Unit at Belfast’s Royal Jubilee Maternity hospital, according to Northern Ireland news and analysis website The Detail.
'Good progress' on hospitals' infection fight
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Hospitals have made good progress in fighting infections on wards and the number of cases has fallen in recent years as awareness has increased, an expert has said.
Calls to immunise teenage boys against throat cancer
Saturday, 21 January 2012
The Department of Health is being urged to review the national immunisation programme against the commonest sexually transmitted infection in response to a dramatic rise in cancer linked to oral sex.
Sex ruled safe for heart patients
Friday, 20 January 2012
Sex is safe for most heart patients - if you can walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, a leading doctor's group in the US says.
A&E services more accessible in Northern Ireland
Friday, 20 January 2012
Healthcare blackspots have been identified on maps which show gaps in access to services across Ireland.
GPs back industrial action over £48,000 pension: survey
Thursday, 19 January 2012
A British Medical Association survey suggests a majority of doctors would support industrial action over proposed pension reforms.
Tamiflu effects 'still uncertain'
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
The effects of antiviral drug Tamiflu - which was stockpiled by the Government at the height of the swine flu pandemic - are still uncertain, researchers said as they accused pharmaceutical giant Roche of withholding data.
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• If you think the law is an ass, read on
What's the best way to encourage frightened victims of domestic violence to pursue charges against their attackers? How about locking them up for a week if they're too scared to give evidence against the man who nearly killed them - that should shake some sense into them!
• Why does drink-addled Duff still look so good?
Another celebrity-style rock star has fessed up to his booze habit and, boy, it's a doozie. Duff McKagan, former bassist with soul crooners Guns N' Roses, says he drank 10 bottles of wine a day - when he was trying to cut down.
• It suits Israel that we never forget 'Nuclear Iran'
Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism – and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, protector and manipulator of World Terror, of Syria and Lebanon and Hamas and Hezbollah.
• Let’s be honest, all this sniping at Christine Bleakley is really a hate crime
Until a few days ago the constant sniping at Christine Bleakley was an irritation — a growing one — but an irritation nonetheless.
• Greed from landlords, not claimants
We've come to that point in the lifetime of every Tory government when we're invited to scream about people on benefits. Some people enjoy this activity all the time, but at the moment it's like New Year's Eve for drinking, a time when if you're not doing it to excess, you get sneered at for not taking part in the fun.
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